St Bartholomew’s CE Multi Academy Trust ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER (REF: SBMAT207) Full time, Permanent, Leadership Scale L1-5 Location: Stafford or Wolverhampton/South Staffordshire (dependent on the successful candidate) REQUIRED SEPTEMBER 2024 The Directors are seeking to appoint two Associate Assistant Headteachers (one based in Stafford, and one based in Wolverhampton) with responsibility for coaching and mentoring across St Bartholomew’s CE Multi Academy Trust, supporting the development of middle leaders and subject/aspect leadership across the Trust. The successful applicants must be keen to work alongside our Central School Improvement Team and all leaders across the Trust to share in the leadership and management of our schools. Schools in the Trust: Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire and Dudley Hub: St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School, Penn, Wolverhampton St Benedict Biscop CE Primary School, Wombourne, South Staffordshire Woodfield Primary School, Penn, Wolverhampton All Saints’ CE Primary School, Trysull, South Staffordshire Oak Meadow Primary School, Wolverhampton Fairhaven Primary School, Wordsley, Dudley Stafford Hub: Gnosall CE Primary Academy, Stafford Haughton CE Primary Academy, Stafford Woodseaves CE Primary Academy, Stafford St. Paul’s CE Primary School, Stafford (Associate Member School from January 2024) We are looking for a good/outstanding child-centred practitioner with: Proven, current success at raising standards; Proven good/outstanding teaching and learning; High expectations of children and a proven commitment to raising standards; Proven skills of organisation and leadership; The ability to support, lead and inspire colleagues by example; Excellent interpersonal skills; Commitment to the safeguarding of children; and Commitment to the distinctive Christian nature of the Trust. We can offer you: A strong commitment to your professional development and structured career progression opportunities; Schools and leaders with a track record of leading schools to outstanding and children achieving high outcomes; A highly successful, happy and growing Trust; Potential opportunities to raise standards and provide support beyond St. Bart’s Multi-Academy Trust; Outcomes in every school across the Trust that are above national figures; Friendly, hardworking staff and children; Outstanding behaviour for learning; An opportunity to join a happy, caring team who work together, to take the schools forward, placing the child at the centre of all we do. For further information, to discuss the role, or to arrange a visit, please contact: Jo Harrison (Director of Education) jharrisonstbartsmat.co.uk (07811 040280), Rachael Kilmister (Director of School Improvement and Headteacher at St Bart’s School) rkilmisterstbartsmat.co.uk (01902 558855) or Katy Kent (CEO) kkentstbartsmat.co.uk (07778 598 952). Closing date for applications: Tuesday 7 th May, at 8:30am. To apply, please send your completed application form and recruitment monitoring form to jobsstbartsmat.co.uk including job reference SBMAT207 in the subject line of your email. St Bartholomew’s CE Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS, Prohibition List, Barred List, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable professional references. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. For further information, please refer to the Trust's policy on ex-offenders. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies for all schools within St Bartholomew's CE Multi Academy Trust are available on the respective schools' websites. Links to all of our schools are available from the homepage. With effect from September 2022 and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, shortlisted candidates may have their publicly available social media profiles (where applicable) checked by the Trust for posts going back up to 5 years and those candidates will therefore be expected to provide their social media “handles/platforms” if shortlisted.