Assistant Headteacher

Catch22; Norwich; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Catch22 Independent school in Norwich is seeking an Assistant Headteacher for pupils aged 13 to 16. You will provide effective leadership and management within the Norwich School’s alternative education provision.

You will drive behaviour support and ensure high-quality teaching, with accountability for performance data and continuous improvement across the school.

Qualifications

• Requires a recognised higher qualification with significant experience in teaching and planning, with willingness to work towards QTS.
• Degree in a related subject is required.
• Must have attended or will attend safeguarding training compliant with national guidance.

Responsibilities

• Act as role model; champion Catch22 and the Education directorate’s vision and values.
• Lead development of the local self‑assessment report with improvement planning and quality assurance.
• Manage and analyse performance data and report to Head Teacher and Executive Principal; address underperformance.

Skills

Leadership

Behaviour management

Team collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Higher qualification in teaching

Degree in related subject

Safeguarding training compliant with national guidance

Job description

Company Description

Catch22 is a social business, a not for profit business with a social mission. For over 200 years we have designed and delivered services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities. Our 1600 colleagues work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting 44,000 individuals from cradle to career. Today we deliver alternative education, apprenticeships and employability programmes, justice and rehabilitation services (in prisons and in the community), gangs intervention work, emotional wellbeing and substance misuse, and children’s social care programmes.

Catch22 Include is an alternative education provider for young people, over 700 vulnerable young people with challenging behaviours are supported through independent alternative education schools or via a range of tailored support programmes delivered in school or off‑site. Include schools provide an alternative to mainstream schooling, whereby multiple barriers to learning have previously affected engagement and access to education.

This Role Would Require You

• To provide effective leadership and management on a specific site for a registered school, delivering a safe and secure education provision for students with complex needs and behaviours.
• To be the driver in behaviour management and student support for complex and vulnerable students.

Job Description

We are looking for an Assistant Headteacher for our Norwich School for pupils aged 13 to 16 years old. As an Assistant Headteacher you will work in our alternative education provision in Norwich. You will be required to provide effective leadership and management.

Main Duties And Accountabilities

• Act as role model; champion Catch22 and the Education directorate’s vision and values.
• Be the lead for the development of the local self-assessment report with subsequent improvement planning and contribute to the overall quality improvement process of the school.
• Manage and analyse performance data and report to Head Teacher and Executive Principal. Take appropriate actions to address areas of underperformance.

Assistant SENCO

• Support the EHCP Annual Review Process within your site to ensure Catch22 fulfils its legal duty and requirements to meet needs of learners.
• Review the provision of all pupils with the SENCO regularly to ensure that Catch22 offer the correct support and interventions for all pupils; this includes reviewing the quality and impact of the provision.
• Create an inspirational learning environment with high expectations of learner achievement, success and progression.

Essential Qualifications

• A recognised higher qualification with significant experienced of teaching and planning with a willingness to work towards QTS.
• Degree in related subject.
• It is a requirement that the post holder has attended/will attend local safeguarding training that complies with national guidance.

Experience

• Experience of working with children that struggle in mainstream education including those with ACEs, complex, high behaviour and additional learning needs.
• Experience of quality assurance and leading and managing teams to improve performance and deliver outstanding teaching and learning.

Additional Information

Salary: £43,282 - £54,101 per annum.

The salary range reflects the established band for this role. Appointments within the band will depend on experience and relevant skills.

Contract: Full time - Permanent (52 weeks per year), 37 hours per week.

Start date: As soon as possible subject to clearances.

Please note your own vehicle is essential for this role.

Catch22 Independent school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice will be followed and pre‑employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

We aim to review applications as quickly as possible. However, due to the volume of interest we receive, we may not be able to contact all applicants individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful this time.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due dilligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.