Acting Deputy Headteacher (Secondment)

Secondment Opportunity 

Acting Deputy Head at the Salesian Academy of St John Bosco

Start date: 17th April 2023 to 31st August 2023

The Salesian Academy of St John Bosco is a small and very welcoming school situated in Bootle, Liverpool.  It serves a catchment that is becoming increasing diverse but one with social challenges.

In January 2023 the school joined the Pope Francis Catholic MAT and the journey towards school improvement has started. It is an exciting time for the school. We are making significant investments on the site, the school has grown by 20% in the past year and a brand new school is to be built on the current site by 2025.  

After Easter our new Headteacher, Mrs Sue Bourgade, takes up post and we are currently actively recruiting for a substantive Deputy Headteacher to join us in September, (Savio Salesian College).  We are keen to maintain the momentum and we are looking to appoint an Acting Deputy Headteacher with responsibility for Quality of Education for the Summer term to work alongside Sue and the Director of School Improvement.

We are looking for an experienced leader to join us for the Summer term, on a secondment basis, who has senior leadership experience as Deputy, Assistant Head or Associate Assistant Head level. This provides an ideal opportunity to both broaden and deepen an individual’s professional expertise.  This secondment will provide direct experience of working in a Trust, in a school in special measures serving a community with high levels of deprivations but at the same time is growing and  developing rapidly.

We understand that this is a time of year when many colleagues will be committed to Year 11 and Year 13 classes.  We fully understand that and are happy to offer the secondment on a flexible basis.

We would be looking to offer remuneration in the range of L18-22

We are very happy to have conversations with individuals about this opportunity, (with your Headteacher’s permission). 

Interested parties should contact, in confidence, Andrew Dawson on 07824 591462 / andrew.dawson@pfcmat.org or Sue Bourgade on 07725 408091 / sbourgade@saviosalesiancollege.com

The Trust reserves the right to make an appointment before the closing date.