What skills and experience we're looking for
A successful track record of senior leadership in a comparable school setting.
Demonstrable track record of success in leading change and improvement in a comparable organisation.
A track record of developing high quality leadership capacity and accountability.
Practical experience of successfully promoting equality of opportunity.
Successful experience of raising levels of attainment and progress.
Experience of monitoring and improving teaching and learning/pedagogy.
Successful experience demonstrated by securing high levels of behaviour, attendanceand commitment from pupils of all abilities and backgrounds.
Experience of working successfully with the local community, parents and carers.
Experience of building successful working relationships with a governing body and of sustaining and developing effective partnerships with external agencies and other organisations.
What the school offers its staff
We offer the following benefits:
• Newly built sports hall with fully fitted gym available for staff use,
• Swimming pool available for staff use,
• Banked cover scheme allowing staff to build time to take some term time days off,
• The Headteacher is passionate about staff workload and wellbeing and holds wellbeing meetings with staff,
• Minimal marking expectations,
• Additional CPD day to allow staff to mark mock internal examinations,
• All our teachers are provided with laptops and a tablet and staff are welcome to work where and when they wish outside of school hours,
• We offer a significant number of paid development opportunities within departments and also across the school.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.