Inspire Together’s health & wellbeing strand of work provides targeted intervention programmes in partnership with Leicester City Public Health to close the gap on inequalities in Leicester, supporting the most vulnerable young people in the city. Our Health & Wellbeing coaches play a vital role representing the organisation in our schools and communities, working with young people who face barriers to a healthy lifestyle. Our programmes need to be delivered in an inspirational, supportive way which children find fun and engaging to bring the best out of them and to help them to find enjoyment in movement to support activity for life.
Location: Crown Hills Community College- Leicester, LE5 5FT
Contact Name: Dan Hewins
Contact Telephone: 07511 163 783
Contact Email: dhewins@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk
Thank you for expressing an interest in this key vacancy as part of the Inspire Together team based at our college.
Over the last six years we have been on a journey to try and make this school not only one of the best schools for children to attend but also one of the best schools to work in as a member of staff. That is extremely rare, and we urge you to come and see us in action, speak to the staff and speak to the students. Every decision that we take is done with a lot of thought and consideration and we put wellbeing at the centre, so that teachers can teach, and students can learn.
This podcast and article by the Youth Sport Trust gives you a glimpse of our approach at Crown Hills Community College - Well Schools Podcast – Episode 2 CHCC.
There is always a tension between wellbeing and accountability, but I do believe that we are getting closer to finding the sweet spot between the two. Although it is not the end of our journey, we have been recognised for the work we do in this area; we have won the wellbeing school of the year award and have also been shortlisted for the prestigious Pearson's Award for secondary school of the year 2023.
Inspire Together are an innovative, not-for-profit organisation who have developed a network of schools and partner organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of young people. We work across six key-strands to strive towards our vision: 'Every young person enjoys being active so they have the long-term benefits of a healthy, happy lifestyle'.
Inspire Together's health & wellbeing strand of work provides vital, targeted intervention programmes in partnership with Leicester City Public Health to close the gap on inequalities in Leicester, supporting the most vulnerable young people in the city. We work extensively with the Active Partnership, Youth Sport Trust and local authority to ensure that our work contributes towards the key strategic aims of the Active Leicester strategy 'Turning the Tide on Inactivity', specifically aim 1; Active Start. Our Health & Wellbeing coaches play a vital role representing the organisation in our schools and communities, working with young people who face many barriers to a healthy lifestyle. Our programmes need to be delivered in an inspirational, supportive way which above all children find fun and engaging to bring the best out of them and to help them to find enjoyment in movement to support activity for life.
These are indeed exciting times to join us and make a difference to the lives of others.
We have a very different approach and we are trying to create a very different culture at CHCC and Inspire Together, a culture whereby those in leadership do not hold authority and deserve to be followed; leaders at CHCC have to earn the right to lead and we welcome and appreciate challenge if we do not live up to the standards that are expected of us.
The THIRST values permeate all that we do and are a framework that staff can hold leaders to account for the way that they lead. We have high expectations, but we will provide the support, training and resources for you to deliver the best possible education for our students.
We are very clear that the gender, background, colour, poverty, wealth or social status of a child should have no bearing on how well they perform, and staff here work extremely hard in trying to close that gap between the different groups of pupils.
As a result, we have improved our headline figures year on year and initial analysis places us in the top 12% of schools nationally for progress, although we know that we can still do better.
I would urge you to read our Wellbeing charter that provides you with an understanding of things that we do to just make your job that little bit easier, not tokenistic but just genuine little things that help.
If you would like to discuss the role in confidence, please contact Inspire Together Manager Dan Hewins, dhewins@crownhills.leicester.sch.uk or phone 07511 163 783.
Application Process: Please read the attached job description and person specification. If you are interested in applying, please fill in the application form available on our eteach portal, eteach portal. Please include e-mail addresses of all referees, together with a letter of application (no more than 2 sides of A4, font 12) outlining your skills, qualifications and experience relevant to this post by 9am on Monday 12th May 2025. Please include your cover letter in the supporting statement section.
Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 12th May 2025
Interviews likely to be in: the week beginning 19th May 2025
Start: as soon as possible
I look forward to meeting you and receiving your application.
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