Assistant Headteacher
John Hampden Grammar School
Buckinghamshire
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary: Leadership Group Pay Range L11 – L15 £51,234 -£56,434
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 25 February 2019
Job overview
John Hampden Grammar School is seeking to appoint an inspirational, dynamic and enthusiastic Assistant Headteacher to join our senior leadership team who wholeheartedly supports the school’s aims of enhancing and enriching the lives of the young men who attend.
The successful candidate will be an exceptional leader who is ready for a new challenge and able to demonstrate strategic leadership and management skills alongside having the drive and ambition to help lead JHGS through its next stage of development.
Overall responsibility
Strategic leadership of the curriculum across Key Stage 3-5 including timetabling. Delivery of the Digital Strategy to support the schools aims and ethos and enable staff and students to work effectively and efficiently.
Whilst the successful candidate will have a proven track record of success as both a teacher and a leader, they will also:
- Value a broad curriculum which is rich and stimulating and appreciate the impact a wealth of extra-curricular opportunities has on pupils
- Have a proactive approach to maximising opportunities for the school
- Thrive on challenge with resilience and reflection
- Have the inclination to remain positive and solution focused
- Show drive, tenacity and the ability to realise ambitions
- Be an engaging and visible leader who will quickly earn the respect of colleagues, students and parents and other agencies
Honest, integrity, resilience and good-humour are essential personal qualities.
The challenges met and the experience gained in fulfilling this post at JHGS will be rewarding and will provide excellent preparation for colleagues wishing to progress their career further. As Assistant Head, the post-holder will be asked to advise on all matters of school policy, procedure and routine, sharing broad operational and strategic responsibility for the management of the School and for its development.
JHGS is an outstanding school with above national average results at GCSE and A level. We have a positive P8 score and significant value added at A level. The broad and balanced curriculum is enhanced by an extensive extra-curricular programme reflecting the importance placed on developing the whole child and preparing them for the 21st century world.
Start date: September 2019
If you feel you have the skills and commitment to support us in getting the best from our pupils then we would love to hear from you. Interested candidates are most welcome to visit the school and visits can be arranged through the school office (office@jhgs.bucks.sch.uk)
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About John Hampden Grammar School
- John Hampden Grammar School
- Marlow Hill, High Wycombe
- Buckinghamshire
- HP11 1SZ
- United Kingdom
JHGS is an outstanding school with a long and distinguished history of educating able boys. It combines the academic rigour of a traditional grammar school with a strong sense of community and a warm and supportive ethos where young men acquire the interpersonal skills of successful leaders. Academic excellence pervades all that we do but JHGS offers far more; we encourage boys to enjoy as wide an experience as possible.
JHGS is an established centre of academic excellence. There is a culture of aspiration and students enjoy learning. Consistently classified as ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED, the School offers a broad curriculum which enables it to tailor each student’s examination choices to his interests and talents. Boys achieve at high levels in all subjects at both GCSE and A Level and Value Added measures are consistently impressive. They are encouraged to push the boundaries, to develop enquiring minds and have the ambition to be the very best. Enterprise education and access to advanced technology equip students for the future.
JHGS has a well established reputation for outstanding pastoral care. Integral to the fabric of the School is respect - respect for each other, our environment and our community. Dialogue between boys, parents and staff is important to ensure individual learning styles are met and the potential of each individual is genuinely developed.
Acquiring skills through their academic studies and in extracurricular activities, our boys also develop inter-personal skills which are crucial for success in life. Debating and public speaking are important to us and are developed through lessons and the very successful Pratchett Society. Parents have access to our Learning Gateway, providing constant information on their sons’ progress, grades, attendance record and achievements.
Sport typifies the ethos of JHGS. We believe both in excellence and participation and offer students a broad range of traditional sports such as rugby, football, hockey and cricket through to rock-it-ball. Some 18 sports are offered to students when they join the school. Our teams perform at the very highest levels, regularly winning local, regional and national trophies.
Leading, creating, organising, planning and performing are all enjoyable and rewarding experiences. The School’s calendar of performing arts events is extensive and incorporates boys of all ages. There is a very strong tradition of art and photography and both are also highly successful examination subjects. The creative life at JHGS educates boys to be open-minded, independent of thought and willing to take risks in their enthusiasm for excellence.
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