Associate Head
Drayton Manor High School
Hanwell, West London
- Expired
- Salary:
- (Inner London pay scale) L34 – L39
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- Summer Term
- Apply by:
- 25 January 2019
Job overview
ASSOCIATE HEAD
Salary: (Inner London pay scale) L34 – L39
Fixed-term Contract: Commencing 23 April 2019 until 31 March 2021
We are looking to appoint an Associate Head to work with, and as appropriate, deputise for the Executive Trust Head in all functions of school leadership.
The role is intended to increase capacity in the leadership team for long term development, which, subject to the Executive Trust Head, the successful candidate will be expected to lead in all areas.
In particular, the successful candidate will be expected to embrace the school’s robust academic and pastoral ethos with a view to taking its impact on student outcomes to higher levels, so that what Drayton Manor offers the education system will become ever more distinctive. There is also potential for the successful candidate to be involved in a restructuring of the Senior Leadership Team over the next couple of years.
They will be expected to prepare, and where appropriate oversee, the implementation of improvements intended to anchor our ethos and standards ever more deeply into the life of the school, building on what has already proved successful and drawing on the experience of other schools.
Drayton Manor is a heavily oversubscribed and successful school. Student achievement is high with a value added score at A Level placing us in the top 12% of schools nationally and 50% of GCSE students achieving the English Baccalaureate. We are very proud of our ethos.
Drayton Manor offers a wide range of opportunities, academic, practical, cultural and sporting to all students. The school thinks and works in terms of individual students, their personal development, their academic tuition, their interests and their career needs.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to apply for an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk.
For an informal and confidential discussion about the role please contact Adam Stanley on 07778 819105. Further information and an application pack can be found on the Vacancies section of the school website http://www.draytonmanorhighschool.co.uk/Employment-Opportunities.
Closing date for applications – 12 noon, Friday 25 January 2019
Interviews will be held on Friday 15 February 2019
No agencies, faxes or CVS.
Attached documents
About Drayton Manor High School
Drayton Manor High School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in London serving students between the ages of 11-19. The secondary school, situated in Ealing as approximately 1,566 students on record.
Formerly Drayton Manor Grammar School, Drayton Manor High School was established in 1930, changing to a comprehensive status in 1975. The secondary school converted to academy status in 2012 and was identified as outstanding by Ofsted in the same year.
Headteacher
Ms Lisa Mills
Values and vision
Drayton Manor High School focuses on maximising student’s development and works to ensure they are provided with a broad range of academic, practical, cultural and sporting opportunities. The London based secondary school teaches students to respect differences and promotes equal opportunities, wishing for each individual to succeed to the best of their ability and achieve their goals and ambitions. The school nurtures students global awareness and wants them to have an understanding and appreciation for different groups and nations, along with economic and environmental issues.
Ofsted
“This is an outstanding school. The sixth form is outstanding. The school has a well-deserved reputation of giving all students equal opportunities to succeed. It supports their individual needs so they make outstanding progress. Many of them attain well above average standards. All students are very well prepared for their future lives, whatever their chosen paths. The curriculum offers stimulating extras such as Chinese, Latin and the Duke of Edinburgh award, sixth form community service as well as numerous visits, trips and enrichment activities and makes a significant contribution to students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Many of the enrichment activities broaden students’ understanding of the wider world and different societies”.
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