Head of Sixth Form
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Bishop Wordsworth's School
Wiltshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS +TLR1b
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2019
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2019
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and inspirational Head of Sixth form responsible for the implementation of the vision, culture and strategic direction of the Sixth Form at this very exciting time in the school’s development with the initiative to make the BWS Sixth Form fully co-educational from September 2020.
The successful candidate will be able to provide leadership and management to the Sixth Form and to take responsibility (in rotation) for one of the year groups. You must be able to set high standards and raise expectations of all students with the ability to market and develop the Sixth Form in terms of our provision as well as contributing to the school’s strategic and operational plans.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you must be able to lead an internal safeguarding team to ensure robust management within all areas of safeguarding practice as well as ensuring that all staff are trained and embed the learning from their training into their daily practice. The successful candidate will undergo the necessary training to be able to contribute to the development of Safeguarding and Child Protection guidelines at Bishop Wordsworth's School, working with colleagues to ensure the coordination of academic and pastoral support.
A suitable qualified candidate may also have a role in leading the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and/or Oxbridge entry. The appointment carries a TLR1b responsibility point together with a heavily discounted timetable.
We will offer you:
• A comprehensive program of CPD
• The opportunity to lead and develop an outstanding Sixth Form Faculty with a superb record in university entrance.
• Friendly staff and well-motivated and able students
For further details and an application form please visit the school website:
http://www.bws-school.org.uk/The_School/Vacancies/.
If you wish to have the opportunity of an informal discussion prior to submitting an application form, please contact Mrs Annie Lloyd-Gilmour (HR Manager) alg@bws.wilts.sch.uk Applications are accepted by post and email.
Bishop Wordsworth’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check as well as other relevant pre-employment checks including satisfactory references and medical clearance.
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About Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a unique school in a unique place. Our founder, Bishop John Wordsworth intended that his school should provide a centre of academic excellence in the heart of Salisbury. Since 1890 Bishop’s has fulfilled that mission and today we educate 1,176 students aged between 11 and 18 and which include approximately 130 girls in our now fully co-ed sixth form. Under the shadow of the Cathedral spire our eclectic buildings span the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries, reflecting the school’s heritage. This creates a very special atmosphere in which students are conscious, on a daily basis, of their part in a long tradition of academic endeavour.
The school has remained true to its founder’s traditions by following three basic aims:
•To encourage all our students to develop their potential to the full by setting themselves the highest standards of excellence and achievement;
•To develop in all our students the integrity and the means to face confidently the challenges of a fast changing world;
•To inspire all our students to lead happy, purposeful and responsible lives.
Bishop’s enjoys a hard earned reputation as one of the finest schools in the country. The school is well known for its traditions of excellence, its strong links with the Church of England and the Cathedral, and its sense of pride in the school community. It became an Academy School in March 2011, enhancing its reputation for independence and outstanding quality in education.
Girls were welcomed to the Bishop’s Sixth Form from September 2020 and they now make up around 30% of the 400 Year 12 and 13 students that are on our roll. Standards are very high throughout, both in the curriculum and elsewhere and the young women and men of the sixth form provide outstanding leadership for the rest of the school. Almost all of our students progress to the most competitive universities, with some also securing high calibre degree apprenticeship positions.
Boys take an 11+ selection test for admission to Bishop’s. Academic standards are very high and are duly recognized as such by OfSTED, DfE and the media, but excellence permeates all other areas of school life. School Sport is exceptionally strong, and the traditions in Music and Performing Arts are impressive. The school is characterised by a culture of challenging students to do their best while, at the same time, offering them the support that they need to do really well. Older students are asked to take leadership responsibilities and operate as role models and mentors for those in lower years.
We place great importance on delivering an all round education for all of our students. Bishop’s enjoys an incomparable environment in the shadow of the highest cathedral spire in England, and many major school events take place in the Cathedral during the school year. Facilities for learning and teaching are already excellent, and further development of the school site continues.
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