Head of the Middle School
Emanuel School
Wandsworth
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 7 January 2019
Job overview
Emanuel School is a co-educational independent secondary day school in Wandsworth, London, with over 900 pupils from 10-18 years old. We aim to balance academic excellence with the provision of supportive pastoral care and a wide range of co-curricular activities across the arts and sports.
The Head of the Middle School is a key senior management team post within the school, and we are looking for an exceptional person to fill it. The right candidate will have excellent pastoral and academic understanding, combined with the leadership qualities and presence needed to manage the important middle school years: nine to eleven.
This exciting, varied and rewarding role may well suit someone with pastoral management experience or a successful head of department – critically they must have the proven ability to inspire and engage young people and enjoy working closely with colleagues and parents.
We are looking for someone who will improve academic outcomes for pupils in all three year groups by having high aspirations, as well as supporting and leading them with good humour, clarity and empathy.
As with other senior pastoral posts, the Head of the Middle School will join the safeguarding team as the deputy DSL.
If you are interested in this position then please visit the vacancies section of our website and download the detailed job pack by clicking the apply button.
Completed application forms should be submitted by the closing date: Monday 7th January 2019 at 12 noon.
Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check. Emanuel School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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About Emanuel School
“The school whole-heartedly fulfils its aims to inspire endeavour, confidence and ambition in its pupils.”
ISI Inspection Report April 2023
Welcome to Emanuel. We are a fully co-ed school of over 1000 pupils, aged 10-18, with over 200 teaching and support staff colleagues.
We are an ambitious community. This summer, 87% of grades at GCSE were awarded 9-7, which is a lift of 37% across recent years. Our A Level A*-A percentage is 53%. This is 20% higher than in 2018 and the school is now recognised as one of the best for academic outcomes in the country. The recent ISI Inspection report noted that: “Pupils make excellent progress across the range of subjects and significant value is added to their academic outcomes.”
We are committed to developing all our major sports and value pupil participation as well as team and individual achievement. The school’s critical build plan will see a significant investment in our on and off-site sports facilities across the next 3-4 years. The same site plan will support the outstanding creative and performing arts teaching at the school, as the school’s plans for a large specialist science teaching block will also allow us to improve our facilities for music and drama, both areas of traditional strength. We were delighted that these areas were recognised in last year’s Independent School of the Year Awards when we won the award for our performing arts.
Beyond the classroom, we have a thriving partnerships programme, helping to develop our pupils at all ages as they participate in this work, and benefiting the local community, with over 1000 primary school children coming to use our site and work with our pupils each month. In 2021 we won the Independent School of the Year Award for our community outreach work.
At the heart of our school is a positive and welcoming culture. We are fortunate to have a committed and talented group of colleagues, people who recognise the importance of everyone at the school having a varied working life, a sense of personal growth and shared enjoyment. We wish you the best of luck with your application.
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