Headteacher
Northfield School and Sports College
Billingham, Stockton-On-Tees
- Expired
- Salary:
- L34 (£88,571) to L40 (£102,570)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2019
- Apply by:
- 20 June 2018
Job overview
Northfield School & Sports College is a large 11–16 LA maintained school situated in a pleasant semi-rural environment in the northern part of Billingham. The school was judged as good in all areas in the 2016 Ofsted inspection. In September a dedicated new Year 7 building will open to accommodate rising student numbers. The present Headteacher will retire in December after eight years of exemplary service to the school and community. The Governing Body is seeking to appoint an inspirational and ambitious leader with a proven track record of raising aspirations, improving student outcomes and championing inclusion, who can build on the school’s current strengths to deliver excellence in all areas.
Working with a highly effective Governing Body and the LA the successful candidate will:
- Lead the vision and strategic direction of Northfield School & Sports College.
- Inspire students to become confident, independent and with high aspirations and respect for the unique abilities and talents of all.
- Empower staff to develop their skills and practice of evidence based teaching and learning founded on a clear sense of moral purpose.
- Secure consistently excellent progress for all students.
- Promote existing strong local, national and international partnerships.
- Promote the involvement of parents and carers in the life and success of the school.
- Sustain the wide range of sporting and extra-curricular opportunities for students and the wider community.
- Manage resources effectively to sustain the future success of the school.
School visit
Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit to the school on 6th, 14th or 19th June 2018. Please contact Allyson Mills, at Allyson.Mills@northfieldssc.org to arrange an appointment. Deborah Merrett, Chief Advisor Stockton LA at deborah.merrett@stockton.gov.uk will assist with any other enquiries.
Closing date for applications: 12 noon Thursday 21st June. Please note we require online applications only at recruitment@xentrall.org.uk
Interview dates
Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th July.
Attached documents
About Northfield School and Sports College
- Northfield School and Sports College
- Thames Road, Billingham
- Stockton-on-Tees
- TS22 5EG
- United Kingdom
Northfield School has been providing high quality education for the young people of Billingham for fifty years. During this time, the school has gone through several changes. With its latest transformation now complete, pupils have state of the art facilities in which to thrive.
We are a values led school; our three core values being respect, honesty and resilience. These core values, along with staff having the highest expectations of every pupil underpin our desire to ensure that we are able to inspire confident learners, who will leave Northfield with a really good level of knowledge, skills and experience to thrive in an ever- changing world.
In February 2023, the school was inspected by OFSTED and judged to be good in all areas. The report acknowledges the hard work of leaders, staff and governors in bringing about positive change and constructing a high-quality curriculum. Ofsted highlights that pupils behave well and that staff and pupils get on well with strong and effective pastoral care available.
The exceptionally wide range of extra-curricular activities offered by the school as well as its strong personal development programme are also highlighted in the report.
Northfield is a popular school. To cater for the significant demand in places, a 330 place state-of-the art multi-million pound Year 7 School was built on site and opened in September 2018.
Our 2023 examination results continued to build upon our academic success with improvements in a number of key areas. This success builds upon our other achievements such as Arts Gold Mark (Exemplary) award, Gold School Games Award, Duke of Edinburgh Award Flagship School and Holocaust Education Beacon School. Our SMSC programme is a real strength of the school.
Staff enjoy working at Northfield. This is something of which we are very proud. Staff well-being is a priority. Inspectors highlighted the fact that staff value the support available to them.
The school’s reputation for sporting success is well founded. Our girls have been national champions for table tennis a number of times, the school has won the Teesside School Sports Awards for Girls and Team for the past two years. Our girls were badminton national finalists this year and our girls’ football team played in the national finals at Wembley in 2015. In 2017, the girls went one place further and became national Futsal champions. Our pupils became national champions at Dragon Boat Racing in 2018. In 2016, School Sport magazine judged the school to be in the top 10 nationally for sporting achievement.
The school’s website contains a considerable amount of information and our pupils and staff regularly update its content. Please visit our website to find out even more about developments or access up to date information about Northfield.
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