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Headteacher

Kings' School

Hampshire

Salary:
The salary range is set at £89,055 to £103,334 (L64-L76)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2020
Apply by:
16 April 2020

Job overview

Would you like to be the new headteacher for Kings’ School Winchester?

The school currently has 1717 pupils on roll and sits right in the heart of the local community. As the new headteacher you will be expected to enhance the school as well as continue the strong journey of improvement inspired by the current headteacher who is moving on to a fresh challenge.

You could be part of a school that is highly inclusive and a place where everyone works together, knowing that all human beings are equally and infinitely valuable and that they have equal rights and equal dignity. At Kings' we promote respect, kindness and courtesy. We aim to enjoy our learning and to care for, and protect, every member of the school family. We respect high achievement, whatever form it takes.

You will occupy an influential position as the lead professional in the school and as such you will be a significant role model within the school and the local community. Winchester is a fantastic place to live and work and combines the best of city and country life.

We are looking for a candidate that can demonstrate recent and successful secondary school experience as a headteacher or deputy headteacher, who can evidence significant leadership in school improvement.

Your success in the role of headteacher at Kings’ will be evaluated against five key criteria:

  • Academic: Furthering the academic success of the school, particularly in GCSEs against a range of measures, including national benchmarks.
  • Teaching: Improving standards of teaching, learning and pupil engagement.
  • Culture: Enhancing the school's culture and ethos as a positive, happy and dynamic centre of excellence where children are inspired to reach their full potential.
  • Leadership: Providing leadership and management of the school's teaching and administrative staff, including their motivation and passion for excellence, their engagement and drive.
  • Financial: Financial leadership of the school against budget.

 

In return, the school offers you:

  • A close-knit school community with aspirational pupils and parents.
  • An opportunity to put your own mark on the school’s journey of improvement.
  • A team of dedicated and hard-working staff determined to move the school forward.
  • Confident, enthusiastic, well behaved and happy pupils who deserve the very best.
  • A Governing Body that is supportive, passionately committed to providing effective and strategic leadership.
  • A commitment to support your own continuing professional development.

 

The governors are keen to hear from you and we suggest that you take a look at this article in Hampshire Life for some details on living in Winchester https://www.hampshire-life.co.uk/homes-gardens/property-market/living-in-winchester-1-6350789

Application Procedure

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed on either 1st or 2nd of April. Please contact the Business Manager, Ian Pickles via email to arrange at I.Pickles@kings-winchester.hants.sch.uk

Please find attached the Headteacher Information pack and application form. Applications will need to be returned to Education Personnel Services, electronically to eps-recruitment@hants.gov.uk

Closing date:17/04/2020 at 12:00
Interview dates:27/04/2020 & 28/04/2020

Safer Recruitment

Kings' School and Hampshire County Council are 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 candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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About Kings' School

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  • Kings' School
  • Romsey Road, Winchester
  • Hampshire
  • SO22 5PN
  • United Kingdom
+44 1962 861161

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Kings’ is an oversubscribed, happy, and successful school, offering exceptional, well rounded, and individualised education for 1800 11–16-year-olds.

Our vision is clear, Working Together to Achieve Inspiring Futures, Exceptional Character, and Academic Excellence, and this is evidenced every day. Our positive ethos is evident from the first few minutes in school and is seen in the quality of relationships between all members of our school community.

We recognise the importance of staff wellbeing and voice. Our staff are at the forefront of every decision and are encouraged and supported in voicing their opinions through various forums and channels. Having adopted the DFE Wellbeing Charter, we are committed to protecting, improving, and promoting mental health and wellbeing at Kings’, we have a dedicated Committee, who meet regularly to discuss and implement “Kings’ Wellbeing” initiatives and a “Kings’ Portal” for staff to access all things wellbeing.

Throughout their time at Kings’, we support each of our pupils in their unique passions and talents, providing a wide arrange of diverse subjects and opportunities, and helping our ambitious, determined children to find confidence and joy in their work – now and in the future.

We are reminded of our vision by our motto, Una Laborantes (Working Together). Our values act as our inspiration and navigation in our learning, our work, and our life at school as we work together for our pupil’s personal growth and future academic success.

The care provided by our pastoral staff is outstanding and, through a focus on high expectations and positive relationships and with support from our Kings’ community, exemplary behaviour is the norm among pupils. At our recent Ofsted visit in January 2024 we were awarded a “Good” classification with 21 out of 22 areas graded outstanding, read the full report here.

As evidenced by our Ofsted report, staff and pupils feel great privilege to be part of the Kings’ community, at a school renowned for our academic excellence. Year on year, our pupils attain at the very highest level and together we celebrate our position alongside the very best state secondary schools in the country. Our aspirations go beyond our consistently high results, and we work together as a supportive school family to inspire each person to find their spark and forge their own path to personal fulfilment.

Situated in Winchester, Hampshire, Kings’ is large, vibrant campus surrounded by greenery and the hills of the South Downs. Onsite facilities include of a state-of the art floodlit AstroTurf, multiple games pitches & courts, a heated indoor swimming pool, a rock-climbing wall, music, and film recording studios, science labs and staff training suite.

Kings’ is within 5 minutes’ drive from the M3 and a short walk from Winchester bus & rail stations, ideally located with connections to the New Forrest, Bournemouth Beach, Portsmouth Harbour, Southampton City and London Waterloo. Learn more about life in Winchester and the surrounding areas, at visit Hampshire.

Formed when two schools on the site merged in 1985, Kings' has an extensive, rich history tracing back to 1889. To learn more about working at Kings’, our impressive curriculum and view out school prospectus, visit our School Website.

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