Headteacher
Barton Court Grammar School
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Negotiable for the right candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 January 2020
Job overview
Headteacher – Barton Court Grammar School
Salary: Negotiable for the right candidate
Start Date: 1 January 2020
Exciting new opportunity, to lead an outstanding co-educational grammar school in Canterbury in Kent
Are you seeking an opportunity to play a major role in leading an outstanding selective school which is the Lead School of a high performing Multi Academy Trust with excellent outcomes, year on year, for our exceptional pupils? Are you an experienced Headteacher looking for a new challenge or an experienced Deputy Headteacher looking for your first Headship? If so, Barton Court Grammar School (BCGS) is looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking, energetic leader to lead the School through its next phase of development.
BCGS is the Lead School of Barton Court Academy Trust (BCAT), we are a smaller, but highly ambitious Trust which consists of three secondary schools; BCGS, The Charles Dickens School (CDS) which joined BCAT on 1 March 2017 and BCAT Free school which is a 5 form entry 11-18 non-selective school with a joint Sixth Form with BCGS and will open in 2021. BCAT Free school is co-sited to BCGS and work on developing its multi-million-pound site starts shortly. The Trust has also submitted a bid to the DFE to open a satellite grammar provision of Barton Court Grammar School on the Coast between Whitstable and Herne Bay.
Working within BCAT you will be supported to lead Barton Court ensuring that high standards and excellence are maintained. We have high expectations and working together within BCAT we are able to share best practice and offer outstanding professional development for you and all staff across the Trust.
The opportunities to be part of Barton Court Grammar School and Barton Court Academy Trust’s history and to develop a school that truly stands apart are significant: shaping the curriculum, igniting enthusiasm and excitement for learning. A perfect career move!
You will be passionate about teaching, learning and ensuring children, irrespective of their background, gender or race, can be the best they can be.
Barton Court Grammar School offers our students and our staff a unique opportunity working in a beautiful and historic city to explore, to excel and to achieve.
Closing date: Monday 16 September 2019, midday
Further information about our School can be found on our website.
To apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button on our TES listing to complete an online application form. Alternatively, please complete the teaching application form which can be found on the website: www.bartoncourt.org
If you do have any questions, please email Ms K Cardus, Executive Headteacher kcardus@bartoncourt.org
Barton Court Grammar 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 post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application via the Disclosure & Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for Children.
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About Barton Court Grammar School
Welcome to Barton Court Grammar School (BCGS)
Barton Court Grammar School is an 11-18 years, selective, co-educational, Grammar school in Canterbury, Kent. The School is highly popular and is oversubscribed.
At BCGS, we are a school that seeks to inspire, support and enable both staff and students to achieve. To help us do this we promote the values of serving others, humility, achievement, respect and equality. We are a school which embraces our British heritage and British values. As a result, we welcome staff from a range of backgrounds and faiths to join our vibrant and inclusive environment.
Subjects across the School benefit from being led by a team of highly competent, skilled and charismatic middle leaders. Exciting and innovative teaching is enabled by the scaffolding of colleagues’ skills through carefully designed continuous professional development which encompasses everything from bespoke workshops to the opportunity to observe colleagues, including our Leadership Team. Entirely committed to education, our facilities are second to none and include a shared Sports Hall and gym with Canterbury Christ Church University, a new block built in January 2018 which consists of 7 new Mathematics classrooms, 3 state-of-the-art Science Laboratories, new Kitchen/Servery and Canteen. In addition, Sixth Form students have access to their own Common Room and own Learning Resources Centre. The whole site has industry standard wi-fi with students in the Sixth Form able to bring their own devices to school.
Colleagues and pupils benefit from our commitment to extra-curricular activities, enrichment days and enrichment week broadening student experiences and developing cultural capital. Successful teachers at Barton Court are committed, industrious and open to development, not only within the confines of the classroom, but within wider school life.
Barton Court is the lead school in the Barton Court Academy Trust which provides staff with opportunities to significantly contribute to the CPD of colleagues within the Trust and support and develop the curriculum being designed at the Barton Manor Free School, which opened in September 2022. In addition colleagues within the school take advantage of planned opportunities to be part of our Staff Drive team, as well as pioneering work in relation to staff workload and well-being.
Headteacher
Jonathan Hopkins
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