Assistant Head (Head of Sixth Form)
Latymer Upper School
Hammersmith and Fulham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 26 January 2021
Job overview
We are a school that values diversity and individual contribution; supporting and encouraging staff to pursue their interests and achieve their ambitions.
This high-profile Senior Leadership position offers an exciting opportunity to lead the pastoral care of our large, thriving and highly successful Sixth Form. We are looking for a candidate of the highest calibre able to shape and maintain the ethos, tone and high expectations of the Latymer Sixth Form. Your pastoral instincts will be excellent and will be focused on ensuring the emotional, physical and intellectual wellbeing of the students in your care. An excellent communicator, you will be able to inspire confidence amongst students, parents and the pastoral team. You will have a critical role in shaping and supporting the ambitious but realistic aspirations of students (and their parents) for the post-Sixth Form stage of their education and adult lives. You will lead, manage and inspire a large pastoral team and those involved in helping students with their Higher Education aspirations.
As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you must be committed to the school’s ethos and aims and to the school’s strategic direction. It is expected that the successful candidate will play a full role in our Senior Management Team, contributing to both to the wider strategic development of the school and, also, more specifically to its pastoral and academic development.
Further information about the School can be found at www.latymer-upper.org
To apply, access the full candidate brief, and view our attractive staff benefits package, please visit our dedicated recruitment website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 26 January 2021
Interviews will take place on Thursday 11 February 2021 Given the current closure of schools within a further period of national lockdown, this recruitment process is likely to be conducted remotely.
The School is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We have an established and representative staff Equality and Diversity Board to help drive forward positive change. A further Equality and Diversity Committee has recently been formed from our student population.
We are committed to attracting and retaining the very best staff, ensuring that our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community. Acknowledging a lack of ethnic diversity within our Leadership Team, we particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates for this role. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the School may employ positive action where diverse candidates can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and two satisfactory references.
About Latymer Upper School
Latymer Upper School is first and foremost a 'learning school', vibrant, global in perspective, innovative in its teaching and learning and combining the best of the traditional and the modern. A high value is placed on scholarship in both pupils and staff and the School prides itself on the excellence of its teaching and pastoral care, its academic achievements and its exciting and innovative curriculum.
Newcomers are often surprised by the size of the site on which Latymer Upper resides, little realising on first glimpse that the School stretches from the gothic gates on King Street in Hammersmith, to Latymer's Boat House on the banks of the River Thames.
Latymer Upper School’s ethos is as strong today as it was almost 400 years ago when The Latymer Foundation at Hammersmith came into being. Our story starts in 1624 when a prosperous lawyer, Edward Latymer, left part of his wealth for the clothing and education of “eight poore boyes” from Hammersmith.
Edward Latymer's vision was to offer his wards a life-changing education that would equip them to flourish in the wider world. This vision remains firmly at the heart of the School - although we now teach rather more than those original eight Hammersmith boys. The Latymer of today consists of a vibrant, co-educational student body of 1,200 girls and boys from all over West London and beyond, and a further 167 pupils at Latymer Prep.
Latymer Upper is a happy school, where the well-being of our pupils is central to all that we aim to achieve, both in and out of the classroom. Our priority is to ensure our students are equipped with the knowledge and strategies required to live healthy, safe and balanced lives. We believe that our school should help pupils become well-rounded young people, comfortable in themselves and in the company of others, whatever their differences. There are no typical Latymer Upper pupils, but we do encourage values such as politeness and helpfulness, and seek to instill a genuine sense of social responsibility.
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