Assistant Headteacher - Head of Communications Learning School
Highfields School
Wolverhampton
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership 12-16
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
Job overview
We wish to appoint an innovative and highly motivated person to lead and manage the Communications Learning School.
The Communications Learning School comprises English, Film Studies and Modern Foreign Languages with all subjects taught to A-Level. Applicants are invited from any of these subject disciplines.
The successful candidate will be a member of the School Leadership and Management Team and will contribute to the strategic and operational management of the School. They will have taught for at least five years and will have experience of leadership at departmental or whole school level. Above all, they will have a clear and exciting vision for Communications.
Highfields is a successful and heavily over-subscribed School situated on the pleasant west boundary of Wolverhampton.
We offer:
- A vibrant and exciting comprehensive school which is culturally and ethnically diverse
- A broad, balanced and engaging curriculum
- Excellent examination results which are significantly above national in all subjects
- Outstanding student progress
- Well-behaved students who are eager to learn
- Supportive parents who want the best for their children
- A large Sixth Form offering the opportunity to teach A Level
- Modern and stimulating teaching facilities
- Excellent CPD opportunities at all levels
Should you wish to visit us before applying please email Mrs Jane Fisher (Senior Deputy Headteacher) at Jfisher@hswv.co.uk
Highfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and 2 very good references
Closing date: Monday 2nd March 2020 at 9am
Please visit our website at www.hswv.co.uk to find out more about our school
Attached documents
About Highfields School
- Highfields School
- Boundary Way, Penn, Wolverhampton
- West Midlands
- WV4 4NT
- United Kingdom
Highfields School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in the West Midlands, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Wolverhampton has approximately 1,700 students on record.
Highfields School opened in 1957 and converted to academy status in 2015.
Headteacher
Mr G Tate
Values and vision
Highfields School wants all students to have access to a broad and balanced learning curriculum where are can gain the skills, knowledge and experience to thrive and reach their full potential. The secondary school wants students to feel valued during their time learning and works to be a caring and open learning community, where individual talents are celebrated and nurtured. The school believes that students achieve best when happy and wants parents, staff and students to all work together to achieve the best possible outcome for all. Students are encouraged to get involved with a wide range of extra-curricular activities to gain in confidence, nurture talents and discover new talents and interests. These include the Duke of Edinburgh Award, sports clubs, trips and an active Student Council, where skills in leadership and teamwork are practiced. The school recently received a cultural diversity award from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
Ofsted
“The school's curriculum meets students' needs and enables personalised choices, the impact of which is seen in increasing achievement and narrowing of gaps for specific groups of students. The developing curriculum at Key Stage 3 is supporting students to apply skills in a range of contexts and giving them experiences of real world situations.”
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