Assistant Headteacher: Head of House
The Summerhill School
Dudley
- £52,721 - £58,134 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- L10-L14
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2022
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2021
Job overview
Summerhill School
Assistant Headteacher: Head of House
Salary: L10 – L14 (£52721 - £58134)
Start Date: April 2022
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Do you have the drive, high standards and passion to ensure our students have an outstanding school experience and prepare them for a successful life after Summerhill?
The Governors of Summerhill School are seeking to appoint an inspirational Assistant Headteacher: Head of House, who will enhance the successes of the school and drive the school forward into its next stage of development. Summerhill is an oversubscribed, high performing 11-16 Local Authority Maintained School within the town of Kingswinford.
You will have:
- The ability to inspire and motivate teams as well as lead by example
- A strong understanding of whole school improvement, driving forwards pastoral care agendas
- Strong leadership that consistently strives to gain the best for each and every student
- Excellent communication skills for all stakeholders with the ability to build relationships with parents, other schools and the wider community
- Adept skills to challenge and support in equal measure
- The ability to set and deliver aspirational targets and high-quality provision for all our students
We can offer:
- Wonderful students who are keen to learn
- Dedicated, committed and enthusiastic staff
- A proactive and supportive governing body
- A positive, caring and supportive school ethos
- An opportunity to work in a modern learning environment
School visits will be taking place on:
- Thursday 18 November at 11:00am
- Friday 19 November at 2:00pm
- Monday 22 November at 9:00am
Please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Keeley Stone, on 01384 816165 ext. 0373 (kstone@summerhill.dudley.sch.uk) if you would like to arrange a visit, or for an informal conversation with Tim Harris, Headteacher.
You should complete an online application form through the WM Jobs website. Online application forms only will be accepted for this vacancy. If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application or have experienced a problem whilst applying for a position, please contact the HR Resourcing Team on 01384 811300 (option 1) or via e-mail to HR Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk. Online facilities for job applications are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.
The above post requires an enhanced disclosure in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1999. All applications will be considered on receipt, and we reserve the right to close the process prior to the advertised date.
Closing date for completed applications is 9am on Monday 29 November 2021.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Monday 6 December 2021.
Attached documents
About The Summerhill School
Summerhill School is a mainstream, co-educational, non-denominational, community secondary school for children aged 11-16. It is situated in Kingswinford, outside Dudley in the West Midlands, and there are 1,010 students on its roll.
We are a community school. We have wonderful children, caring and supportive parents and a great team of staff. We have modern, well-equipped facilities and are located within beautiful countryside. We’ve faced some challenges over the last few years, but this is a school that’s improving rapidly in every way. We were visited in April 2019 by an Ofsted inspection team and we’re very pleased that they recognised our improvements and rated us as Good in every category. Since then, our exam results have improved further. Members of our school community can be genuinely proud to be part of Summerhill.
Headteacher
Mr Tim Harris
Vision and values
Every Summerhill student wears the words “Success through Caring” on their uniform, and this philosophy genuinely runs through everything we do. We are very proud of the success we have achieved, but we never forget that this is built on a bedrock of caring.
At Summerhill, our House system is absolutely central to school life. It provides nurturing, challenge, teamwork, and fun for all members of our school, building upon a foundation of supportive relationships, family and British values within a global society. Mature and mutually respectful relationships characterise our community and we strive for excellence in every way as we develop young people in partnership with parents and the wider community.
High Expectations
The values that are instilled into young people during their formative years will stay with them forever. We want to be proud of every single Summerhill student, so we focus on 4 key elements that together spell “CARE”. These will lead to success at school, but also for the rest of our students’ lives:
Courage
• Honesty, integrity, doing the right thing even when it’s difficult
• Trying new experiences
• Being resilient and never giving up
Ambition
• Always aiming to be brilliant and demonstrating self-discipline
• Setting a great example as a role model and helping other people to improve
• Being curious and looking for ways to learn more
Respect
• Respecting differences; standing against prejudice and discrimination
• Caring for our local / global environment
• Working well with a wide range of other people; being a great team player
Effort
• Always being focused and organised
• Taking pride in being smart, meeting deadlines and producing high-quality work
• Having high levels of attendance and punctuality
Summerhill students achieve superb examination results. Our attainment levels have been well above the national average for many years. We are eagerly waiting publication of 2019 national results which we expect to confirm that Summerhill’s progress levels are also now significantly higher than other schools (locally and nationally).
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