Assistant Headteacher: Head of House
The Summerhill School
Dudley
- Expired
- Salary:
- (L10-L14) £48,711 - £53,712 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 2 May 2017
Job overview
Are you exceptional and do you have a clear sense of fun? Do you have the drive, high standards and passion to ensure our students make a real difference to their outcomes and life chances?
Do you want to join something truly special?
We are looking for new Heads of House in our newly formed House System which will aim to be without question, the best House System in the UK.
Governors appointed a new Executive Headteacher in October 2016 and you will be joining the school at an exciting time as we are on a journey to become beyond outstanding. Once a Housemaster, Mr Bowkett has launched House Systems in many schools and has led numerous conferences to coach and train other schools in how to combine fun, with excellence and success. Previous House Systems have become widely praised as being the best such systems in the UK.
Do you possess the following attributes?
- Ability to be an exceptional member of staff with clear capacity and the desire to improve
- Potential to progress in your career
- Possession of a wide range of skills to support our staff, students, parents and community towards excellence
- The skills, experience and ability to gain the confidence of students and staff
- Professional presence, capability and clarity with an excellent demonstration of the ability to motivate and empower
- A clear sense of fun, energy, drive and passion
If you would like an informal conversation with Mr Bowkett prior to applying, or to arrange a visit, please contact Mrs Jill Belcher, Director of Operations and Business to arrange an appointment by emailing jillbelcher@summerhill.dudley.sch.uk.
Closing date: Wednesday 3rd May 2017 – 12.00 noon.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children; therefore the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.
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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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