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Assistant Headteacher / Head of Post-16

Assistant Headteacher / Head of Post-16

St Martin in the Fields High School for Girls

Lambeth

  • Expired
Salary:
Leadership Group Scale L12-L16 (Inner London)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2017
Apply by:
8 May 2017

Job overview

We are seeking a Head of Sixth Form to lead and manage Post-16 education, including working in collaboration with South London Sixth (SL6). You will be a successful leader with a strong track record of school improvement either at Head of Department, Head of Year or Assistant Head level, with experience of Sixth Form teaching and curriculum. You will have significant experience in improving results and achieving the best possible outcomes for students and be supportive of the school’s Christian ethos. The role will also include some other areas of whole school responsibility. You will join a new and ambitious Senior Leadership Team with high expectations and will be able to lead by example in raising standards of achievement for all. In this post you will have the opportunity to make a significant difference to the lives of the students in the school. The main responsibility for this post will be as Head of Post-16. However, as Assistant Headteacher, you will also be expected to lead on a strand of whole school improvement. This will be negotiated and take into account your experience, skills and strengths.

Prospective candidates are welcome to visit the school by prior arrangement with the Headteacher’s PA. Your letter of application, which should be no more than two sides of A4, should address how you meet the person specification for the post. 

Closing date: Tuesday 9 May midday

Shortlisting: Wednesday 10 May 

Interviews:  Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 May 2017

Return your completed application by Tuesday 9 May at midday to the Headteacher’s PA, Josephine Goldsmith Jgoldsmith@stmartins.academy

References will be taken up for all candidates shortlisted for interview. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. This 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 successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.


St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls and Sixth Form (co-ed)

11-19 Church of England Academy

Founded 1699

155 Tulse Hill, London SW2 3UP

Headteacher: Mrs Beverley Stanislaus B.Ed NPQH

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About St Martin in the Fields High School for Girls

"The motto of the school, Caritate et Disciplina - with Love and Learning, is driven by all staff in a common endeavour to improve pupils' life chances." Ofsted report, May 2018

Our aim is simple.  It is to provide an exceptional education for girls of all abilities where they are inspired to learn and are ambitious for the future.  It was the aim of our founders in 1699 and is still our aim today.  Our commitment to academic excellence and personal well-being is total. Our vision is to create a safe, caring, happy and inclusive community underpinned by our Christian values. We want our girls to shine and grow together in faith and knowledge, developing their unique gifts and talents both in the classroom and in the wider life of the school and beyond.  The students at St Martin's are at the heart of our purpose and vision.  They will be empowered to fulfil their learning potential because they are informed, ambitious, resilient; they respect and value education and being educated.  Our girls will fulfil their academic potential, but more than this, they will develop the skills, competencies and personal qualities and characteristics that will help them to be successful in the future in whatever route they choose to take.

A St Martin's Girl is articulate and charismatic, and will become:

  • RESPONSIBLE, with a strong sense of community, an understanding of the importance of courtesy,  appropriate behaviour  towards others and the environment.
  • CONFIDENT, able to think independently, confident in her academic and social capability and work within a strong moral framework.
  • SPIRITUAL, compassionately sensitive to the needs of others and self; instilled with a heightened sense of morality and culturally aware.
  • SUCCESSFUL, working hard, accepting challenges and being determined and scholarly, making exceptional progress.


Our motto, CARITATE ET DISCIPLINA - WITH LOVE AND LEARNING, embodies our vision and is timeless. Schooling, more than anything, is about achieving success and having a zest for learning with plenty of awe and wonder. Quite simply, St Martin's is a great place to work - for staff and students alike. Both academic and social achievement is supported, encouraged and celebrated.

The spiritual life of everyone associated with St Martin's is important to us; students, their families, staff, governors and visitors to the school.  As a Church of England school, we provide a learning environment where our Christian faith is lived out every day through worship, in our relationships and in teaching.  We are a caring and happy community where students find security, acceptance and an opportunity to develop their potential. In all that we do, we seek to show God's care for our students.  We value, respect and celebrate all cultures, all faiths and none because we are inspired by a welcoming, inclusive and loving God, seen in Jesus Christ and lived out through the Holy Spirit, alive in every person.

As a Church school, prayer and reflection are central to all that we do as they contribute to the spiritual development of the whole school community. We pray together daily and there are opportunities for Christian reflection outside collective worship.  We have a school prayer which we say together at the start of the school year, at the end of each term in our Church service and at special services such as St Martin’s Day and Founders Day. We also say the Lord’s Prayer and know that this is how the Lord taught us to pray.

Our focus is on delivering the highest quality all-round education for all students. Our priorities can be found here.

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