Assistant Headteacher / Maths Hub Lead
Wycombe High School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale (L11—L15)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2017
Job overview
To be a member of Wycombe High School's Leadership Group, sharing in the responsibilities and duties of senior leadership and to provide strategic mathematics leadership and management for the Maths Hub.
- Lead the Maths Hub (this will take approx. 2.5 days per week)
- Take responsibility for specific targets in the school development plan aimed at improving student learning
- Meet weekly with the Headteacher and the Leadership Group on matters of policy and improvement planning
- Chair one or more staff groups on policy development, school improvement and / or operational matters
- Attend and advise meetings of the governors and governors’ committees and working groups, as appropriate
- Share responsibility for the learning and personal development of all students
- Line manage specific members of staff, including Subject Leaders
- Monitor and evaluate aspects of the school’s work, including the monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning of specific subject teams
- Promote cross curricular work and the development and implementation of cross-curricular policies
- Support teaching and support staff colleagues, with the aim of providing a secure and friendly environment for their own work and professional development.
- Carry out performance management reviews
- Promote the professional development of staff
- Assist in the appointment of staff
- Attend school events and activities as required by the Headteacher
- Represent the school at external meetings and other events
- Contribute to the school’s programme of income generation
- Liaise with other schools, as appropriate
Maths Hub Lead is responsible for:
Providing strategic mathematics leadership and management for the Maths Hub, including overseeing the work of the Maths Hub Administrator, the Teaching for Mastery Lead, and the Level 3 Mathematics Lead
Co-ordinating the development of the Maths Hub plans, in conjunction with the Teaching for Mastery
Ensuring that effective monitoring and evaluation of Maths Hubs work is carried out and that all required reports are produced
Identifying, developing, and supporting the Maths Hub Work Group Leads
Communicating with and engaging key stakeholders in the work of the Maths Hub, icluding presenting to relevant groups of teachers and school leaders
Reporting to the NCETM, Maths Hub Strategic Board, and Lead School Senior Leadership Link as required
The successful applicant will work as an active member of the Maths Hubs Network, including participation in the National Maths Hubs Forums and one of the National Co-ordination Teams. He /she will have significant successful experience as a subject leader for mathematics and be experienced in leading work beyond his/her own school/college
Wycombe High School is a girls’ selective state academy school with 1350 students on roll, of whom over 400 are in the Sixth Form. Each year 192 girls are admitted into Year 7. All students are assigned to a vertical tutor group consisting of about 21 students; usually three students from each year. There are six houses with 10 tutor groups in each house.
The school has educated girls of High Wycombe for over a hundred years and is very highly regarded in the local and wider community. There is a strong and shared sense of community and collective pride, built on core values. We have excellent links with other local schools, colleges and universities.
Examination results at Wycombe High School are outstanding. An impressive 44% of all A Level grades in 2016 were A* or A grades. The whole school A* rate was 14%. The significant majority of our students gained their first choice university place – an exceptional achievement given this year’s competitive climate. Our results at GCSE are equally outstanding, with 89% of all grades A*-B and 33% of all grades were A*.
Our school is part of the Wycombe High School Academies Trust; a Trust consisting of Wycombe High School and Bourne End Academy.
Our staff are professional, forward-looking and committed to extending the horizons of our students, encouraging them to aim high, to take on leadership roles and to become independent learners. We have an ambitious development plan, with a focus on improving the quality of teaching and learning, both within and beyond the classroom.
We are a National Support School, a Teaching School and a Mathematics Hub and have strong community partnerships. We have invested substantially in IT systems and training. We have an outstanding reputation for the performing and visual arts.
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About Wycombe High School
At Wycombe High School we
- Look beyond the traditional grammar school.
- Look beyond league tables and exam results.
- Look beyond stereotypes and conventions.
- Look beyond a world where futures are fixed.
At Wycombe High, we look beyond.
All those who study, work or send their children to our school are part of the Wycombe High School Family and are ambassadors for our vision, mission, values and Wycombe High School characteristics.
Vision:
Wycombe High School is a school where students relish challenge, chase excellence and inspire those around them at every stage of their lives
Mission:
We build an ambitious and compassionate community of people who contribute eagerly to school life. We provide opportunities which propel our students out of their comfort zone, whilst supporting them at every stage and guiding them towards diverse futures
Values:
- Infectious Joy:
School days should be “the best days of your life”. We create a joyful environment where each girl can experience the thrill of success, seek opportunities that make her smile and develop long-lasting friendships.
- Limitless Ambition:
We reject the notion that there is anything in the world that a girl ‘cannot’ do or ‘should not’ strive for. We galvanize every girl to be boldly brilliant in whatever she wishes to achieve, pushing her limits without fearing failure.
- Insatiable Curiosity
For us, learning is a process which extends beyond your time at school; it’s a lifelong passion. We aim to uncover an innate intrigue and thirst for discovery in our girls, whatever their chosen subject(s) might be. We prepare our girls to think big and think globally.
- Generous Spirit
We champion a collective and collaborative spirit. We provide an unbreakable support network, sharing in our girls’ successes and enabling them to bounce back from times of difficulty.
Qualities
Our Motto Fortiter, Fideliter, Feliciter highlights the characteristics of a Wycombe High School student.
- Fortiter: Courageously
Each student is encouraged to speak out against all injustice, supported to take risks, and not be afraid of failure. She will push herself to her personal limits and beyond; and never give up. She will be encouraged to listen to the opinions of others, as well as to give them. She will accept responsibility for herself and other students. She will become independent and innovative in thought and action.
- Fideliter: Faithfully
Every student is expected to uphold our school vision, mission, values and be a great ambassador for the Wycombe High Family. She will act with integrity and be truthful and honest in all she does. She will keep promises and be reliable. She will work hard to achieve her full potential. Above all she will be a good friend, a good neighbour and a good citizen. She will contribute positively to school life and society.
- Feliciter: Joyfully
Every student will contribute to making our school the happy and joyful place it is. She will demonstrate mutual respect and empathy for all; is proud of her own achievements and those of others. She shows commitment to a fair and peaceful community and embraces diversity and a global mindset. She will be positive in approach; and support others to do the same.
"There is a clear commitment to the development of the whole child and the school provides outstanding opportunities for the students' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. A significant strength of the the school is the high quality of pastoral care".
Ofsted, June 2012
You can find further information about the school on our website at http://www.whs.bucks.sch.uk/about-whs/our-ethos and you are welcome to visit us.
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