Head of All - Through School
Washwood Heath Academy
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Spine L31-L37
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2019
- Apply by:
- 15 June 2018
Job overview
Can you juggle oranges whilst standing on your head? If so, you will be a perfect fit as Head of All Through School at Washwood Heath Academy
This post comes at an exciting time within the development of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust. Washwood Heath Secondary academised in 2013 and converted to a Multi Academy trust in 2014. It is currently a family of 7 schools (secondary and primary) serving the East of Birmingham. We believe that we are stronger working in partnership to serve the children and families of our community. Washwood Heath Academy became an all through school in 2017 with a reception and year 3/4 class and will continue to grow over the next few years. The new full primary facility will open in approximately January 2019. The post 16 facilities of the school are also being developed in line with the increased student population. In September 2018 the school will take an additional 25 year 7’s.
This means we have a fantastic opportunity for an inspirational Head of All Through School who has the drive and ambition to consolidate our rapid growth, embed good outcomes and take us to the next level of success.
You will have the ability to implement improvement throughout the school and have a passion for raising standards and encouraging pupils to develop a love of learning.
The successful candidate will:
• Promote a love of lifelong learning from EYFS to adulthood
• Have excellent leadership, organisational and management skills
• Demonstrate the ability to build on success and manage change
• Show commitment to a culture of continuous improvement that promotes excellence for staff and pupils alike and builds on our current Ofsted rating
• Demonstrate excellent inter-personal and communication skills with the ability to articulate a clear vision for the through school and support positive relationships across the Trust
• Contribute significantly to the wider development of all schools within the Trust
We can offer you:
• Enthusiastic, well behaved learners who engage positively with school life
• A hard-working, motivated and engaged staff and governors, who care deeply about the outcomes for children and young people
• A culture of support for all staff
• MAT-wide continued professional development opportunities to enable practical and research based school improvement initiatives
• High level of support, coaching and friendship from the head CEO/Head Teacher group
• Access to an employee benefits scheme
• On-site parking
For further details, please visit the school website: www.washwoodheath.com or alternatively complete the online application form.
We warmly encourage you to visit the academy – please contact Mrs A. Sutheran: 0121 675 0536 to arrange.
Closing date for applications: 16th June 2018
Interviews to take place week commencing 25th June 2018.
Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
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About Washwood Heath Academy
- Washwood Heath Academy
- Burney Lane, Stechford, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B8 2AS
- United Kingdom
Headteacher's Welcome
I am delighted to welcome you to Washwood Heath Academy - a thriving All-through school in the heart of the local community. Washwood Heath Academy offers a rich, stimulating and rewarding learning environment for pupils aged 4 - 18.
Washwood Heath Academy is an oversubscribed All-through school, educating children from EYFS to Sixth Form. Our new purpose built primary school facility was opened in March 2019 and provides a fantastic teaching and learning environment for our younger pupils. Visitors to the school are always impressed by the high standards in lessons and around the Academy and how welcoming and polite our young people are.
We expect pupils to achieve the very best they can within a friendly and welcoming setting, underpinned by our HEARTS ethos and family atmosphere.
Washwood Heath inspires its pupils to strive for and reach their full potential, no matter what their abilities or talents.
I believe that every one of our pupils has potential to go on and become outstanding members of society and our caring and supportive school environment is the perfect place for them to grow in confidence. We strive to provide the best for every child by understanding, respecting and providing for each and every young person in our care. Our excellent relationships with parents and carers promote a shared understanding and belief in the school’s values and aims, working in partnership for their child’s education.
Washwood Heath offers an ambitious, broad and balanced curriculum for EYFS and Key Stages 1, 2 and 3, which aims to enrich and challenge all learners, enabling academic, moral, spiritual, social and cultural needs to be met. At key stage 4 (Years 9 to 11), the school offers an academic GCSE English Baccalaureate core for an increasing number of pupils and a broad choice of option subjects. We encourage our learners to continue their education beyond Year 11 and we offer a high quality and personalised curriculum in our Sixth Form.
Pupils will often hear me and other staff talk about what makes us who we are at Washwood Heath. We believe that all pupils should be kind, tolerant, and respectful and aim for excellence in all that they do. This, for me, characterises The Washwood Way.
The education we provide will be in line with these values and will develop your child’s knowledge, understanding and skills such that they can become highly qualified, responsible citizens able to participate fully in all parts of community life.
We have excellent teachers who stop at nothing to ensure their pupils achieve the success that they deserve, through hard work, self-belief and fun. Our extra-curricular opportunities provide something for everyone including a wide range of in-school workshops, theatre productions and sporting opportunities. Through our Washwood Heath Passport, our young people are offered a wide range of trips and visits including castles, parks, farms, cities and places of cultural and historical interest. In addition, we are increasing the number of weekend and weekday residentials for our pupils.
Every child’s education is of utmost importance to us. Everything that we do is geared towards providing the very best for the pupils that we serve. We will give you lots of information to help you appreciate more about our pupil’s progress and their courses of study. A partnership between us based on excellent communication and collaboration is the foundation of a child’s future success.
In short, Washwood Heath Academy is a place where all children, from all backgrounds and abilities can be safe, happy and inspired to achieve.
I hope you enjoy having a look around the website to find out more about the school. If you would prefer to come and see our superb learning environment in person, please contact us and we can arrange for you to have a tour.
Mrs Lynn Petrie
Headteacher
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