Head of Careers
Fulford School
York
- Expired
- Salary:
- £24,967 – £28,485 p.a. actual salary (Full time equivalent £30,500–£34,797)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 10 June 2019
Job overview
This new post starting in September, offers an exciting opportunity for a talented and experienced Careers practitioner to join our outstanding school and to play a key part in our mission statement of ‘Realising Potential, Creating the Future’. We seek a creative, proactive professional to lead the development of our Careers provision and to provide careers advice and guidance to students within our community.
The successful candidate will lead our work to meet the Gatsby Benchmarks and will work with senior staff and students across the school.
Working 35 hrs a week on a term-time only basis (+1 week) your key responsibilities will be:
- To design, co-ordinate, deliver and review the careers programme within the school to develop best practice and to meet the schools statutory obligations.
- To draw up and review individual action plans for students to help them achieve their education, employment and training aspirations and to ensure students are fully informed of all available options for them.
- To provide professional advice to senior leaders on policy, strategy and resources in careers guidance and to report to senior leaders and governors
- To develop staff capability within careers provision by developing and implementing developmental / training activities.
- To develop practice and provision within the school to ensure it meets the Gatsby Benchmarks.
To help us deliver our plans – you will:
- Be professionally qualified and have significant experience in education or leadership and training/professional development in employment.
- Be proactive, creative and an excellent communicator who is able to influence and lead a range of stakeholders.
- Have significant knowledge of (CEIAG) including labour market information, careers software and resources that aim to enhance exploration of and opportunities for employment and further training or study.
- Be a self-motivated individual with the personal skills and qualities to formulate and deliver a careers offering which demonstrates best practice in meeting student need and meets statutory requirements.
We offer you the chance to join one of the high-performing schools in the region – with formal recognition as “Sunday Times State Secondary School of the Year for the North of England”, and an Ofsted rating as Outstanding. We enjoy consistently high levels of parental satisfaction and positive student feedback / engagement which, along with highly motivated colleagues and excellent leadership at all levels, provides a fertile environment for you to develop within.
You will be joining a highly successful, oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive school with 1500 students in the school including over 260 in the sixth form and a Trust with two primary schools and one junior school.
We offer a supportive environment, competitive salary with excellent employee benefits including access to a salary-related defined pension scheme.
TO APPLY
Please visit the school website: www.fulford.york.sch.uk/vacancies for further details or download below.
Please return the completed application form by email (along with a covering letter – no more than 2 pages A4) to recruitment@fulford.york.sch.uk
Closing date for applications: 10th June 2019 (08.00am)
Interviews: TBC
Attached documents
About Fulford School
- Fulford School
- Fulfordgate, Heslington Lane, Fulford, York
- North Yorkshire
- YO10 4FY
- United Kingdom
‘Realising potential, creating the future’
Our mission statement, designed by our students, highlights our commitment to maximising achievement and to develop our students as individuals. We believe that there is no limit to learning or ceiling on achievement and we seek the best progress and outcomes for all of our students. Our view of education is one that, while focusing on results, goes beyond qualifications through developing strong moral values, excellent social skills and a sense of community in our students so that they develop into articulate, responsible and successful adults.
Ofsted Inspection
Following our recent Ofsted inspection on 4th and 5th of October 2023 we are delighted that the school has been graded outstanding in all areas.
A school is a complex social structure and whilst any inspection is a snap shot in a moment in time it is particularly pleasing that inspectors were able to clearly identify the positive culture and moral purpose of our school.
Our core HEART values are fundamental to all we do at Fulford. Over the years we have been determined to ensure our pupils benefit from an aspirational, academic curriculum and at the same time provide a fully inclusive learning environment where all are treated as individuals and supported to be the best versions of themselves.
https://fulford.york.sch.uk/inspection-of-fulford-school-outstanding/
Fulford School
Fulford School is situated in the southern outskirts of the city and draws most of its students from the villages to the south and east of York, as well as the York suburbs of Fulford, Fishergate and Heslington. Our school is an oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive with a Year 7 admission number of 300. The current number on roll is 1700 students including nearly 300 in the Sixth Form with school numbers being projected to grow in subsequent years. The school’s growth and success can be seen in a number of ways.
There has been an extensive building programme in recent years with a 2-storey new classroom block being completed and fully open to learners in 2023.The school has achieved a variety of Awards including the International Schools Award, the Healthy Schools Award, Advanced Inclusion Award, World Class School Status and the Sunday Times Comprehensive School of the Decade.
The school has an Enhanced Resource Centre with a capacity of 10 places for students on the autistic spectrum. We are committed to inclusion and maximising the talents of all in our care, believing all in our community should be known and valued as individuals.
We run a horizontal year system led by five Heads of Year supported by Assistant Heads of Year whose purpose is to support our learners in their journey from Year 7 through to Year 11. This system enables us to offer excellent support and guidance to all our students and it provides great opportunities for our students to undertake a range of leadership roles. A dedicated wider pastoral team supports this journey including a School Nurse, School Social Worker and a School Counsellor & Wellbeing Worker.
Our historic and current results are consistently high both for progress and attainment.
Fulford is an outward looking school that prioritises partnership working. This is seen in the development of closer ties and increased collaborative working with our primary partners and our current work to broaden the scale of South York MAT.
You will be joining a supportive, friendly and committed staff body of over 200 colleagues supported by excellent leadership at all levels.
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