Head of Futures
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Hulme Grammar School
Oldham
- Expiring soon
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- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 7 May 2024
Job overview
The Head of Futures at Hulme Grammar School is responsible for all aspects of guiding, inspiring and supporting students as they think and plan for their futures beyond school. The Head of Futures will spearhead the school’s university, careers and employability programme, providing expertise to students across the whole school as they navigate their career pathways and future aspirations.
The role will involve strategic planning, student engagement, staff training, partnership development, parental communication and programme development. As the Head of Futures at Hulme Grammar School, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping students' future successes by providing invaluable guidance and support throughout their educational journey and as they look beyond.
The strength of our support for older students in their thinking and planning for the future was recognised as a strength in our recent ISI inspection; our ambition now is that the same outstanding careers and higher education support should be extended to students across the whole school, predominantly though not exclusively in the Senior School. We hope that within the next couple of years, the eight Gatsby Benchmarks will be embedded across the school; the successful candidate will work with Senior Leaders to ensure that our ambition becomes a reality.
The successful candidate will have a strong working knowledge of the universities’ landscape of the United Kingdom and beyond, including in-depth knowledge of the rigours of applying for the most competitive courses such as medicine and dentistry, the very best universities, UCAS and how to maximise students’ chances of making successful applications. They will also have a thorough knowledge of the degree apprenticeships offer, as well as the ability to build strong relationships with employers- locally, nationally and globally - to the benefit of our students.
They will be accessible to students across the school, build credibility with colleagues and be a source of support and advice to parents. They will work closely with Senior Leaders to ensure that Hulme pupils have broad horizons, set ambitious but realistic goals, and are given the support they need to develop the personal traits and experiences that will see them fulfil those goals.
We welcome applications from those with experience within the education sector and from outside of it - our priority is the appointment of someone with experience and expertise who will have the vision and drive to work with Senior Leaders to ensure our students receive the very best possible support in thinking and planning for their futures beyond school. We welcome applications from those who have qualified teacher status but also from those who do not. The postholder will not be expected to teach any academic subject so they can focus their attention on the development of our Futures provision for students.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 9th May 2024.
Attached documents
About Hulme Grammar School
Hulme Grammar School, located in Oldham, Lancashire, is a mixed selective school for children between the ages of 2 and 18. It is an independent, all-through mainstream school with a sixth-form. Currently there are 800 students enrolled at the establishment. Classes are co-educational in the Nursery, Infants, Juniors and sixth form and single-sex in Years 7 to 11.
Principal
Tony Oulton
Vision Statement:
‘To offer a vibrant, inclusive education that nurtures young people as individuals, empowering them to realise their potential.’
Vision keywords and what they mean to us:
Vibrant – full of energy and life, warm, colourful
Inclusive – including everybody, nobody excluded
Nurturing – to care and protect while growing
Individual – a person who thinks and behaves in their own way
Empowering – to enable strength and confidence
Realise potential – to become the best you can be
Hulme School Values
Spirit was the word that came up that defined the ‘feeling’ that we get when we enter the school. Some definitions of spirit:
- ‘the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character, the soul.’
- ‘a way of thinking, feeling and behaving, typical for a particular group of people’
The Hulme Spirit is….
…Big-hearted and welcoming
- Be kind and considerate
- Care deeply
- Include everybody
…Respectful and grounded
- Listen attentively
- Show appreciation
- Be true to yourself
…Hard working and determined
- Strive to excel
- Go above and beyond
- Never give up!
ISI Report
Hulme Grammar School received a scheduled and routine inspection from the Independent School Inspectorate (the body which monitors standards in independent schools) in September 2023.
This inspection was held under the new inspection framework which came into effect in September this year, Hulme being among a handful of the first schools nationally to be inspected according to this new framework.
Under the new inspection framework, schools do not receive a one-word judgement or grading by inspectors. This is important to note: no longer will independent schools be rated ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ as they were in the past under the old framework and, in line with that, this report contains no grade.
Instead you will read that we were found to be compliant in all areas and meet the standards and regulations which govern the running of an independent school. The report then comments on a range of aspects of school life – everything from safeguarding and quality of education, risk assessments to pastoral care.
Schools are complex, dynamic institutions, and we welcome the move away from one-word judgements to a more nuanced style of reporting, which highlights existing strengths and outlines areas for development and improvement. We are delighted that the inspectors have highlighted so many of the aspects of Hulme life that we are proud of too. Please take some time to read over the report. It contains lots of praise of some of the brilliant things that happen here day on day.
Here you can watch a video summary of some of the key findings from the report, recorded with input from stakeholders across the Hulme community, including staff, students, parents and Governors.
View Hulme Grammar School’s latest ISI report
View the Hulme Grammar School Prospectus Pack for 2024 entry here
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