Head of Performing Arts – Music Specialist
Horizon Community College
Barnsley
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale L5-L9 (£42,597 to £47,021)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 4 May 2016
Job overview
Horizon Community College, Barnsley, opened in September 2012. With nearly £50 million worth of investment, facilities in this new Community College are among the very best in the country. In July 2014, Ofsted judged that ‘Horizon Community College is a good school. Attainment has improved rapidly in all year groups since the college opened.’
In 2015, 62% of Horizon students gained 5A*-C grades, including Maths and English. This figure was 8% above the national average and built on excellent performances in the College’s first two years. Worthy of particular note was the fact that 70% of our students achieved an A*- C grade in Maths and 81% in English; we are now looking forward to the summer of 2016 and our current Year 11s scaling similar heights in terms of progress.
The College is delighted to be able to offer the right candidate the opportunity to play a key role, at a time of momentous national change, in shaping the provision of secondary education and lifelong learning opportunities within the Performing Arts Department.
This department boasts exceptional state of the art facilities that includes a 420 seater Theatre, 2 music classrooms with practice rooms, a music technology suite equipped with industry standard hardware and software, a recording studio, a drama studio, a dance studio and 3 other performance spaces.
The successful candidate will be a music specialist and will become the subject leader for Music but will also have responsibility for managing Dance and Drama; subjects that have a high reputation within the local and wider communities. This post provides an exciting challenge and offers huge potential for growth in terms of curricular, extra-curricular and community provision. Above all, what we are looking for is a dedicated leader who is aspirational, enthusiastic, motivated and can inspire students and staff to achieve their full potential.
As part of this dynamic team you must be committed to achieving the highest standards and possess the creativity to maximise the use of state of the art resources.
Horizon offers the successful candidate a whole-hearted commitment to professional learning that places individual development at the heart of its ethos. You will benefit from opportunities to learn as part of a dynamic, forward-facing leadership team with an outstanding track record in school improvement.
For full details, to discuss the role or to request an application pack, please contact our recruitment partner, Aj Blyth at Hays Education on arthur.blyth@hays.com or 0114 217 1556. We welcome visits from potential candidates-please contact Aj Blyth to arrange this.
The closing date for this post is Thursday 5th May 2016 at 12 noon.
This College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A criminal records bureau check will be undertaken for the successful applicant.
Horizon Community College
Dodworth Road
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 6PD
www.horizoncc.co.uk/
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About Horizon Community College
Thank you for your interest in joining Horizon Community College, a school which is ‘the cornerstone of the local area‘ where ’pupils’ behaviour in lessons is excellent’ and ‘staff are exceptionally proud to work at the school.’
The economic, cultural and social landscape of Barnsley is changing. Opportunities in further education, higher education and professional roles are increasing; opportunities for individuals to shape their own career pathways are growing; opportunities for individuals to challenge traditional socio-economic patterns are multiplying.
At Horizon Community College, our responsibility is to prepare students for this reality. We want young people to leave the College well qualified and with a unique skill set that will enable them to stand out from the crowd. We want young people to be in possession of a passport of qualifications and employability skills that will enable them to pursue exciting careers, attend prestigious universities, complete dynamic apprenticeships and play leading roles in regenerating this area and beyond.
Our curriculum is tailored to the needs of and meets our ambition for each individual student. This is underpinned by the College’s core values which help to prepare every student for a lifetime of success. Our Curriculum and Culture ambition:
- aims to challenge every learner, in every lesson, every day
- develops the character and skill set of all, through the belief that we are ‘Positive Role Models’
- ensures opportunities for all through our personal development and Careers and Enterprise programmes.
Successful education is also about working in close partnership with our families and the community to ensure our students succeed in each School year and are prepared for the next appropriate phase of their education. We work together to empower our students to believe that anything and everything is possible.
We heavily invest in the growth and development of our entire workforce, so they are also prepared for the next phase of their careers. We promote ‘one team’ working hard to support each other. We are focused on continued professional development for staff at every level, and especially offer an excellent provision for early career teachers.
We embed a curriculum and culture that results in Equity of Opportunity, Strong Community, High Expectations, Global Readiness and Kindness so that our students are School ready; Work ready; Life ready.
Our school is going from strength to strength. Since our opening, we have been given a 'GOOD' from Ofsted in every inspection, with our most recent (October 2023) recommending the school as potentially ’OUTSTANDING’ in every category. I have no doubt that with the continued hard work put in from both staff and students that we will achieve this recommendation shortly.
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