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Head of Sixth Form

Head of Sixth Form

Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou

Zhejiang

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Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
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14 February 2023

Job overview

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Enhance students’ academic performance.

• Ensure a high quality of pastoral care and student support in the Sixth Form.

• To cultivate and develop self-review of the Sixth Form provision so as to ensure excellent standards of learning, progress and pastoral care.

•  To line manage the Sixth Form Tutors and University Guidance Counsellor.

• To oversee the writing of Sixth Form reports, provision of subject information to parents, parents’ meetings and response to parents’ enquiries, ensuring that high standards are maintained.

• To maintain effective discipline through implementation of the school’s agreed procedures; to maintain good order and discipline among the students and safeguard their health and safety both when they are on the school premises and when they are engaged in authorised school activities elsewhere.

• Promote the Sixth Form to ensure retention of existing Grade 11 pupils and the recruitment of external applicants.

•  Lead and manage the UCAS and overseas universities application process.

•  To implement the school’s agreed policies.

• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.

• To support and implement the Health and Safety policy and procedures of the school at all times.

 

SPECIFIA RESPONSIBILITIE

• To encourage students to contribute positively to the life of the Sixth Form and the wider life of the School

• To develop and deliver a structured and purposeful tutorial programme

• To monitor and be accountable for Sixth Form attainment and effort grades

• To write reports on all Sixth Formers and review reports with students and parents

• To liaise with parents, staff and other agencies to support students

• To oversee all aspects of reference writing and the administration of the UCAS process including leading on results day/clearing in the Summer holiday (3 days)

• To review post-16 examination results in August and at other times during the year

• To lead and develop the use of Sixth Form data

•To ensure that the School Leadership Team and staff are advised regarding national developments with reference to University policies, careers and specific areas of Sixth Form curriculum

• To take responsibility for the Sixth Form prospectus, associated publications, and the Sixth Form area of the School website or other marketing platforms

• To deal with routine student absence, lateness and disciplinary matters

• To organise the private study arrangements for Sixth Form students

• To further develop a Sixth Form co-curricular programme

• To develop high quality service opportunities for all students, such as Duke of Edinburgh Programme

• To work with Grade 10 tutors and students and to ensure the smooth transfer of students to the Sixth Form

• To conduct individual interviews with Grade 10 students after the mock iGCSE examinations

• To organise and run the Sixth Form Open Evenings for students and parents/carers and other events as appropriate

• To organise and run a Grade 11induction programme

• To manage and develop leadership in the Sixth Form

• To assist the Examinations Officer in the conducting of Public Examinations in the Summer Term and work with the AHT (Academic) on conducting Grade 11/12 throughout the year

• Any other duties as reasonably requested by the Headmaster or Heads of Upper School

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About Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou

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Wycombe Abbey School Hangzhou is a K-12 Coeducational Bilingual British style boarding and day school in Hangzhou, China. There are currently around 600 pupils on roll. The school opened in 2021. The school is an Accredited Member of COBIS and a member of the BSA.

Kindergarten follows the EYFS curriculum and from Year 2 to Year 10 there is an integrated curriculum. Pupils take IGCSE and A Level examinations in the Upper School.

Wycombe Abbey Hangzhou is one of three Wycombe Abbey Schools in the mainland of China, there is also a school in Hong Kong. The ‘mother’ school is Wycombe Abbey Uk.

The school is located about 30 minutes from the centre of Hangzhou. Hangzhou is the 4th largest city in China with a population of about 10 million. The 19th Asian Games took place in Hangzhou in September 2023. Hangzhou is one of the ancient capitals of China and has been a commercial and cultural centre since the 6th Century CE. Famous for its silk industry and the tourist attraction West Lake, the city is now a bustling tech hub. The HQ of Alibaba is based in the city. It is a modern forward looking and cosmopolitan city.

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