Head of Sixth Form (Assistant Head)
Gordon's School
West End
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 2 May 2023
Job overview
Head of Sixth Form (Assistant Head)
Competitive Salary
Term Time
Required September 2023
Possible Accommodation Available
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GORDON’S SCHOOL
West End, Woking, Surrey, GU24 9PT
Tel: 01276 858084
Head Teacher: Mr Andrew Moss
Head Teacher's PA: Mrs Jacqui George
Email: jgeorge@gordons.school
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Following the promotion to headship of the current post holder, the School is seeking a forward-thinking, ambitious individual who will add value and contribute to the smooth operation and strategic direction of this well-established, vibrant and highly successful school.
This is a significant and exciting senior appointment for the School. The person appointed will be principally responsible for the leadership of the School’s A Level provision. However, the role will involve significant strategic input and will suit a candidate aspiring to headship in due course. Application from candidates with and without boarding school experience is encouraged and previous experience in a state school is desirable, but not essential.
Set in a beautiful 50-acre Surrey site, the School enjoys excellent facilities and an aspirational learning environment. Recognised by HM Chief Inspector of Schools as one of England’s finest non-selective schools, Gordon’s has circa 950 students including 270 residential boarders and a thriving sixth form. In 2022, the percentage of students achieving five or more GCSE grades 9-4, including English and mathematics, was 94%. The A*-C pass rate at A-Level was 91%, with 77% of the grades A*-B. These results rank Gordon's amongst the top non-selective schools in England for progress and attainment.
Massively over-subscribed, Gordon’s size ensures that every pupil is well known and nurtured as an individual. The School has a very strong emphasis on academic standards, self-discipline and traditional values and aims to be much more than just outstanding examination results, providing abundant opportunities outside the classroom and exceptional pastoral care.
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Closing date for applications: Tuesday 2 May 2023 at 12.00 pm
Interview: Thursday 11 May 2023
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Use the link below to watch a video about Gordon's School: https://vimeo.com/727673469
We offer:
Attractive and spacious campus, within easy reach of the M3 motorway and London
Free on-site parking
Well-resourced facilities
Complimentary meals
Access to the on-site fitness centre
Adjacent to extensive heathland
Generous support for professional development
Outstanding staff: professional, supportive and committed
Provision of a tablet PC
The opportunity to play a part nurturing world class global citizens
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For further details visit the vacancies page on our website
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Interviews may be held at any stage after applications are received, therefore, interested candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline
“Gordon’s is an outstanding school in every respect.” OFSTED
Gordon’s is a Boarding and Day School and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children - applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate screening including a DBS check
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About Gordon's School
Gordon’s is a non-selective, co-ed, 11-18 school of circa 1000 students. Unusually for a state school it offers residential boarding facilities to 280 students. Founded in 1885, its historical links with General Charles Gordon have shaped the ethos and sense of tradition that is present within the school today.
Gordon’s places a strong emphasis on standards, academic success and high expectations. Great importance is placed on the quality of teaching in the classroom because of the belief that schools are first and foremost centres for learning.
In the sixth form there are over 350 students taking BTEC and A Level courses. There are five residential boarding houses and six day boarding houses for students. This allows for a high level of care and individual support, excellent staff/student relationships, backed by a structured learning and teaching environment, with high standards of courtesy and self-discipline.
In the school there is a wide variety of sporting and co-curricular activities. Daily over forty clubs offer a range from traditional games, rock-climbing and horse riding to tap dancing, music and drama. The Combined Cadet Force and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme are particularly popular and successful. One unusual feature is the marching Pipes and Drums band, which plays at ceremonial occasions at school and for outside events, when the students wear their ‘blues’ - a form of military uniform featuring the Gordon’s tartan.
School facilities are excellent and include over fifty acres of playing fields, a state-of-the art fitness centre, sports hub including all-weather pitches and coffee shop, and refurbished music and drama block.
The school is situated in fifty acres of Surrey parkland a few miles from the M25, M3 and M4 motorways. Day boarders come mainly from the local villages of West End, Chobham and Lightwater. Residential boarders come for all parts of the United Kingdom and around ten percent from overseas.
The Ofsted Inspection of November 2014 reported, “Gordon’s is an outstanding school in every respect”. Ofsted inspected 27 areas, 26 of which were given grade 1. In particular: -
“Teaching and learning are outstanding”
“The curriculum provision is outstanding”
“Standards are outstandingly high in national tests and GCSE”
“The effectiveness and efficiency of the boarding is outstanding”
“The quality of care provided by the school for the pupils is exceptional”
“Leadership and management are outstanding”
All of this is a tremendous testimony to the hard work and commitment of both students and staff – and is part of the reason why Gordon’s is the most over-subscribed state school in Surrey with over five applications for every place.
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