Head of Sixth Form
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Bury Grammar School
Bury, Lancashire
- Expired
- Salary:
- The starting salary will be dependent on experience and will be commensurate with such a role in a large Independent day school.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 5 February 2018
Job overview
Head of Sixth Form
Required from September 2018, a dynamic and talented individual to take responsibility for the management and leadership of all aspects of our newly formed co-educational Sixth Form. This is a key role which would suit an ambitious, highly qualified individual with the potential and vision to succeed in a senior leadership role and who will ensure that all our sixth form pupils are able to fulfil their academic and personal potential.
The successful candidate will be committed to the welfare and individual development of all the pupils in their care. A key responsibility for the post holder will be mould the ethos of the Sixth Form and to ensure that our pupils find Years 12 and 13 an exciting, enjoyable and fulfilling period in their school lives.
The post holder will develop an understanding of academic, pastoral and extra-curricular matters with regard to the Sixth Form. S/he will have particular knowledge of the issues facing Sixth Formers, in relation to their school progress, aspirations for further study and employment, and in their personal worlds. S/he will play a key role in recruiting new pupils in to the Sixth Form and in ensuring that existing Year 11 pupils decide to stay on and study at School.
S/he will be an enthusiastic and committed teacher in any area of the curriculum with the skills to challenge and inspire our able and highly motivated pupils in both our girls and boys school from Year 7 to Sixth Form inside and outside the classroom.
S/he will be a graduate with at least a good honours degree who has flair and good sense, together with the necessary academic, educational and organisational experience to succeed in a post of this standing. S/he will have the talent and energy to contribute fully and creatively to strategic thinking and planning of the school. S/he will display a full commitment to school improvement and to the wider life of the School and will have demonstrated the ability to lead and oversee change, to initiate and develop ideas and to deal effectively with the administrative detail of the job.
More information regarding our Sixth Form can be found on our website: https://burygrammarschool.fluencycms.co.uk/sixth-form
The job description and person specification can be viewed in the Job Application Pack.
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About Bury Grammar School
Bury Grammar School is situated in the heart of Bury, Lancashire and is widely recognised as one of the top independent schools in the North West of England. Currently there are over 1270 girls and boys on roll.
Our School is a family of independent, selective, day schools for girls and boys aged 3 to 18, which combine a strong tradition of academic excellence with the best in modern educational practice. The School has a long and rich history of excellence extending back 450 years and our staff, pupils and alumni are proud of the School’s long-standing traditions. Our modern, inclusive School community welcomes students and staff from different faiths and cultures. It is the blend of the School’s traditions along with our modern ethos that is a source of great enrichment for the whole community and is what makes the School so special.
Every one of our pupils benefits enormously from belonging both to a small school, where they are known and nurtured as an individual, while at the same time being part of our BGS family of Schools which is able to offer a huge variety of educational experiences and an excellent learning environment. Through our unique blend of single-sex education from ages 7-16 and co-education in our Pre-School, Infant School and Sixth Form, we offer the ‘best of both worlds’ for our pupils at every stage of their educational journey. Our vibrant and rigorous curriculum is designed to engage and challenge our pupils whilst fostering an intellectual curiosity, which translates into impressive academic performance.
The School is led by our Principal, Jo Anderson, who is supported by a strong and dynamic senior management team and dedicated Board of Governors. We are a member of the Girls’ School Association (GSA) and the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) and have been rated ‘excellent’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
One of our key strategic objectives is to maintain, recruit, nurture and develop first class teaching and support staff. You can be sure that as an employer we are focused on creating an outstanding workplace for all our staff so that we can attract, retain and engage talented individuals who have a desire to transform the lives of others.
A successful education is very much about team work and every member of staff at Bury Grammar School recognises that together we have the opportunity to change our pupils’ lives. Whether this is part of our fantastic catering team who provide our pupils with nutritious meals, our dedicated estates team who maintain our beautiful grounds or as a member of our inspiring teaching staff, everyone has an important part to play.
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