Head of Sixth Form

The College is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. 

Loughborough College Sixth Form is ambitious and growing and this important post offers the best candidate an ideal opportunity to be instrumental in creating an educational experience so positive it changes lives. Our Sixth Form department currently offers twenty-seven A -Levels along with the BTEC Applied Science and delivers high pass rates consistently. The Head of Sixth Form role offers an inspirational and dedicated individual the chance to develop our Sixth Form provision to achieve excellence. 

You will be learner focused and resilient with a positive approach and can invoke confidence in all. You will be able to evidence having successfully led curriculum teams to achieve high levels of performance as part of a collaborative culture of excellence either at GCSE or A level. You will also have a good working knowledge of A level curriculum. You will be able to demonstrate that your leadership has impacted positively on the experience of learners and staff. You will also have a valuable blend of leadership and management experience along with extensive teaching and learning expertise which ensures your teams consistently deliver outstanding learner outcomes and high levels of satisfaction. 

You will have a proven track record of educational leadership and can easily develop positive working relationships and engage with a range of stakeholders in communicating a compelling vision of success. You will be motivated by working with others and want to make the difference that will ensure our learners are provided with an outstanding educational experience so positive it changes lives. Your business acumen to effectively manage budgets and achieve challenging targets will be proven. You will be conversant with current Ofsted inspection frameworks and educational quality management systems. There is no teaching commitment allocated to this role. 

At Loughborough College, we offer a diverse range of courses from Foundation to Degree level and our 9,000 students receive an exceptional learning experience, in a high-quality and expanding campus. We have set ourselves ambitious targets and the pace of change is rapid. That’s exactly what excites and inspires us about writing the next chapter for Loughborough College, and we expect it will be the same for you.

Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

• A competitive pension scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• On-site parking
• One campus facility
• Access to healthcare scheme
• Subsided nursery fees
• Up to 35 days annual leave per year
• Additional annual leave available
• Generous Maternity/Paternity pay
• Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
• Well-being hours
• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, agile working, staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on the Gov website. Please note right to work checks will be completed when the job is offered.

If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk