Head of Year
The Winston Churchill School
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS or UPS (Fringe pay scale) + TLR 1c (£)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 27 March 2023
Job overview
Ambitious? Willing to learn? Passionate to lead a great team? Then Winston is the school for you. Based on the extent of your experience we will facilitate your development into an outstanding leader capable of transforming the lives and outcomes for our students. Six of our senior middle leaders have moved into senior leadership positions in the last five years. Visit our school to find out for yourself why Winston is the school for you.
We are seeking a dynamic and ambitious Head of Year who is able to build effective learning relationships for the 300 students in Year 9, your Year Group, from September 2023. The successful colleague will progress through the school with this cohort of students, promoting high standards in every aspect of school life and leading whole school change.
Winston offers you:-
- Great students, who want to learn and contribute to our community
- Genuine leadership responsibility and personal development
- Colleagues who value and support each other
- Up-to-date well-resourced teaching rooms and other facilities
- Opportunities to teach the Grammar, Enigma and Aspire streams
- Focus on enquiry-based learning
- New facilities including a Library, Recording Studio, Performance Space and Planetarium
- Excellent training and leadership development programmes
- Range of benefits
Ofsted 2018 quote: ‘pupils appreciate the wide range of opportunities available’
Further information and an application form are available on the school website: www.wcsc.org.uk. Please feel welcome to visit our school before applying or to give us a call. Note: We are not able to offer this position to a PE teacher.
Applicants must ensure that they complete the school’s application form, including a statement of application for the post in relation to the job description and person specification, with 2 sides of A4 as a maximum.
Applications must be posted or emailed to Mrs R. Zimmerman, the Headteacher’s PA, on r.zimmerman@wcsc.org.uk
Interview date: To be confirmed
(This school reserves the right to interview promptly should a suitable candidate apply)
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to demonstrably share this commitment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Shortlisted applicants will be required to supply details of any unspent convictions and conditional cautions and any spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended).
If you are appointed you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About The Winston Churchill School
- The Winston Churchill School
- Hermitage Road, St. Johns, Woking
- Surrey
- GU21 8TL
- United Kingdom
The Winston Churchill School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school situated in Woking, Surrey. There are approximately 1,498 students at the school between 11-16 years.
The Winston Churchill School was established in 1967 and became a Specialist Sports College in 2002.
Headteacher
Zoe Johnson-Walker
Values and vision
The Winston Churchill School wants children to excel in a nurturing, caring and vibrant learning environment. It aims to deliver a diverse and enriching curriculum to inspire pupils to achieve to the best of their ability. Students are taught to wear their uniform with pride and value the school community. The Woking based secondary school offers students a wide range of extra-curricular activities to get involved in and gain experiences and opportunities outside of the classroom, including music lessons and sports clubs. Community is important to The Winston Churchill School and pupils are encouraged to become caring and active members of society. The school wishes for students to gain the confidence and skills to be able to succeed when they leave to the next stage of their education.
Ofsted
“Students display positive attitudes to learning. They listen attentively and respond appropriately to questions and requests. They take pride in their appearance and in their school uniform. The school campus is free from litter and graffiti. Good relationships, between students and between students and staff, ensure that learning flows with little interruption. Students behave well in classrooms and around the school site. They show consideration to one another and are courteous to visitors”.
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