Headteacher
The Brooksbank School
Calderdale
- Expired
- Salary:
- within the range L37-43
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2020
- Apply by:
- 24 January 2020
Job overview
The Brooksbank School is a large, popular, oversubscribed and financially secure comprehensive school. It was graded Good by Ofsted in November 2016. It has strong foundations in place and provides a very good education for all its 1,814 students, 350 of whom are in our flourishing sixth form. The Brooksbank School is a stand-alone academy, which is a founder member of The Valley Learning Partnership. We are now seeking a new Headteacher to build on these strong foundations and to lead the school forward.
We believe in creating exciting opportunities in order to broaden minds and nurture talent.
By providing our students with an inspirational programme of learning opportunities and extra-curricular activities, which far exceeds the requirements of the National Curriculum, we aim to inspire our students to Aspire and Achieve. We are proud to be the school that serves the greater Elland community together with our 10 feeder primary schools.
We are seeking a leader committed to the highest possible academic standards for our students while maintaining our school’s unique ethos. With demonstrable leadership experience in a comparable organisation your personal qualities will set you apart. You will be a highly effective communicator with the tenacity to drive the education standards of students.
We will provide you with support and the resources you need to build on our strong foundations. You will provide opportunities for all students to reach the highest standards possible. You will be leading an excellent team of 250 teachers and support staff.
A recruitment pack is available on our website at: www.bbs.calderdale.sch.uk
Candidates may submit a support statement (no more than 2 sides of A4, font size 11) with their formal application.
Closing date: 12 noon Friday 24th January 2020
Selection process will take place on: Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th February 2020
For an informal conversation or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Jackie Donlon, on 01422 328921.
The Brooksbank School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. A DBS check is required for the successful applicant.
Attached documents
About The Brooksbank School
CHARACTER BUILDING SINCE 1712
The Brooksbank School has a long and proud history serving the community of Elland. 1700 students make it the second largest comprehensive high school in Calderdale and one of very few to have maintained its own sixth form centre.
Brooksbank is a school that is absolutely committed to exceptional academic achievement: ranking highly amongst the top of non-selective schools in Calderdale. We are also a school which understands that true accomplishment lies beyond this success, and that dedication to the arts, sport, media and community will shape our students to become our future leaders.
2022 began a new chapter in The Brooksbank School’s journey as we joined Together Learning Trust. This is an exciting time to join a committed and supportive staff team, dedicated to school improvement and providing an excellent education for every student, every day. Just like our students, you’ll find opportunities here to shine and represent the #spiritofbbs.
Location:
Brooksbank is set in a stunning Calderdale location with beautiful green fields and open countryside, and just two minutes from Junction 24 of the M62 motorway to Leeds and Manchester. It also boasts easy access to urban culture and excitement in Halifax and Sowerby Bridge and is a ten-mile drive away from hotspot Hebden Bridge. It’s a great place to live and provides many opportunities for students.
Did you know:
- Sporting success is in Brooksbank’s DNA. It teaches us the value of teamwork, determination and perseverance. We have fantastic facilities, including a FIFA-grade all-weather 3G sports field and a picturesque cycle track set in its own grounds.
- Brooksbank celebrated one hundred years of teaching and learning in 2011. However, our school was founded 300 years earlier by its generous namesake, Joseph Brooksbank. The successful London haberdasher remembered his roots when he provided education for forty children in Elland. This philanthropy provided Brooksbank with firm foundations, and a legacy that still inspires as we provide our students with exceptional learning and growth opportunities in numerous dynamic and progressive teaching and enrichment spaces.
Find out more by visiting our website, particularly our prospectus and our engagingly informative ezine Beyond the Blue Line, and by following us on social media.
PART OF TOGETHER LEARNING TRUST
Our school is proud to be part of Together Learning Trust, a close family of local schools in Calderdale and Kirklees. We are driven by a shared commitment to providing magical learning experiences for our children and a belief that all of them can achieve great things.
Being part of a supportive trust brings many benefits to the school, staff and students. Working in collaboration supports our schools to be better. We cherish our staff, support their wellbeing and enable them to flourish. Through the professional development of leaders and staff, effective curriculum development, robust quality assurance, mutual support and great governance, by working together we demonstrate meaningful and sustainable improvements in our schools. Our aim is to become the best at getting better.
For everyone involved in our Trust our mission is simple. To Grow, Excel, and Learn Together.
Discover the benefits of working for Together Learning Trust by visiting www.togetherlearningtrust.co.uk/jobs and explore the rest of our website to find out what we’re all about.
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