Headteacher
Gladesmore Community School
Haringey
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Remuneration Package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 25 April 2025
Job overview
Headteacher
North London
Competitive Remuneration Package
Gladesmore is a thriving, local community school and a beacon in Tottenham. As a diverse, aspirational and inclusive 11 – 16 school, we provide young people with a happy and successful environment within which to learn and achieve. Currently we have over 1250 on roll. The school serves a community of high economic disadvantage; typically, over 50% of our pupils are eligible for free school meals, but that is no barrier to their success.
Our school thrives because our culture is based on everyone living our values – Respect, Enthusiasm, Aspiration, Co-operation and Hard work. We have benefited from strong leadership, a consensual and pragmatic approach and effective partnerships. We work with top educational universities and institutions, as well as local businesses and community organisations. Ofsted rated us “Outstanding” in October 2024.
The school is in a strong position but we are not complacent. The challenges ahead are greater than ever, as we strive for further academic and pastoral excellence for all our pupils, and for ways to do things even better. We are therefore looking for an outstanding, dynamic and inspirational leader to work with Governors and the wider community, to lead our vision and turn our future ambitions into a reality.
You will have a demonstrable track record of successful school leadership and will understand the complexities of leading a diverse, inner- city school. You may be an experienced headteacher looking for a new challenge. Alternatively, you may be a deputy headteacher or head of school ready for the next step. Either way, your exceptional inclusive leadership skills and emotional intelligence are likely to set you apart. Your ability to establish relationships with the broadest range of individuals and organisations will be critical to our future success.
You will benefit from an enthusiastic and energetic team of leaders and staff, who are loyal and committed to the successful future of Gladesmore Community School.
For more information download full details on the role at www.pentir.com/roles/gladesmore . For a confidential conversation about the role then contact Mike Phillips (mike.phillips@pentir.com) on 07830-313915 or Maureen Nicholas (maureen.nicholas@pentir.com) on 07540-222519 at our advisors Pentir.
Closing Date: Friday 25th April 2025
Gladesmore Community School in committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. An online check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the shortlisted candidate’s suitability to work with our children.
About Gladesmore Community School
Gladesmore Community School is a highly regarded and oversubscribed mixed comprehensive school for pupils aged 11–16, located in Tottenham near Stamford Hill and adjacent to Markfield Park.
There is a very clear and simple vision for our school: to provide an outstanding all-round education where our pupils make impressive progress in a positive, friendly, community atmosphere.
The Gladesmore Ethos is articulated through our REACH values, which begin with our pupil-designed motto: DREAM, REACH, ACHIEVE.
REACH stands for Respect, Enthusiasm, Aspiration, Cooperation, and Hard work.
At Gladesmore, we celebrate our pupils’ achievements — whether in the classroom, on the sports field, or through their creative endeavours. Staff are committed to ensuring that every pupil feels valued, respected and challenged by our engaging curriculum.
Our school is committed to developing partnerships that enrich our pupils' lives. Generous backing from Moody’s Corporation enables valuable mentoring and work experience opportunities that broaden our pupils’ horizons.
Our long-standing partnership with St Catherine’s College of Oxford University has given many of our pupils the opportunity to visit this world-leading centre of learning, teaching and research and also the oldest university in the English-speaking world. We are also proud of our partnership with the Royal Springboard charity, which enables our pupils to get fully funded scholarships to top boarding Sixth Forms.
At Gladesmore, we are extremely proud of our wide diversity of ethnic, linguistic and religious backgrounds and the tremendously rich culture that this provides. Our school is a place where pupils' abilities are nurtured in a safe and supportive environment so that they can excel academically.
Pupils are guided and supported by an excellent team of committed staff who work collaboratively with parents/carers to ensure that pupils become the best they can be.
Through this, our pupils achieve outstanding academic outcomes and go on to make valuable and significant contributions to society.
Please explore our website or contact us to find out more about our happy and successful school.
The Gladesmore family hopes you enjoy reading through our website, and we look forward to welcoming you to our community soon.
Paul Bernard
Headteacher
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Ofsted
“Under the exceptional and enthusiastic leadership of the headmaster, students and staff grow rapidly as part of the Gladesmore family. Governors and all leaders support students to achieve outstanding levels of success in all aspects of their lives. Students are keen to excel. The very positive relationships that have been fostered within the school, combined with the excellent attitudes to learning, enable students to make outstanding progress.”
Click here to view Gladesmores most recent Ofsted report [2024]
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