Headteacher
Oakwood Park Grammar School
Kent
- £103,578 - £119,921 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale L33-L39
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 24 January 2024
Job overview
The Governing Body of Oakwood Park Grammar School are seeking a highly motivated and talented leader to shape the future of our school as our current Headteacher is retiring after 18 successful years leading the school.
We are looking for a Headteacher who can embrace our values, develop new opportunities, and continue to foster our culture of academic excellence, personal growth and community engagement. We are keen to appoint an inspiring Headteacher who is highly committed to ensuring the school is best placed to succeed in a changing external environment.
OPGS is extremely successful with excellent Progress 8 Scores. We are currently the only school within the OPGS Multi Academy Trust and during our last Ofsted Inspection (2019) we were graded as Good with an Outstanding Sixth Form.
Our Ethos and Values
· High quality teaching that engages and challenges all students to become more independent and successful in their learning.
· Excellent standards of behaviour from all our students to create a positive climate for learning based on kindness, tolerance and respect.
· A wide range of exceptional opportunities for all our students to extend their learning beyond the classroom.
· Personalised Information Advice and Guidance for all our students at every stage of their school career and beyond so they can develop their learning and contribute to the wider community.
· Outstanding professional development opportunities for all our staff; they too are learners.
The successful applicant will:
- continue to enhance the shared community pride we have in our achievements
- champion high-quality teaching and learning in a flourishing and inclusive ethos
- strive to ensure students reach their fullest potential academically, socially, and emotionally
- value the opportunity to lead and work collaboratively with talented, passionate educators
- foster a love of learning, promote creativity, and cultivate resilience at the heart of everything
The Governing Body will:
- support you in your leadership and professional development
- respect, support and challenge you, through collaborative governance, open communication, and shared decision-making
- help drive your vision for the school, and ensure together we achieve our school's strategic goals
- support your drive to continuously improve the quality of education at Oakwood Park Grammar School in its ambition to become an Outstanding School
If you are interested in finding out more about Oakwood and our great Community, we encourage you to book an informal tour of the school and available dates are included in the Application Pack.
To apply please visit www.opgs.org and download the Headteacher Application Pack. Applications will only be accepted on the school application form; CVs and other forms are not acceptable. The closing date is noon on Wednesday 24th January 2024. Interviews will be taking place on 30th and 31st January.
About Oakwood Park Grammar School
Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of approximately 1100 students, including the Sixth Form. We have a co-educational Sixth Form with a pan of 180 in each year group. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.
We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). We remain committed to improving school facilities and providing high quality learning environments for our students. Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.
Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production and brand new facilities which opened in October 2023. Other extra-curricular opportunities include robotics, debating and chess.
Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.
In 2024, an ungraded inspection made clear the school continues to be ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted. However, our grading of Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision remains.
We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.
Headteacher
Mrs Sarah Craig
Values and vision
At OPGS, we hold firm on our responsibility to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, an exceptional standard of teaching and learning and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities. We have high standards of behaviour and our pupils are ‘polite and courteous,’ contributing significantly to our consistently positive learning environment.
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