Headteacher
Sir John Thursby Community College
Lancashire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £75,708 - £105,984 * for a suitably experienced candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2017
Job overview
HEADTEACHER
Group 6 ISR L28 – L35 (£75,708 - £105,984*) *for a suitably experienced candidate
This is a fantastic opportunity for a strategic, visionary and experienced leader to drive our successful, oversubscribed school on our journey to becoming Outstanding.
You will:
• Have a vision for our school and an ability to inspire others
• Have a proven track record of leading & delivering school improvement
• Have a pastoral ethos which puts the student at the centre of all we do and a passion for improving the life chances of all our students
• Have the strategic ability to develop and nurture a highly effective leadership team
• Have a firm commitment to the well-being and professional development of all staff
• Be approachable, inspiring trust and confidence across the school and diverse community, whilst leading by example
This exciting opportunity arises following the promotion of our current Headteacher. We are a comprehensive 11-16 school rated Good by Ofsted (2016). We are proud they recognised ‘The personal development of pupils is a strength of the school, promoted within and beyond a broad and inclusive curriculum’ and ‘Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the way the school is led and would recommend the school to other parents’.
The successful candidate will fully embrace our ethos of ‘Pride Respect Success’ whilst bringing fresh ideas and vision that will build on current strengths and achievements. Our state of the art building ensures that our students and staff have the best learning environment in which to achieve our aims.
For more information see the application pack which includes covering letters from the Chair of Governors, Student Cabinet and current Headteacher, as well as the job description and additional information. More information about the school can be obtained from our website: www.sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
Please submit your application form and personal statement (maximum 4 sides A4) by Tuesday 18th April (12 noon) to i.hayhurst@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
Interview dates: Thursday 27th & Friday 28th April
Pre-application visits: contact Mrs Hayhurst on 01282 683080 to arrange
For an application pack please:
• download from the college website: www.sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk or from the TES Jobs site
• telephone 01282 682313
• or email i.hayhurst@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and a range of other recruitment checks.
Attached documents
About Sir John Thursby Community College
- Sir John Thursby Community College
- Eastern Avenue, Burnley
- Lancashire
- BB10 2AT
- United Kingdom
Sir John Thursby Community College is a mixed 11-16, multi-cultural, fully inclusive school which values all students, staff and our community partners. We have over 1,100 students on roll and over 150 staff enjoying working together to provide the best for everyone. We are also fortunate to work in a fantastic building that was one of five community high schools within the Building Schools for the Future project in Burnley.
Everything we do is driven by our strategic vision and our ambition to be a truly great school. Three words are central to what we do: Belong, Believe and Achieve. We are committed to ensuring that all our students have bright futures and collectively, as a staff, we commit to our beliefs which are set out in our Strategic Vision (included in this pack).
In our latest Ofsted report in April 2023, the school was graded ‘good’ in every area and inspectors commented that the pupils ‘enjoy attending this thriving and popular school’ and that they ‘feel a strong sense of belonging to the school community.’ The report also identified that students ‘achieve well’ and that ‘almost all pupils successfully move on to apprenticeships, A levels or other forms of education, employment or training’.
People and relationships are at the hear of what we do. One of our key values is that all members of our school community are known, valued and loved and we work hard to ensure this happens. We were delighted that Ofsted saw this in our relationships with our young people when they commented that ‘staff know pupils very well’. We work hard to create an environment in which staff feel a strong sense of belonging to our school, our students and our families. We are firmly committed to ensuring that all our staff have a positive work/life balance and as a result we give all our teaching staff a minimum of 20% non-contact time and staff have excellent CPD opportunities.
In our 2023 staff survey, 97% of staff were proud to be a member of our school community and 95% said that they enjoyed working at the school. Staff commented that:
· ‘Leaders care and lead by example’
· ‘SJT is a great place to work’
· ‘I love being part of the SJT team and appreciate the opportunities that the school provides for its staff and pupils’
· ‘The staff are extremely positive and supportive of each other and value relationships with their students’
· ‘I do believe this is a great place to work, and I feel lucky to have this opportunity’
We have a highly ambitious curriculum with over 70% of students following the EBacc subjects. Our results are consistently strong with students Attainment 8 above expectations and Progress 8 in 2022 +0.16
We have a positive behaviour system which has ‘high expectations of pupil’s behaviour’ (Ofsted 2023).
We are proud of our achievements and continue to go from strength to strength. I would encourage you to come and visit SJT to see why we all believe that it is a special place to work and make a difference. We look forward to receiving your application and please contact us if you would like any further information.
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