Headteacher
Brigshaw High School
Leeds
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale - Dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 16 February 2018
Job overview
Ref: XA0177
Employer: External Organisations
Brigshaw Learning Partnership
We are looking for a Headteacher who can turn potential into performance and lead a team that will give every young person the best possible chance to succeed.
The Governing Board of Brigshaw High School and Trustees of Brigshaw Learning Partnership are seeking to appoint an inspirational Headteacher to lead our vibrant school.
We are looking for an exceptional professional to provide dynamic and innovative leadership of Brigshaw High School, to take up post in September 2018.
Brigshaw High School is a successful school serving the outer suburbs of East Leeds. We are proud of our students’ achievements and the opportunities we offer. We are committed to giving 'Every Child Every Chance of Success, Whatever it Takes'. We’ve been judged as a consistently ‘good’ school over many years, and have experienced and talented senior leaders, teachers and support staff. We believe our new Headteacher can continue to build upon these strengths and help us become an even better school.
In September 2016, Brigshaw High School became an Academy as a founder member of the Brigshaw Learning Partnership, a multi-academy trust of six schools (one secondary, five primary), serving the communities of Allerton Bywater, Great Preston, Kippax, Swillington, Methley and other communities in East Leeds. The BLP has recently become a sponsoring Trust for another local primary school. The partnership is based on shared values and aspirations, a strong sense of community identity and geographical proximity. We have strong working relationships with schools across Leeds and Yorkshire.
The successful candidate will:
- Have a proven record of leadership and management at a senior level and can demonstrate a range of effective leadership styles to inspire and develop staff and students
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- Have demonstrable success in raising standards and meeting challenging targets.
- Be a versatile thinker who can look forwards and outwards to develop and champion innovative solutions
- Have a willingness to engage collaboratively across The Brigshaw Learning Partnership and beyond.
We warmly welcome all applicants to visit the school. Please contact Wendy Harrington, PA, on 0113 2878925 or via email (harrinw02@brigshawtrust.com) to arrange a suitable date and time.
An application pack can be requested from Jenn Wallis, Avec Partnership, by email Jenn.Wallis@avec-partnership.com or by phone on 01325 281480. Applications must be returned to the above email.
Closing Date: 12 noon 16th February
Interview Date: 5th/6th March
The Brigshaw Learning Partnership and Brigshaw High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.
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Attached documents
About Brigshaw High School
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- Brigshaw High School
- Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford
- West Yorkshire
- WF10 2HR
- United Kingdom
Brigshaw High School is a very successful and inclusive 11-19 comprehensive school of over 1320 students serving communities across outer east of Leeds. The school has outstanding teaching accommodation, sporting facilities and strong learning and community partnerships.
On 1st September 2016 Brigshaw converted to an Academy status as part of the Brigshaw Learning Partnership, a multi-academy trust consisting of ourselves and five other primary schools.
Headteacher
Mr Duncan Roberts
Snapshot
Brigshaw is a thriving, popular school, occupying a large, attractive campus between Kippax and Allerton Bywater. Pupils come to us from these two “villages”, as well as from Great and Little Preston, Swillington, Micklefield, Methley, Woodlesford, Garforth and the outer Leeds suburbs. About 25% attract Pupil Premium funding. There are currently 1320 pupils on roll, including 160 in the Sixth Form. Our planned admission limit is 240 per year group, and we are fully subscribed. On September 1st 2016 we converted to Academy status alongside five of our partner primary schools as part of The Brigshaw Learning Partnership. Having worked together for several years as a very successful Trust, this conversion has been a natural progression. Our new status is helping attract additional school improvement resources and we are actively seeking further challenge and scrutiny for ourselves to help us raise achievement.
Ofsted
Our most recent Ofsted Report (June 2019) judged us as a good school. Ofsted noted:
“There’s something really special here” HMI Ofsted
● Highly effective leadership… all highly ambitious for staff and pupils
● Resolutely committed and determined to embed a ‘culture of excellence’ across the school.
● Pupils are “proud… of their school and … appreciate the recent changes”.
● Pupils’ attitudes to learning are strong… they actively participate in and support their peers with their learning.
● Governors and trustees know the school well… they are realistic and reflective…they are extremely effective in their roles.
● Parents and carers are supportive.
● Sixth-form leadership is a strength of the school and, consequently, the sixth form is good.
However, we are not complacent. We believe that pupils can make faster progress. There is still more we can do to further raise attainment. Current priorities in our School Improvement Plan are centred on raising achievement at all levels and ensuring all students are stretched; developing improved outcomes through our Vertical Tutoring and House System; and developing and consolidating partnerships. Under-pinning these objectives is an over-arching commitment to personalising learning and encouraging student leadership and parent/carer engagement at all levels of our work.
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