Headteacher
Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College
Luton
- Expired
- Salary:
- L33-L39 plus 3% £88,146 - £101,043, plus an additional payment for the right candidate
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter or September 2018
- Apply by:
- 30 October 2017
Job overview
If you have the vision and ambition, we can offer an unparalleled opportunity to lead our truly comprehensive school in its rapid journey of improvement
We are an 11-16 foundation school located in the Marsh Farm area of Luton, we embrace our challenging and diverse urban community, to join us you will need to relish challenge and the opportunity to improve the life chances of our students.
The Governors are seeking a skilled and visionary Headteacher capable of driving the highest standards in Teaching and Learning, resulting in rapid and significant school improvement.
We are proud to work with friendly, hardworking students and supportive families. Staff are dedicated and ambitious to further raise standards. The school is a diverse and dynamic learning community benefitting from outstanding facilities provided through the Building Schools for the Future scheme.
The Governors are seeking to appoint a Headteacher who will:
- Have a clear and consistent focus on continually raising achievement
- Be passionate about realising students’ potential, maintaining our vision to create lifelong learners, enabling them to approach the ever changing world
- Inspire and empower staff to deliver the highest quality teaching and learning and embed excellence at every level
- Be an exceptional leader able to articulate a clear vision for the organisation and management of the school and one who has the resilience to ensure that it is successfully implemented.
We would be delighted if you could visit us - we hope you will be excited by the opportunity we have to offer, our positive, innovative atmosphere, our excellent and committed staff and our engaged students.
School Tour: by arrangement
Closing Date: Monday 30th October 2017 at 9am
Interviews: Thursday 9th and Friday 10th November 2017
To request an application pack or to book a school tour place please contact Emma Fletcher at Hays Leadership on 01273 721579 or email: emma.fletcher@hays.com
To discuss the role in more detail, please call Dion Mills on 07899 063321 or email dion.mills@hays.com
“Lea Manor High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.” This post is subject to clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College
- Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College
- Northwell Drive, Luton
- Bedfordshire
- LU3 3TL
- United Kingdom
Lea Manor High School is situated in the town of Luton, in Bedfordshire. It is a non-selective, mainstream secondary school that educates pupils between the ages of 11 and 16. It is non-denominational. There are around 1,070 students enrolled at the school at the moment. It opened in 1975 and became a specialist school in performing arts in 2007.
Headteacher
Amanda Simpson
Values and Vision
Lea Manor High School’s motto is “learning for life”. It wants to be the best school in the country. The main goal is to make sure the children are safe and are nurtured by staff. The children’s well-being is at the core of the school. The school follows British values. This includes having respect and consideration for others. The aim of the curriculum is for the children to develop the skills they need to live in a modern world.
Ofsted report
“Students make good progress and achieve well. This is because teaching, typically, is good, and teachers are ever-alert to any individual who is falling behind. The school gives good support to disabled students and those with special educational needs. They are catching up with the standards reached by other groups of students. Students enjoy their lessons. The headteacher’s ambitious vision for the school is clearly communicated so that the collective efforts of staff and students are sharply and constructively focused. School leaders know what the school is doing well and are quick to identify areas for improvement. Their actions are improving the quality of teaching and learning.”
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