Headteacher
Parkstone Grammar School
Poole
- Expired
- Salary:
- Group 7: Range L32 – L39 (£85,603 - £103,374)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- COMMENCING 1ST SEPTEMBER 2019
- Apply by:
- 1 March 2019
Job overview
Parkstone Grammar School is an outstanding selective girls’ school whose students consistently achieve excellent examination results, making it one of the top performing schools in the area, in progress as well as attainment.
At Parkstone we care passionately about the achievement, personal development and welfare of every young woman in our care. A wide range of extra-curricular activities helps to build confidence and self-esteem and our House and School Cabinet system ensures students’ opinions are regularly considered by the Leadership Team.
In Sixth form, the School works in collaboration with Poole Grammar School for Boys to provide an exceptionally wide choice of subjects for our students.
Following the current Head’s decision to spend more time with her young family, Governors are hoping to appoint a new Headteacher who will build on our strong heritage and continue to lead the School to be a seat of exceptional learning, challenge and inspiration, whilst recognising and maintain the current strengths.
Please email vacancies@parkstone.poole.sch.uk if you would like a prospectus and an application pack.
Further details are available from the school website https://www.parkstone.poole.sch.uk Applications should be addressed to Dawn Stark, Chair of Governors.
Closing date: 9.00am on Friday 1st March 2019
Interview: Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th March 2019
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The school is also committed to a policy of equal opportunity.
About Parkstone Grammar School
Parkstone Grammar School is a girls’ selective school of some 1250 students from 11 – 18, of whom over 350 are in the Sixth Form. Opened in Ashley Cross, Parkstone in 1905, the school moved to its present green-field site in 1961.
The buildings are modern and pleasant, with grounds which extend to almost twenty acres. Since 1961 the school has benefitted from additional buildings and modernisation ensuring the school has excellent, well-equipped facilities.
In September 2015 we opened a new state of the art Sixth Form block housing learning, teaching and social space including cutting edge technology. As part of this development we landscaped a fantastic outside social space and re-modelled a Drama Studio and created additional Music space.
We have a vibrant Language Centre as well as a highly-resourced Music Department, together with numerous Music practice rooms, fully equipped modern Science laboratories and a Drama Studio built to professional standards. Additionally, our wonderful new Art, Maths and Technology block offers bright, modern and well-resourced facilities contributing to our overall first-class teaching and learning environment.
Our Library\Learning Resource Centre has the latest information retrieval systems and an excellent selection of reference and fiction materials. It also has a dedicated Sixth Form area with its own computer suite which provides a quiet, private study area for our Sixth Form students.
We are very proud of our Lecture Theatre – a state of the art building equipped with an interactive whiteboard, DVD, video and sound system. It also boasts an impressive seating system that can be folded in or out, dependent on individual requirements. This is the ideal venue not just for specific teaching, but also for hosting the many lectures from outside speakers that students at Parkstone enjoy.
We have a well- equipped fitness centre and gymnasium, together with an extraordinary Sports Hall – a wonderful, flexible sporting facility that is enjoyed by both the students and the local community.
Our recently extended dining facility has further enhanced the students’ experience at the school providing a comfortable and sociable dining environment. This modern, stylish area also benefits the Sixth Form students as an additional venue to use during personal study periods.
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