Headteacher
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Bishop Wordsworth's School
Salisbury
- Expired
- Salary:
- LPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2024
- Apply by:
- 9 October 2023
Job overview
The Governors wish to appoint an exceptional professional to lead this outstanding school. The Headship presents an unrivalled opportunity for a visionary, empathetic and determined leader to work with talented, professional and caring staff to continue to provide an academically challenging, culturally rich and enjoyable education for future generations of students.
The Governors are seeking a Headteacher who:
● Is a visionary leader, able to lead by example, with a strong sense of moral purpose, demonstrating the ability to develop, articulate and realise the school’s vision;
● Is inspirational and dynamic, has exceptional interpersonal skills with the capacity to develop highly effective relationships with all parts of the school community;
● Values knowledge and has a passion for developing outstanding Teaching and Learning and will empower students and staff to excel;
● Values the school’s holistic curriculum and appreciates the vital impact of a wealth of extracurricular opportunities for students;
● Displays a conspicuous dedication to ethical principles and values and is committed to and promotes diversity and equality;
● Is wholeheartedly dedicated to promoting wellbeing, building resilience and maintaining good mental health for staff;
● Has proven capacity for strategic leadership, demonstrating financial acumen and the capacity to maximise opportunities for the school with a proven ability, when required, to implement effective change;
In return, we can offer:
● A very successful, happy school with an exceptional ethos and culture and a strong sense of its importance to the community it serves;
● A productive climate for learning, strong academic performance and the capacity to improve further;
● A dedicated, talented, enthusiastic staff who uphold and value the ethos of the school;
● A dedicated and committed Senior Leadership Team;
● Students who are motivated to learn and who participate fully in the life of the school;
● Dynamic and committed Governors who will support, provide strategic guidance and, where necessary, constructive challenge.
The Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of race, sex, age or disability. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and a Section 128 Management check as well as other relevant pre-employment checks including satisfactory references.
Further details and an application pack can be obtained from the school website. Application forms, together with a covering letter, should be returned to Mrs A Lloyd-Gilmour, HR Manager. Please email your application to alg@bishopwordsworths.org.uk.
Please refer to page 13 of the applicant pack on how to apply.
If you do not hear by Thursday 16th November 2023, you may assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
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About Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a unique school in a unique place. Our founder, Bishop John Wordsworth intended that his school should provide a centre of academic excellence in the heart of Salisbury. Since 1890 Bishop’s has fulfilled that mission and today we educate 1,176 students aged between 11 and 18 and which include approximately 130 girls in our now fully co-ed sixth form. Under the shadow of the Cathedral spire our eclectic buildings span the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries, reflecting the school’s heritage. This creates a very special atmosphere in which students are conscious, on a daily basis, of their part in a long tradition of academic endeavour.
The school has remained true to its founder’s traditions by following three basic aims:
•To encourage all our students to develop their potential to the full by setting themselves the highest standards of excellence and achievement;
•To develop in all our students the integrity and the means to face confidently the challenges of a fast changing world;
•To inspire all our students to lead happy, purposeful and responsible lives.
Bishop’s enjoys a hard earned reputation as one of the finest schools in the country. The school is well known for its traditions of excellence, its strong links with the Church of England and the Cathedral, and its sense of pride in the school community. It became an Academy School in March 2011, enhancing its reputation for independence and outstanding quality in education.
Girls were welcomed to the Bishop’s Sixth Form from September 2020 and they now make up around 30% of the 400 Year 12 and 13 students that are on our roll. Standards are very high throughout, both in the curriculum and elsewhere and the young women and men of the sixth form provide outstanding leadership for the rest of the school. Almost all of our students progress to the most competitive universities, with some also securing high calibre degree apprenticeship positions.
Boys take an 11+ selection test for admission to Bishop’s. Academic standards are very high and are duly recognized as such by OfSTED, DfE and the media, but excellence permeates all other areas of school life. School Sport is exceptionally strong, and the traditions in Music and Performing Arts are impressive. The school is characterised by a culture of challenging students to do their best while, at the same time, offering them the support that they need to do really well. Older students are asked to take leadership responsibilities and operate as role models and mentors for those in lower years.
We place great importance on delivering an all round education for all of our students. Bishop’s enjoys an incomparable environment in the shadow of the highest cathedral spire in England, and many major school events take place in the Cathedral during the school year. Facilities for learning and teaching are already excellent, and further development of the school site continues.
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