Headteacher
Seaham High School
Seaham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Group 6, LPR 29 - 35
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01.01.2019
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2018
Job overview
Required for 1 January 2019. The Governing Body is seeking to appoint a Headteacher who will continue to lead and inspire the next phase of the school’s development after thirteen very successful years of leadership from our current Headteacher.
To be successful you will:
- Be able to share our passion for education and demonstrate outstanding leadership, management and communication skills.
- Have a proven track record in strategic leadership with the ability to manage change.
- Provide inspirational leadership ensuring delivery of academic excellence through the highest possible standards of teaching and learning.
- Celebrate diversity, equality and inclusion and is passionate about enabling every student to achieve their potential.
- Develop other community links and collaboration networks – building and further developing partnerships between students, parents, feeder schools and the wider community.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to visit the school on Monday 25 June at 9.30am 2018 or Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 3.30pm. Please contact Mrs McNally on 0191 5161600 extension 5 to make arrangements.
Application forms and an information pack are available from and returnable to Mrs D McNally, Seaham High School, Station Road, Seaham, SR7 0BH, or email d.mcnally@seahamhighschool.com
Durham County Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We want to develop a more diverse workforce and we positively welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
Applicants with disabilities will be invited for interview if the essential job criteria are met.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday 29 June 2018 at 12pm noon
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory DBS Disclosure form.
Please note that the Childcare Disqualifications Regulations 2009 apply to this position and therefore you are required to complete the ‘Disqualification by Association’ declaration form. Should you be successful in your application for this post, your appointment can not be progressed without this declaration.
THE POST IS NOT OPEN TO JOB SHARE
Margaret Whellans
Corporate Director of Children and Young People’s Services
Attached documents
About Seaham High School
Engaging Minds, Broadening Horizons
A SCHOOL WHERE EVERY CHILD REALLY MATTERS!
If you would like to work in a school where 98% of staff are proud to work, 97% say they enjoy working here and creativity is at the heart of our vision then Seaham High School is the place for you. If you want to develop, progress and thrive in an exciting, dynamic school, which values its staff then Seaham High School is the place for you. We believe our staff are our most important resource and invest heavily in them. We offer you teaching facilities and an environment that are second to none. We offer you bespoke CPD, a relentless drive to improve, support and challenge. We offer you personalisation and a recognition that one- size does not fit all in education. We offer you a caring and supportive environment where you feel able to take risks and be supported. We offer you an environment where we expect you to work hard, challenge yourself but consider your welfare, your workload and your work-life balance and strive for ways to improve it. We offer you our new state of the art facility on the beautiful East Durham Coast and a school and local community that are thriving. We offer you an intake that is expanding dramatically as a result of our ethos and growing reputation. What can you offer us?
We believe that the core purpose of our school is to engage the minds of all learners who attend in order to broaden their future by providing the opportunity to maximise life chances.
We offer everything needed to succeed, a curriculum that responds to the needs of each and every individual. Learning experiences that are diverse, flexible, rich, experiential and active. Dynamic personalised teaching and learning, high standards, high expectations and great challenges.
Our Vision:
“To enable the young people of Seaham to achieve the highest possible outcomes which they can use to continue their learning and make a valuable contribution to the global society in which we all now live. They should feel safe, secure, be free from prejudice and be able to develop a mutual respect for all others. Students should be ready to take on the challenges of the twenty-first century and leave school with hope for their future. They should have the confidence to take on new opportunities and know where to turn when a helping hand is required. When they leave, their minds have been engaged, their horizons have been broadened and they should have valued their educational experience.”
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