Headteacher

Our Academy Trust is seeking to appoint an inspirational and outstanding Leader to join our highly successful single academy trust 11-18 school with 1184 students on roll and growing. Tarporley is a delightful scenic old market town located in the heart of mid-Cheshire, halfway between Chester and Nantwich in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. This is an exciting opportunity to prove your passion and commitment to ensuring all our students fulfil their individual potential. We are also the lead school in the Cheshire Vale Teaching School Alliance where teamwork, leadership, and enthusiasm for success are all notable strengths.  

Rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in 2014: ‘The ethos and culture of the school develop both students and staff equally well and create an enthusiasm for learning.’ ‘The sixth form is outstanding. It is highly successful in helping students to move on to higher education, training or employment.’ ‘Leaders at all levels, managers and governors are relentless in their drive to bring about further improvement, particularly to the quality of teaching and students’ achievement.’ 

You will:

· Be an inspirational leader, ready to lead a highly rated academy with a track record of ensuring excellent results throughout the age and ability range

· Be highly organised, approachable, strategic and passionate about ensuring excellence for all 

· Be able to build strong relationships with all our hard working students, staff and governors, and also parents and other members of our community of large and small villages  

· Be committed to providing the best possible opportunities for all our young people

We can offer you:

• A forward looking environment which is proud of past achievements but continues to strive for even higher success
• A committed, supportive and dedicated Senior Leadership Team and well qualified teaching and support staff whose belief is that only the best is good enough for our      students
• An opportunity to develop and challenge staff and students to get the best outcomes for all
• An oversubscribed academy where students enjoy their education and want to learn
• Support and challenge from highly committed Governors
• The scope to be creative and innovative in developing approaches to teaching, learning and the curriculum

A visit to the school can be arranged on the following date only: 

Friday 29 September – two time slots – 9.30 a.m. or 11.30 a.m. 

Please contact Pamela Zborowski, Clerk to the Governing Body via email pzborowski@tarporleyhigh.co.uk or by calling the school 01829 732558 if you would like to visit the school during one of the time slots above.

If you feel ready for this exciting challenge, and feel you could make an even bigger difference to our school community then please visit our school website http://www.tarporleyhigh.co.uk/HEADTEACHER---STARTING-DATE-FROM-1-JANUARY-2018-1?returnUrl=/Vacancies where you will find further details and the Application Pack. 

All applications should be sent through electronically to Pamela Zborowski, 

Clerk to the Governing Body pzborowski@tarporleyhigh.co.uk

Interviews will take place during w/c 16 October 2017

CLOSING DATE:  Thursday 5 October 2017 – 12 noon

EARLY APPLICATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED

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. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.