Headteacher
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Trafford
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L33 to 39 (£92,624 to £107,239)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2022
- Apply by:
- 3 May 2022
Job overview
Headteacher
Required for September 2022
L33 to 39 (£92,624 to £107,239)
Governors are seeking a Headteacher to lead our high performing school on the next stage of its journey. This is an excellent opportunity to take up a headship in a school that prides itself on high standards of learning, personal development and leadership.
Our Mission Statement encapsulates our ambition for our school – “We are a Catholic family of aspiration, dedicated to all our students excelling spiritually and academically in our school and beyond. We change lives through our culture of high standards and expectations of everyone who learns and works in our school and a belief that achievement is for all.”
The successful candidate will benefit from:
• A committed, hardworking and stable Leadership Team and Staff who are relentless in their focus on school improvement and fully aligned to the school’s Catholic ethos, vision and values
• An effective and supportive Governing body with high expectations of the school
• Ambitious and engaged pupils
• An oversubscribed school with high levels of parental and community support
• An outstanding and growing Sixth Form
• Excellent finance and resource management which supports the school’s ambitions
The successful candidate will:
• Be a practising Catholic
• Believe in our mission of developing a Catholic family of aspiration
• Have high expectations of the potential of all pupils
• Have a track record of high quality leadership and successful outcomes in their current career
• Have the ability to build a high performing leadership team
• Be outward looking to build collaboration and professional relationships
• Be committed to their own professional and spiritual development
To Apply:
- Application packs can be downloaded from the school website: http://www.bthcc.org.uk/job-vacancies/
- Completed applications should be returned by email to: sue.jenkinson@dioceseofshrewsbury.org
- Only applications received on the CES application form will be considered for shortlisting
Closing date for applications: 9.00 am on Tuesday, 3rd May 2022
Interviews will be held on: 12th and 13th May 2022
Visits to school are encouraged and warmly welcomed to see the staff and students at work. To arrange an appointment please contact Sue Simons, HR Manager, via e-mail: suesimons@bthcc.org
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought, along with other relevant pre-employment checks, for the successful applicant
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About Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
- Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
- Urban Road, Altrincham
- Cheshire
- WA15 8HT
- United Kingdom
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College is a highly popular, over-subscribed school for Catholic parents in South Manchester. The school is a vibrant family community, inclusive and proud of the achievements of all our pupils. We have 1600 pupils on roll, including 220 students in the Sixth Form.
We are proud of our strong Catholic ethos and mission which daily supports the work and achievements of the school. The aims of the school are contained in the Mission Statement which places a strong emphasis on aspiration and family ethos. Our school seeks to offer both an excellent 21stcentury education and an educational experience that upholds traditional catholic values.
Our school motto is Inspiring People Changing Lives. Over the last three years, the school has performed well against national averages and very well against similar schools at both GCSE and A Level. The proportion of pupils attending university from our Sixth Form is 96% with destinations including Cambridge, Durham, and Russell Group Universities. The remaining students enter apprenticeships and employment.
We have designed a curriculum that is equitable for all pupils. The curriculum is broad and balanced. All pupils have equal access to all subjects at key stage 3, and key stage 4.
Prayer and liturgy are an important part of our school and at least six times a year we hold school masses celebrated by one of our local priests, which allows our school to get together to celebrate its Catholic identity. Our Catholic life is also sustained by our weekly Friday Mass for pupils and parents and our Wednesday Prayer Group.
In a denominational inspection, dated June 2019, the school was judged outstanding for its provision for Religious Education and Catholic Life, which includes Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural Development (SMSC).
We are an experienced legacy Teaching School providing support to other schools, we have an agreement with bright Futures, based at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, to lead the ECT Framework across 4 Greater Manchester authorities. The agreement includes delivery of NPQ in Senior Leadership and NPQ in Leading Learning across the hub.
Every teaching post is an important one for the future of our school and the successful candidate will be somebody with a high work ethic and unstinting commitment to our children. We want somebody with a strong ambition to develop their own career but, above all they want to make a significant and long-lasting impression on the future lives of our pupils.
Mrs Clare Hogg
Headteacher
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