Headteacher
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Orleans Park School
Twickenham
- £100,620 - £120,513 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Range L35 to L43 Outer London
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for September 2022
- Apply by:
- 24 February 2022
Job overview
Orleans Park School is a highly successful 11-18 mixed comprehensive school where governors, parents, staff and students are proud of its inclusivity ensuring every student is important and seen as an individual. It has 1350 students including an academic sixth form of over 250 students.
Following nine years of successful leadership, our current Headteacher is retiring.
We are looking for an exceptional and committed Headteacher with a proven track record in educational leadership.
Our successful candidate will be:
- A current Headteacher or Senior Leader with substantial and successful experience of school leadership;
- Committed to the wellbeing, progress and achievement of every student who are at the heart of everything they do;
- Focussed on sustaining our unique culture where students experience a positive, nurturing and enriching school life;
- An inspirational teacher with a clear passion for education who leads by example with professionalism and integrity;
- Able to foster a community where everyone feels welcome, supported, valued and treated with respect.
During our last Ofsted Inspection (November 2017) we were graded as Outstanding.
If you would like to visit the school, this can be arranged at either of the following times, where you will be able to meet with a Deputy Headteacher:
- Tuesday 8 February afternoon 2 - 4pm
- Wednesday 9 February morning 9 - 11am
Please email recruitment@orleanspark.school to arrange. We can be flexible with dates/times for visits, if required.
If you feel you have the qualities to fulfil this exciting opportunity to lead Orleans Park School, we welcome your application. An application pack can be found on our website.
Closing date for applications: 10am on Thursday 24 February 2022
Shortlisting: Tuesday 1 March 2022
Interview date: Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 March 2022
The appointment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS Disclosure. Orleans Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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About Orleans Park School
Orleans Park is a successful and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed comprehensive that serves its local community in Twickenham with over 1,350 students. The dedicated staff work hard to ensure students are successful, leaving here as responsible citizens and confident individuals.
What Orleans Park has to offer:
- a commitment to the professional development of all its staff to become outstanding teachers and leaders
- regular CPD sessions
- Sixth Form in dedicated buildings and facilities
- employee assistance programme – supporting staff wellbeing
- situated on a 16-acre site close to the River Thames and the centre of Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The borough is home to the attractions of Richmond Park, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace and Twickenham Stadium.
- easy access to central London and excellent transport links for bus, train, Underground and Overground services
- close to the M3/M4/M25 with staff parking on site
- staff travel card loans
- Cyclescheme
Here’s what Ofsted have to say:
In November 2023, Ofsted recognised that Orleans Park continues to be an outstanding school. They said "Pupils thrive at this school. They are happy, safe and achieve very well" and that the school has "a broad and ambitious curriculum for all pupils". "Pupils build very respectful, working relationships with each other and with staff. Pupils learn to be responsible and reflect on their own actions. This results in very positive behaviour and exemplary attitudes to learning".
Where to find us:
Close to central Twickenham, we are well served by local transport with several bus routes stopping right outside the school gates and train and tube stations nearby. St. Margarets and Twickenham Train Stations are both within easy walking distance for South Western Railway services and Richmond Station is one mile away for District Line Underground and Overground Services and South Western Railway.
Please explore our website as this will give you an insight into the vibrancy of Orleans Park: www.orleanspark.school
We look forward to receiving your application.
Kathy Pacey
Headteacher
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