Headteacher
Kelmscott School
Waltham Forest
- Expired
- Salary:
- L30 – L35 Outer London (£84,864 - £94,362) plus up to 25% discretionary payment
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 11 March 2019
Job overview
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to lead this highly successful and innovative 11-17 mixed comprehensive school, at the heart of Walthamstow’s vibrant and ethnically diverse community in north east London. Our current Headteacher is retiring and the Governors are looking for a new Headteacher with similarly strong values, great drive and clarity of vision.
We stand for:
- Child-centred education that recognises that achievement occurs where students are nurtured in a stimulating and safe environment where learning is paramount.
- Ensuring every student has the opportunity to reach their full potential, irrespective of ability or background.
- Teaching and learning that equips our students with the skills, knowledge and understanding to take their place as valued citizens, ready to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world.
We are proud that:
- Our school sits at the heart of its local community – their challenges are our challenges and we strive to meet them together.
- Our school delivers a broad, balanced and innovative curriculum enabling students to achieve their best across the core EBacc subjects and beyond, from music and drama to engineering and economics, plus most latterly, Latin and Greek.
- Our students have achieved outstanding academic progress in recent years. We are consistently in the top quartile of schools nationally according to the GCSE Progress 8 measure.
We are looking for a Headteacher who will:
- Provide effective, empowering and supportive leadership that nurtures staff and provides a clear sense of common purpose.
- Demonstrate a commitment to equality of opportunity and maximising the life chances of all young people.
- Demonstrate first rate skills in leading change and facilitating school improvement.
You can find out more information by taking a look at our website www.kelmscottschool.co.uk and by visiting us on 7th March 2019.
Please contact Alison Scotchmer (Headteacher’s PA) if you wish to attend: Telephone: 020 8521 2115 Ext: 2211 / Email: a.scotchmer@kelmscott.waltham.sch.uk
Job-share applicants are welcome.
For an application pack:
Visit https://www.kelmscottschool.co.uk/vacancies or contact Alison Scotchmer (see above).
All completed applications should be returned to the school at the following email address: a.nidai1@kelmscott.waltham.sch.uk
Shortlisting: 18th March 2019
Interviews: 2nd and 3rd April 2019
Closing date: Noon, 11th March 2019
Kelmscott School is an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race.
Governors safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful candidates will undergo reference checks with previous employers and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Attached documents
About Kelmscott School
Kelmscott School is a mainstream, non-denominational, community secondary school for girls and boys aged 11-16. It is situated in Walthamstow, East London.
Headteacher
Mr Sam Jones
The School
Kelmscott School is a highly aspirational maintained secondary school in the heart of the Walthamstow community for students between the ages of 11 and 17. The school has a very positive and improving reputation and enjoys strong relationships with the local community and excellent links with local businesses and schools.
Kelmscott is a thriving school which provides a high quality of education in a happy and purposeful atmosphere. We have a reputation for innovation which attracts staff that are both enthusiastic and ambitious. There is a warm welcome for new staff, we hope that they will bring new ideas, commitment, energy and professionalism to our school in order to help every student realise their true potential.
Kelmscott School is easily accessible by road, tube and overground train stations. The nearest station is St. James’ Street overground on the Liverpool St-Chingford line and Queen’s Road overground which serves the Barking-Gospel Oak line; both are a 5 minute walk. Markhouse Road is easy to access with the instalment of brand new cycle lanes as part of the Mini-Holland project. It joins on to the Whipps Cross – Dalston cycle highway so within 15 minutes you can reach Epping Forest in one direction and neighbouring London Borough of Hackney in the other.
It is served by buses from Stratford, Leyton, Walthamstow and Chingford. Travelling by car, you can reach the A406 within 15 minutes and links to North London or on to the M25/M11 with ease.
Surrounding the school there are lots of open spaces and local community projects, early Victorian housing and Europe’s longest street market is only a 10 minute walk away from the school.
The Buildings and Facilities
All of our facilities set across two buildings are wheelchair accessible and include dedicated Maths and English classrooms. Our specialist facilities include a sound-proofed music suite and a drama studio with access to the main hall stage, and an amphitheatre for outside productions. In addition, we have four ICT suites, six well-equipped Science laboratories and specialist technology rooms for food, textiles, art and media photography.
Building works began in the summer of 2020 as part of our expansion plans to enhance our facilities. The first phase is now complete which includes an extension of our dining facilities, remodelling of teaching spaces and the addition of an activities studio. Phase 2 will begin in late 2021 which will see the addition of a two storey, ten classroom teaching facility.
The Staff
The school employs over 130 members of staff in a professional and highly positive working atmosphere which is both supportive and collaborative. Academic and pastoral matters are viewed concurrently and the roles of the tutor and Heads of Year are pivotal to the process of developing the whole child. We also give the opportunity to all staff members to gain excellent career experience and be part of an exciting continued professional development programme, tailored to their specific needs.
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