Headteacher
Tanbridge House School
West Sussex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Group 7 L33- 39
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 4 February 2022
Job overview
11 – 16 Co-Ed School - 1533 Students
Tanbridge House School is an inclusive and innovative co-educational school. We have excellent purpose-built facilities and are proud to have been rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in our most recent inspection. We are a comprehensive school where every child really matters.
The Governors are seeking to appoint an inspirational and forward thinking headteacher to lead the school on to the next stage of its development.
We would love to receive your application for the headteacher role, if you:
- Are committed to supporting and inspiring every student at Tanbridge House to be the best they can be
- Are dedicated to the principles of inclusion in a fully comprehensive setting
- Have extensive experience of leading continuous school improvement at a senior level
- Have a deep understanding of and commitment to our vision and values
- Have a track record of leading and inspiring colleagues, students and parents and enthusiastically collaborating with stakeholders including the governors, community and local authority
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We embrace people with differences and make necessary adjustments to be inclusive.
Please complete the application form and write an accompanying letter of application (of no more than 2 A4 sides/500 words) addressed to the Chair of Governors which addresses the questions:
- What are the principal challenges of headship?
- How are you prepared for them and what personal attributes would you bring to the school?
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to a DBS enhanced certificate.
The closing date for applications is midday on Friday 4 February 2022
Interviews will be held on 8 & 9 March 2022
Please see the school website www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk for an application form. All applications should be emailed to the school at the above email address or contact Jill Friese-Greene, Business Manager, on extension 208 if you have any queries regarding the application form and information pack. Please note that CVs are not acceptable.
About Tanbridge House School
- Tanbridge House School
- Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, Horsham
- West Sussex
- RH12 1SR
- United Kingdom
Tanbridge is one of the best resourced schools in the country with new buildings and has been located on its purpose-built campus for just over thirteen years. It is looking to the future with confidence. It is one of the few secondary schools in the country to be expressly designed to meet the requirements of the national curriculum and to prepare for the hi-tech demands of the twenty-first century. It is a most congenial and stimulating place in which to work.
Academic results in public examinations are well above West Sussex and national averages. There is a school strategic plan and each department has its own annual development plan, which includes targets for improvement.
Tanbridge House was awarded Science, Mathematics & Computing Specialist College status in 2006.
Ofsted confirmed that our standards are outstanding and achievement is good across all elements of the school. We are now moving the school from being regarded as good to becoming outstanding.
The cornerstone of our school improvement plan is a commitment to develop all staff who work at Tanbridge to ensure that they have the skills they need in line with the priorities set in the plan. One member of the school’s leadership has a major responsibility for staff development, which includes an induction programme for new members of staff and for newly qualified teachers as well as a wide range of training and development activities.
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