Headteacher

We wish to appoint a Headteacher with the vision, drive and commitment to lead our school through the next phase of its development.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious senior leader with the ability to work in partnership with families, staff, students, governors and a range of stakeholders to create an engaging and aspirational culture and an ethos where achievement, excellence and inclusion are embedded into everything we do, ensuring that our students achieve their full potential.

The successful candidate will also, as a member of the trust’s extended executive team, contribute more widely across the trust as required.

As a Leadership Team we offer:

• Strategic and ethical leadership.
• Experienced and supportive staff.
• A creative and collaborative working environment.
• A positive and enthusiastic approach.
• A reflective, honest and caring culture.
• An inclusive team that supports a wide range of students across the school.
• Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development.

About Our School

Highfields School is part of the growing Lykos Multi Academy Trust, an active learning community committed to providing high quality and inclusive education for all.

Highfields has a long-standing reputation for providing a wide range of high-quality teaching and learning experiences for students. We are a heavily over-subscribed, non-selective secondary school in Wolverhampton and pride ourselves on ensuring that each student achieves their full potential.

It is a vibrant and challenging place to work and to learn, offering a broad, engaging curriculum and high levels of support and challenge in a warm and welcoming school community. We believe in helping students to become well-rounded individuals who possess the necessary knowledge, skills and qualities to be successful on whatever pathway they choose to follow.

Highfields provides a strong culture of collaboration and support with high expectations for all. Our staff are highly motivated and work with colleagues within and beyond the school and trust to ensure continuous professional development and to develop best practice to share with staff and students.

We are fortunate to enjoy modern, state of the art facilities that offer the very best environment to enable staff and students to thrive in a happy, harmonious and caring school community.

We are, quite rightly, proud of the achievements of all our students and staff who work hard to meet our high expectations and aspirations. We provide our students with a rich and fulfilling education and encourage them to participate in a wide variety of academic and social experiences.

We have a culture of continual school improvement and are committed to supporting the new Headteacher to ensure the continued success of the school. We look forward to working with you to shape the next stage of the Highfields journey.

To arrange a visit, or to discuss this vacancy further, please contact Mrs L Bishop – PA to the Headteacher: lbishop@hswv.co.uk

Closing date: Monday 17th March 2025 at 9am

Interviews: Week beginning Monday 24th March 2025

Highfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For further information on the recruitment process, please see the Applicant Information Pack and our Recruitment Privacy Notice available from our Trust website: https://www.lykos.org.uk/our-trust.