Principal
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Birmingham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Salary Range L37 - L43
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2019
- Apply by:
- 27 March 2019
Job overview
Archdiocese of Birmingham
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Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7EG
Principal
Salary Range: L37 – L43
Required for September 2019
Bishop Challoner Catholic College is a high achieving and heavily over-subscribed Catholic school situated in south Birmingham.
Following the forthcoming retirement of our current Principal in August 2019, the Governors wish to appoint a practising and committed Catholic who is experienced, inspirational and ambitious. The successful applicant will have the expertise, energy and enthusiasm to sustain the unique identity of our school, its high academic standards, and our Catholic life and ethos.
Bishop Challoner Catholic College is a designated Teaching School with a Teaching School Alliance of over 50 secondary, special and primary schools. We are a lead school in the Central Midlands Science Learning Partnership and a Regional Maths Hub, one of 35 Hubs across the country, providing high quality continuing professional development for primary and secondary mathematics teachers. Our PE department works in partnership with over 80 primary and secondary schools developing pedagogy and sharing best practice through the Primary PE, Sport Premium and Secondary Sport England Teacher Training Approach programmes.
In addition, we have developed a very close collaborative working relationship with eleven Catholic primary schools as part of the Tolkien Cluster and have a very strong tradition of school-to-school support. This support includes our sponsorship of an 11-18 Catholic Academy in north Solihull since January 2011.
We have a very experienced Senior and Middle Leadership Team, together with hardworking and dedicated staff and governors and supportive parents.
We wish to appoint an exceptional leader who:
• is a practising and committed Catholic able and willing to give public witness to their faith
• has an outstanding track record of educational leadership with proven success and demonstrable impact.
• is strategic, analytical, creative and evaluative with due regard for accountability.
• demonstrates a commitment to continuous improvement in the development of staff and pupils.
• has the authority to lead effectively with impact
• has the vision, imagination and commitment to meet the highest professional standards and be a role model for our school
• is able to work effectively with a diverse range of families
• is able to work effectively with a variety of external agencies.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all the necessary pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS; Prohibition Check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable) qualifications (where applicable) medical fitness; identity and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide three suitable references. We promote equal opportunities for all.
Visits to the school prior to application can be made by appointment w/c 18th March 2019
Closing date for applications: 12.00pm on 27th March 2019
Interviews: 10th and 11th April 2019
Further details of this position and application pack are available from Kate Hall, Clerk to Governors at k.hall@bishopchalloner.bham.sch.uk or telephone 0121 444 4161 or visit our website: www.bishopchalloner.org.uk
Attached documents
About Bishop Challoner Catholic College
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College
- Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B14 7EG
- United Kingdom
Bishop Challoner Catholic College is mixed, co-educational Roman Catholic high school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18.
It has about 1,100 pupils and is located in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham. The school was founded in 1953, and was the first Catholic school opened in the city.
Headteacher
Dr James Coughlan
Values and vision
Bishop Challoner Catholic College, as a Catholic School, is committed to the values of the Gospel, and it aims to reflect this with a strong sense of community and outreach.
The school aims to deliver a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, within which ethical, moral and religious issues are taught. It places prayer and the worship of God at the centre of school life - something which is reflected in assemblies, Holy Mass and other liturgies.
Bishop Challoner Catholic College aspires to develop the desire in each student to progress spiritually, academically, morally, culturally, physically and mentally. It aims to provide a secure and caring atmosphere based on mutual respect.
The school promotes equal opportunities for all, and encourages the development of each pupil's unique talents and gifts. It promotes a wide range of opportunities for a healthy lifestyle, in-keepeing with its specialist sports college status. It is also a specialist science college status.
Ofsted
“Pupils make outstanding progress in a range of subjects, including English and mathematics. Disadvantaged pupils often make better progress than other pupils nationally from their different starting points, although this is not the case for all. Pupils have ambition and an aspiration to succeed.”
“The school’s curriculum meets their needs well, contributes to their outstanding progress and develops their spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding well.”
View Bishop Challoner Catholic College’s latest Ofsted report
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