Principal
Oxted School
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024 (or sooner)
- Apply by:
- 17 March 2024
Job overview
Do you have the vision, passion, and rigour to lead Oxted School into its future, to help it become one of the very best schools in the UK?
Oxted School is a large, vibrant, and successful Ofsted rated ‘Good’ school in Oxted, Surrey, with over 1,700 students aged 11-18 on roll. Founded in 1929, Oxted School is strongly rooted in the local community that we are so proud to serve. The school is part of The Howard Partnership Trust, established in 2011 and comprising of four secondary, six primary and three special schools. THPT commits to providing the best possible education for young people of all abilities and backgrounds, enabling them to flourish and thereby increase their life chances.
At Oxted School we have high expectations and aspirations for every member of our school community, with a broad, challenging, and engaging curriculum, an effective and caring pastoral system, and a commitment to inspiring a love of learning. All members of the Oxted School community are valued and supported, ensuring that they can achieve their very best. We certainly have much to be proud of, but we are ambitious and not complacent. This is where you come in.
Leading Oxted School into the future will be a career-defining move. We are looking for an inspirational, dynamic Principal who has the skill and drive to help the school achieve its vision of becoming one of the very best schools in the country. It’s crucial that our new Principal has the clarity of vision, personal presence and humility needed to empower staff to give their absolute best, where all pupils are supported and challenged to achieve their full potential.
We are open-minded about where you might currently be working, although you are likely to already be an experienced and successful Headteacher who feels ready for the next stage of your career. You will need to bring with you a proven track record of excellence, an unwavering belief that extraordinary academic success is possible, and a demonstrable ability to build and inspire a high performing and united team. The size and scale of the school and site means that this is undoubtably a demanding role, but a hugely rewarding one too. You will be fully supported on your journey by THPT and have many opportunities to collaborate and influence the work of the wider trust.
If this exciting opportunity sounds like a good fit for your skills, experience, and aspirations, please get in touch to discuss the role in more detail. For an informal and confidential conversation, please contact Propelo on 01273 222 877 or visit thpt.our-careers.co.uk for more information on how to apply.
Closing date: 8pm, Sunday 17 March 2024
Interviews: Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 March 2024
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
About Oxted School
Oxted School is a large and vibrant school which seeks to ‘Bring out the Best’ in all members of our learning community: students and staff. Established in 1929 with just 22 students, Oxted has grown to almost 2000 students in years 7 through to 13. Our size is one of our great strengths, and students benefit from a broad curriculum and a wealth of enrichment activities.
We are immensely proud of our comprehensive profile, and we celebrate students from all backgrounds, religions, and abilities. This is highlighted by our centre for visually impaired students, which empowers blind and partially sighted students to access a mainstream curriculum and socialise in a friendly and safe environment with their peers. Students from Oxted will go on to thrive in a range of destinations: from apprenticeships with local businesses to degrees at Russell Group Universities, including Oxford and Cambridge. Our careers provision, including ‘Future Friday’ talks from alumni, is outstanding.
We are a caring school with an academic edge, and students at Oxted are well looked after and respect one another. Our close sense of community is fostered through the traditions of a school approaching its 90th year: most significantly through the House system which provides a framework for competition and celebrations of success across the school. Effective tutoring allows teachers to build strong relationships with their students, and work with them over 7 years as they develop from children into young adults, ready to contribute to society.
The development of leadership is pivotal in the education of our young people, and opportunities are provided throughout a student’s time with us. A sense of adventure is instilled in all our students through our Duke of Edinburgh programme which is amongst the largest in the country.
The school has excellent sporting facilities including a heated outdoor swimming pool available for staff use. We have recently achieved the Gold Artsmark award, and value vocational subjects alongside a traditional academic curriculum.
Teaching at Oxted is hugely fulfilling, and many of our teachers work with the Sixth Form as well as the lower school. Staff are encouraged to become fully immersed in the broader life of the school, whether that is raising money for charity, attending the Y8 camp, or supporting the School Show. We keep a keen eye on work-life balance through our Wellbeing Programme, and there are regular social events for staff.
Oxted School is proud to be part of the Howard Partnership Trust: a high performing multi-academy trust with inclusive values and support for school improvement at its core. Consequently we benefit from working closely with colleagues from other Surrey Schools to raise standards for all of our students.
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