Director of Highlands Sixth Form (senior assistant headteacher)
Highlands School, London, N21 1QQThis job expired on 24 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 8:30 to 3:30pm Monday to Friday and 8:30 - 4:30pm on Wednesdays.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership 19 - 23
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.
Significant and successful experience of teaching in a secondary school setting, with a proven track record of raising student achievement at Key Stage 5.
Experience of raising standards in a middle or senior leadership role.
A comprehensive understanding of the academic and pastoral needs of sixth form students and the challenges and opportunities of post-16 education.
Experience of successfully involvement in the UCAS application process and providing effective careers guidance to sixth form students.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret and utilize data effectively to inform strategic planning, target setting, and intervention strategies.
Experience of developing and leading high performing teams.
A clear vision of what excellence looks like in a sixth form.
A strong understanding of current trends and developments in post-16 education policy and practice.
What the school offers its staff
Professionally guided practices
Collaborative knowledge rich curriculum
Weekly CPD enabled by early school closure
Feedback not marking
Equalities informed practices
Centralised behaviour policy
No written reports
Excellent career development
Tailored opportunities for professional growth
Regular feedback through Instructional coaching
Funding for Masters programmes
Leadership opportunities at every stage
Time with your department is prioritised
Staff wellbeing
Two week October half term
An innovative house system in which all staff participate
Meetings only on Wednesdays
Green surroundings and clean air within easy access of central London
Eco Schools Green Flag - merit
A range of international and national trips
SLT open door policy
Community building opportunities through a calendar of staff events
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding students is central to everything we do at Highlands School. We are committed to ensuring that students are safe, cared for and taught how to keep themselves and others safe. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that students receive effective support and protection.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Highlands School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1599 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highlands School website
- Email address
- hsjobapp@highlearn.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8370 1100
Highlands is an ‘Outstanding’ school (OFSTED 2011, 2014 and 2024) at which students consistently outperform national expectations in terms of both attainment and progress. Outstanding outcomes provide our students with the opportunity to continue their studies at prestigious institutions; students at Highlands regularly receive offers from medical schools, Oxbridge and Russell Group universities. Colleagues joining Highlands are joining one of the most popular and successful schools in north London.
The work we do at Highlands is underpinned by our values: determination, aspiration, respect and equality (DARE).
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