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Head of School

Hope Valley College, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S33 6SD

This job expired on 10 March 2019 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  10 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  18 February 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Lead Practitioners range 20 to Lead Practitioners range 24, £63,806 to £70,370

Head of School job summary

Key priorities
The key priorities for this role and the school for the next 12 months are to:
• Ensure that standards continue to rise, especially in the Ebacc subjects
• Ensure the attainment and progress gap closes between disadvantaged students and their peers.
• Ensure that attendance improves, particularly the attendance of disadvantaged students.
• Embed robust quality assurance systems and processes throughout all areas of school.

Core purpose
The core purpose of this role is to provide professional leadership and management of the school that will promote a secure foundation from which to achieve high standards in all areas of the school’s work.
To achieve success the Head of School will:
• Provide vision, leadership and direction.
• Effectively manage and improve learning and teaching.
• Promote excellence, equality and high expectations of all students.
• Deploy resources to achieve school aims.
• Evaluate school performance and identify priorities for continuous improvement.
• Carry out day-to-day management, organisation and administration.
• Secure the commitment of the wider community.
• Create a safe and productive learning environment that is engaging and fulfilling for all students.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Hope Valley College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 588 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Hope Valley College website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@chorustrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hope-valley-college (opens in new tab)

Hope Valley College is a comprehensive secondary at the heart of the local
community. It is a small, friendly and supportive school and sits within the village
of Hope in the Derbyshire Peak District.
It joined Chorus Education Trust in September 2019, when it also welcomed a new Principal. In 2019 the students achieved the fourth best GCSE results in Derbyshire out of all non-selective schools.
Hope Valley College is part of Chorus Education Trust, and as such all appointees may be required to work at any Trust site in the future

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