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  • Start date details

    January 2025 or April 2025

  • Closing date

    11 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    23 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership Range Point 8-12, £59,167 to £65,286

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Willink seeks to appoint a dynamic, motivated and effective individual as Head of Sixth Form.

The successful candidate will have a commitment to raising achievement and a belief in the ability of all students to achieve and thrive. They will be able to demonstrate clear strategic thinking and a good understanding of the current educational landscape. Working with supportive colleagues, the successful candidate will have oversight of our Sixth Form Centre and facilities. The successful candidate will collaborate with the Senior Leadership Team to enhance the Sixth Form whilst gaining valuable experience and support for their own leadership aspirations

What the school offers its staff

This is a position which promises both leadership development in driving a clear vision for the strategic development of The Willink’s post-16 provision.

As the lead school for the Möbius Maths Hub and regional centre for Teaching School Hub Berkshire, Willink can offer the successful candidate unrivalled professional development and senior opportunities.

The Willink is a successful and oversubscribed school with a strong international ethos, listed in the top ten non-selective schools in Berkshire in 2019. The school has 1250 students on roll including 220 in the Sixth Form, and is situated in a pleasant semi-rural setting south west of Reading.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicants will be required to apply for an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information can be found atwww.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Watch this video to hear from our headteacher and colleagues as they share why The Willink is such a great place to work.

Further details about the role

For further information and an application form please visit the school website. For an informal conversation contact the Head, Nicolle Browning nbrowning@willink.w-berks.sch.uk. Telephone 0118 983 2030.

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 The Willink School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1255 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Phone number
0118 983 2030

The Willink is a successful and oversubscribed school with a strong international ethos, listed in the top ten non-selective schools in Berkshire in 2019. The school has 1250 students on roll including 220 in the Sixth Form, and is situated in a pleasant semi-rural setting south west of Reading.

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