Headteacher
Allerton Grange School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 6SF18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 8am
Date listed
17 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £108,776 and £125,983
What skills and experience we're looking for
ASPIRE, GROW, SUCCEED
The Governors are looking to appoint an aspirational and ambitious Headteacher to continue the school’s journey towards providing an exceptional quality of education. You will be committed to providing young people with an exceptional education through strong leadership in innovative and forward-thinking teaching and learning and carefully structured guidance and support. You will inspire, develop and challenge staff to be outstanding practitioners to ensure every student has the very best opportunities to succeed.
The right candidate will combine substantial experience as an exceptional leader with the ability to harness the strengths of all staff so that Allerton Grange continues to thrive and succeed. This is a rewarding yet challenging opportunity and an exciting time for the right person to join us. We are on a path to providing an exceptional quality of education and are looking for the right person to take us forward.
To be successful, you will:
- Be an exceptional existing Headteacher or senior leader with a proven track record of success.
- Have a professional drive, energy, determination and aspiration.
- Have the knowledge, core values, behaviours and qualities needed to be an outstanding leader in our school.
- Have the ability to lead change, inspire, engage and enthuse students, staff and the wider community.
- Have experience or a good understanding of working in a diverse community.
- Embrace the current changes to the curriculum and drive up progress and outcomes.
- Collaborate and work with key leaders and stakeholders to support and sustain further school improvement.
What the school offers its staff
We will offer:
- The opportunity to shape the future of our school, working with young people in a truly comprehensive, multi-cultural community environment.
- A talented and committed staff team who are supportive of each other.
- A Governing Body and Leadership Team who are committed to creating a school of exceptional practice.
- A collaborative relationship with local leaders and a strong local school network.
- Commitment to wellbeing and a good work/life balance.
- Fantastic building resources and facilities.
Further details about the role
Our vision for Allerton Grange School is to be recognised locally, regionally and nationally as an exceptional school and a beacon of best practice. We are already on this journey but want our new Headteacher to lead our staff and students, as well as working in partnership with parents, to achieve this vision together over the coming years.
We are a good and rapidly improving multi-cultural 11– 18 secondary school located in the north of Leeds, with a strong reputation in the local community, increasing student numbers, improving student outcomes and a talented and driven staff team. We have a curriculum model that is clear, unapologetically ambitious, understood by all stakeholders and the driving force for school improvement.
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.
Applying for the job
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About Allerton Grange School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1741 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Allerton Grange School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@allertongrange.com
- Phone number
- 0113 393 0304
• We are a large and growing school – we currently have 1700 students and have an intake of 300 students in Year 7.
• Allerton Grange is located 4 miles from Leeds City Centre in an attractive residential area. We have an impressive school building, with a newly opened Sixth Form Centre, housing our diverse community of 260 post-16 students.
• Our increasing success is due to our rigorous, knowledge-rich curriculum supported by four cornerstones: knowledge, literacy, aspirational enrichment and social mobility.
• We have a resourced provision for deaf and hearing impaired students. We also have a number of visually impaired students.
• Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2020) recognised the quality of provision we provide. They were particularly impressed by our curriculum.
Ofsted quote (February 2020) – “Parents and carers are very positive about the school. They say their children are happy and make good progress. We agree.”
Arranging a visit to Allerton Grange School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@allertongrange.com.
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