Headteacher
Glossopdale School and Sixth Form, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 2DA15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st January 2025
Closing date
16 September 2024 at 10am
Date listed
28 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £103,578.00 - £119,921.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale L33 - L39
Headteacher job summary
We are seeking an experienced and effective leader with a clear vision and ability to inspire, who can also drive the strategic development of the school through an innovative and dynamic approach. As a member of the Trust Executive Management Team, you will be part of driving the Trust forward to achieve its ambitions in line with its vision and values. Enthusiastic, dedicated and passionate, you will help us realise the full potential in all our students.
The successful candidate will be joining Glossopdale school following a very successful Ofsted in November 2023 where we secured a ‘good’ judgement after many years of being judged either inadequate or Requires Improvement. As well as this, the school as just had its best set of GCSE exam results in many years. We are incredibly proud of the improvements made at our school and we now want the right candidate to build on this success and continue our improvement journey.
Glossopdale School is part of the True Learning Partnership, a Trust formed of five likeminded schools who work together to provide an excellent education for our children. Our desire is to improve the life chances of all those in our care, we have made it our mission to make a positive difference to our children, staff, parents and the wider community. We are keen to continue to develop the links between all of our schools, working as “One Vision, One Trust” to make a positive difference to the communities we serve.
While with us, we encourage every member of staff to stretch themselves and we give everyone access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. Glossopdale is a research-based school with the aim to develop highly effective evidence-based practices including teaching, learning and assessment, where we collaborate as a whole staff to persistently improve our pedagogy and where we evaluate our practice habitually. A range of bespoke CPD programmes are available for teachers, leaders and support staff. All our CPD is high-quality and evidence-based, focusing on developing the quality of provision for school settings.
Glossopdale School has some of the best facilities in the area having fully rebuilt the school in 2018. This not only provides both staff and students with everything they can expect for modern teaching and learning, but also gives us exceptional environmental credentials.
We offer highly competitive salaries, pension scheme membership, free on-site parking and regular social events. All staff are able to access discounted gym memberships and other negotiated benefits across the Trust. These include a cycle to work programme and flu vaccination vouchers for those employees who don’t qualify under current government guidelines. We are proud to be partnering with Vivup from September 2024 to develop a new Colleague Benefits Platform which will improve the accessibility to these benefits for all of our employees. The Trust provides an Employee Assistance Programme which offers a wide range of services including legal and wellbeing support for employees and their families.
Staff wellbeing and providing a positive and healthy working environment is a key priority for us, as supporting all of our staff enables them to support all of our students. We are very pleased that our commitment to staff wellbeing has been recognised by the Valued Worker scheme which offers accreditation to workplaces where staff feel valued.
If you are interested in learning more, please look at our school and Trust websites where you will find further information, if you think this sounds like your sort of school, then we very much look forward to receiving your application to join us.
School visits
There will be an opportunity to visit Glossopdale School on the following dates.
Wednesday 4th September 2024 between 8.30 – 9.30 or 3.30 – 4.30pm
Thursday 5th September 2024 between 8.30 – 9.30 or 3.30 – 4.30pm
Wednesday 11th September 2024 between 8.30 – 9.30 or 3.30 – 4.30pm
Thursday 12th September 2024 between 8.30 – 9.30 or 3.30 – 4.30pm
Please register your intention to visit and your preferred date and time by emailing Liz O’Grady, PA to the Headteacher on eogrady@glossopdale.school.org.uk.Visits to the school will be hosted by Mrs Debbie McGloin, Head Teacher.
To apply
Completed application forms should be submitted via My New Term.
Only completed application forms will be submitted for shortlisting, CVs will be not be accepted.
Key dates
Closing date for applications: Monday 16th September 2024 at 10am
Shortlisting will take place on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th September
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th September 2024.
Commitment to safeguarding
The TRUE Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our schools are a safe place for children, where our responsibilities for safeguarding children are taken seriously. As a Trust, we are responsible for ensuring that all our schools have thorough and robust child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Glossopdale School and Sixth Form
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1240 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
Our School is a warm and caring community for all of our 1,200 students, from when they join us in Year 7 to when they leave us in Year 13. We are a school that has the highest expectations of students and ourselves, where every student is expected to work hard, behave well and contribute positively to the school community.
Our core purpose is to support students of all abilities and backgrounds to develop high aspirations and achieve their potential. We do this by nurturing and building ambition for our students, we open opportunities, broaden horizons and introduce challenges ensuring everyone can thrive, both academically and personally, to be the best that they can be.
While with us, we encourage every member of staff to stretch themselves and we give everyone access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We have just started our journey to become a research based school with the aim to develop highly effective, evidence-based teaching, learning and assessment, where we collaborate as a whole staff to persistently improve our pedagogy and where we evaluate our practice habitually.
Everyone also has the ability to get involved with school life beyond their core role – whether that’s supporting one of the many extra-curricular activities and clubs, or becoming part of the student support structure we have in place for each year group. There’s always some way you can push yourself towards your own goals while inspiring and supporting our students.
We have some of the best facilities in the area having fully re-built our school in 2018. This not only provides both staff and students with everything they can expect for modern teaching and learning, but also gives us exceptional environmental credentials.
Just like our students, we welcome people to join our school from a diverse range of backgrounds. We welcome interest from enthusiastic, dedicated and hardworking individuals who wish to share in our and, more importantly, our students’ success.
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