Headteacher
Higham Lane School, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0BJThis job expired on 5 June 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
01/01/2024 (or sooner)
Closing date
5 June 2023 at 9am
Date listed
27 April 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L30 - L33
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to recruit an inspirational and talented Headteacher to lead our Outstanding, World Class rated 11-18 Secondary School in the Midlands. This is an exciting time to join us, so if this sounds like the opportunity for you, we can't wait to receive your application!
The job description and person specification pack set out our expectations for the role and are within the attached information. Our expectations are high, as you would expect for a role of this magnitude.
Our Trust
Higham Lane School is part of the Central England Academy Trust. The Trust is currently made up of Higham Lane School, Oak Wood Primary School and Oak Wood Secondary School. A new Secondary Free School, Higham Lane North Academy is due to open in September 2025.
Higham Lane School is a large 11-18 Secondary School with approximately 1,430 pupils on roll.
How to Apply
Please complete the attached Application Form, as well as the Equality Details Form, that you will also find on the School’s website (www.highamlaneschool.co.uk)and email them to jobs@highamlaneschool.co.uk,indicating in the message title the post you are applying for.
Dates: The closing date for applications is 9:00am, Monday 5th June with selection activities and interviews for shortlisted candidates planned for 12th and 13th June 2023.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact George Smith, CEO, on 024 76740901.
What the school offers its staff
At Central England Academy Trust, our staff are our most precious resource. Our offer to staff includes: -
- Excellent continuous professional development;
- Bespoke training and support from the Trust team to meet your needs;
- A generous defined benefit pension scheme;
- We provide a supportive Employee Assistance Programme; and
- Employee benefits scheme.
Further details about the role
Please note our clear expectations regarding personal and professional conduct of staff and the safeguarding of students:
- To have total regard for the need to safeguards students' wellbeing, in accordance with statutory provisions.
- To have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality.
- To have an understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will also be taken through the School's vetting procedure. Higham Lane School is also strongly committed to protecting personal data. Our Privacy Notice, which can be found under the GDPR section on the School website, describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about individuals’ rights.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Higham Lane School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1418 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Higham Lane School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@highamlaneschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 024 76388123
Higham Lane School and Sixth Form College is a large, 11-18 comprehensive academy, set on an attractive site on the Warwickshire-Leicestershire border, easily accessible due to excellent road, train and bus connections. The school and sixth form college forms part of the CEAT trust and schools within our small trust work closely together bringing many benefits to both students and staff.
We offer an ambitious, broad and balanced knowledge curriculum where we value equally achievement in all its forms: artistic, academic, social, cultural, sporting and intellectual. All students achieve well at Higham Lane School, and in 2023 our Progress 8 figure was 0.56 which is testament to how well students, teachers and parents/carers work together effectively. We are committed to ensuring that an ambitious curriculum, combined with evidence-informed teaching and learning, and excellent behaviour from students make Higham Lane School a thriving environment for all that work and study here. Our Progress 8 figure for 2023 puts us in the top 6% of state-funded mainstream schools for progress, which we are delighted with, and we are committed to building upon this fantastic achievement for our students.
We were extremely pleased to have been rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2019, one of only a small number of schools in England to have achieved the highest rating that year. We are also delighted that we continue to achieve impressive A level results in our high-performing Sixth Form with an average grade of B- placing the school within the top 4 mainstream Sixth Form schools in Warwickshire and the highest-performing in North Warwickshire, which again shows how students, staff and parents/carers work together effectively. In July 2021, we were granted World Class Schools status, one of a very small number of schools to achieve this.
We are also very excited to be opening a new free school, Higham Lane North Academy, in September 2025. Just a mile away from Higham Lane School, there will be exciting opportunities for the two secondary schools, as part of the wider trust, to work together with many mutual benefits for both students and staff.
Higham Lane School and Sixth Form College has a strong ethos based on mutual respect between students and staff and very clear expectations regarding students’ effort and behaviour. We enjoy an excellent reputation with parents/carers and are always over-subscribed. You will find a happy, caring and purposeful environment at Higham Lane. Students get on exceptionally well, both with each other and with our staff, who take pride in working here. Our students are encouraged to do their very best in every aspect of their lives and to reach the highest standards, irrespective of their ability. We encourage them to ‘Work Hard, Be Kind and Take Responsibility within the overall aim to “Be the best you can be!”
Arranging a visit to Higham Lane School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@highamlaneschool.co.uk.
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