Headteacher
Highfields School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV4 4NTThis job expired on 17 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 February 2025
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
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale L33 - L39 (negotiable for exceptional candidates)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We wish to appoint a Headteacher with the vision, drive and commitment to lead our school through the next phase of its development.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious senior leader with the ability to work in partnership with families, staff, students, governors and a range of stakeholders to create an engaging and aspirational culture and an ethos where achievement, excellence and inclusion are embedded into everything we do, ensuring that our students achieve their full potential.
The successful candidate will also, as a member of the trust’s extended executive team, contribute more widely across the trust as required.
For a full Job Description and Person Specification, please see Applicant Information Pack available on our school website: https://hswv.co.uk/leadership-vacancies
What the school offers its staff
Highfields School is part of the growing Lykos Multi Academy Trust, an active learning community committed to providing high quality and inclusive education for all.
Highfields has a long-standing reputation for providing a wide range of high-quality teaching and learning experiences for students. We are a heavily over-subscribed, non-selective secondary school in Wolverhampton and pride ourselves on ensuring that each student achieves their full potential.
It is a vibrant and challenging place to work and to learn, offering a broad, engaging curriculum and high levels of support and challenge in a warm and welcoming school community. We believe in helping students to become well-rounded individuals who possess the necessary knowledge, skills and qualities to be successful on whatever pathway they choose to follow.
Highfields provides a strong culture of collaboration and support with high expectations for all. Our staff are highly motivated and work with colleagues within and beyond the school and trust to ensure continuous professional development and to develop best practice to share with staff and students.
We are fortunate to enjoy modern, state of the art facilities that offer the very best environment to enable staff and students to thrive in a happy, harmonious and caring school community.
We are, quite rightly, proud of the achievements of all our students and staff who work hard to meet our high expectations and aspirations. We provide our students with a rich and fulfilling education and encourage them to participate in a wide variety of academic and social experiences.
We have a culture of continual school improvement and are committed to supporting the new Headteacher to ensure the continued success of the school. We look forward to working with you to shape the next stage of the Highfields journey.
As a Leadership Team we offer:
- Strategic and ethical leadership.
- Experienced and supportive staff.
- A creative and collaborative working environment.
- A positive and enthusiastic approach.
- A reflective, honest and caring culture.
- An inclusive team that supports a wide range of students across the school.
- Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development.
Commitment to safeguarding
Highfields School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
All posts are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including an Enhanced DBS Check and 2 very good references.
For full details, please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice available from our Trust website: https://www.lykos.org.uk/our-trust
About Highfields School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1735 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highfields School website
- Email address
- lbishop@hswv.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01902 556530
Highfields School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in the West Midlands, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Wolverhampton has approximately 1,700 students on record.
Highfields School opened in 1957 and converted to academy status in 2015.
Highfields School wants all students to have access to a broad and balanced learning curriculum where are can gain the skills, knowledge and experience to thrive and reach their full potential. The secondary school wants students to feel valued during their time learning and works to be a caring and open learning community, where individual talents are celebrated and nurtured. The school believes that students achieve best when happy and wants parents, staff and students to all work together to achieve the best possible outcome for all. Students are encouraged to get involved with a wide range of extra-curricular activities to gain in confidence, nurture talents and discover new talents and interests. These include the Duke of Edinburgh Award, sports clubs, trips and an active Student Council, where skills in leadership and teamwork are practiced. The school recently received a cultural diversity award from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
Arranging a visit to Highfields School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lbishop@hswv.co.uk.
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