Headteacher
Meole Brace School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 9DW9 days remaining to apply
Earliest start date
1 January 2025
Latest start date
28 April 2025
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
10 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time post. Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L28 to L34
What skills and experience we're looking for
Above all things we require our Headteacher to believe in the fundamental importance of education in young people’s lives.
The Headteacher has delegated responsibility for the day-to-day running of the school.
- This includes responsibility for the education of all pupils, and the quality and effectiveness of that work.
- The Headteacher is responsible for: employment matters, work, and wellbeing of our team of staff; the implementation of the school budget and resources; buildings / assets, Health and Safety and compliance matters under the direction and as delegated by the Trust. These areas are all supported and guided by central Trust services.
The post holder is required to meet the relevant standards required for the role, such as the DFE: National standards of excellence for headteachers 2015 and where relevant to adjust their work in line with other future changes to expectations and or regulations.
The Trust can alter levels of support according to the needs of the school and for the experience of the new postholder.
Further information can be found in the application pack on the Trust website - www.trusted-schools.com
What the school offers its staff
Meole Brace School is part of a family of nine schools, that make up our MAT, TrustEd Schools. Meole Brace joined TrustEd in Summer 2022 and has benefitted from the support the Trust provides. Our Heads contribute freely to each other’s schools according to need, in a collaborative and open way, within a strong Trust structure and Trust processes. We look forward to welcoming a colleague who shares our Trust’s collaborative vision.
Our School is situated in the historic town of Shrewsbury, in the beautiful county of Shropshire, a short distance from the Welsh border and with excellent motorway and rail links to the West Midlands and beyond. Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire and enjoys great facilities and services. Meole Brace School serves the local community on the south side of Shrewsbury. The school has a comprehensive intake, and almost all students walk or cycle to school. There are approximately 1,350 students on roll, and the school is oversubscribed in all year groups.
Further information can be found in the application pack on the Trust website - www.trusted-schools.com
Further details about the role
Commitment to safeguarding
Meole Brace is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young
people. We expect all employees to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to scarlett.beach@trusted-schools.com
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Meole Brace School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1351 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Meole Brace School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- scarlett.beach@trusted-schools.com
- Phone number
- 01746 760509
Meole Brace School is a caring and cheerful community committed to developing academic, personal and social skills of all our students to the highest standards. We are an 11-16 Academy, with approximately 1350 students on roll. Our principal aim is to enable them all to lead happy and successful lives, in school and beyond. Through our core values of ‘Learning, Respect and Success’, we encourage all our students to be self confident, to enjoy learning and to achieve their full potential. Excellent teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do, but we also believe that all young people can thrive if they feel valued, feel safe and are suitability challenged. We are proud of our school, and we work together as a team to provide a stimulating and high quality learning experience for all.
We have a wide ranging whole-school CPD program, as well as individual pathways. In May 2022 we merged with another local multi-academy trust to form the TrustEd CSAT Alliance, which includes 9 schools, 5 of which are secondary schools. This brings an excellent additional level of opportunity to share best practice and work collaboratively. Further information can be found here: http://www.trusted-schools.com/
Meole Brace aspires to the highest possible standards, is constantly developing and promotes innovation. Staff enjoy a strong sense of team spirit and well being and are fully supported by the dedicated leadership team. We operate on an ethos of mutual respect and kindness.
Recent parent views
“I’ve been incredibly impressed with the school since our son started. The values upheld by our family are upheld at school. You’ve helped him become the young man we want him to be”
“My son has just completed 5 years at Meole Brace school and received excellent GCSE results . He also has a positive experience at the school and made good connections with the teachers who I feel are dedicated , committed and caring toward the children.”
“I have two children who have been at Meole and cannot speak highly enough about the school.”
We are very proud of our school, our students and our staff, and we hope that you will want to join our hard working and committed team.
Arranging a visit to Meole Brace School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email scarlett.beach@trusted-schools.com.
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