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Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5HXDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
January or April 2025
Closing date
1 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
10 April 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
Pay scale
- L36 to L42
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an inspirational and approachable leader, passionate about providing excellence in education, to lead the College on the next stage of its journey.
What the school offers its staff
As a state day and boarding school, offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma as the sole study option post sixteen, with the Middle Years Programme and GCSEs being followed in the lower years, this role will be both challenging and rewarding. If you aren’t familiar with the IB Diploma or haven’t worked within a boarding environment don’t be put off. As long as you possess the ambition and qualities we are looking for we still want to hear from you.You will be supported by a dedicated Governing Body, SLT, teaching staff, operational team and students with an excellent and open attitude to learning.
Further details about the role
We are looking for an inspirational and approachable leader, passionate about providing excellence in education, to lead the College on the next stage of its journey.
‘Inspiring knowledgeable, enquiring and caring global citizens through excellence in education’
We would like to hear from you if you share our vision, ethos and commitment to valuing each child as an individual – providing opportunities for all to achieve within a nurturing environment.
As a state day and boarding school, offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma as the sole study option post sixteen, with the Middle Years Programme and GCSEs being followed in the lower years, this role will be both challenging and rewarding. If you aren’t familiar with the IB Diploma or haven’t worked within a boarding environment don’t be put off. As long as you possess the ambition and qualities we are looking for we still want to hear from you.You will be supported by a dedicated Governing Body, SLT, teaching staff, operational team and students with an excellent and open attitude to learning.
Hockerill Anglo-European College has been consistently ranked in the top tier of UK state schools for a number of years and was in the Top 10 Comprehensive Schools in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2024.The College is set on an extensive and attractive parkland campus within 30 minutes of both London and Cambridge.
If you are interested in the exciting proposition to lead Hockerill Anglo-European College and would like to find out more, we would encourage you to join us at one of our open mornings where governors will be able to provide an overview of our unique setting and answer any questions you may have.
To book onto the Governors open morning please use the QR code in the application pack.
Important dates:
Start Date: January or April 2025
Governors Open Mornings: Saturday 20 April 0900-1200& Wednesday 24 April 0900-1100
Closing Date: Wednesday 1 May 0900
Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 7 May
Interview Dates: Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 May
Hockerill Anglo-European College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, (for all adults living in the provided accommodation), as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Hockerill Anglo-European College at senior leadership level.
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.
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About Hockerill Anglo-European College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 925 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@hockerill.com
- Phone number
- 01279658451
We passionately believe that every student deserves the opportunity to be the best they can be and that our school gives them that opportunity. We are a state co-educational day and boarding school for students aged 11 to 18 and offer our students a dynamic, vibrant and exciting learning environment where development of the whole student is our priority. The College offers a rigorous and broad curriculum, and is proud to be one of the largest state schools offering the prestigious International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma programmes. With a twin focus on the two specialisms of Languages and Music, Hockerill offers a truly distinct setting for a world-class education. Located in beautiful grounds on the edge of Bishop’s Stortford the school is in close proximity to London and the South East of England and accepts applications for boarding and day places from students with a current UK passport or the right to residency in the UK.
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