School Leader: Learner Engagement

The Henry Box School, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 4AX

5 days remaining to apply

• Expected start date

  1 January 2023

• Application deadline

  10 October 2022 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 September 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year, department, curriculum or phase
• Key stages: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - Full Time Teaching Leadership role
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £56,167 to £62,082
• Pay scale: Leadership pay scale L12 - L16

School Leader: Learner Engagement job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled, full-time school leader at The Henry Box School. This is an excellent opportunity for a talented and well qualified leader to lead a strong and successful Learner Engagement Team, and who is able to inspire and motivate our students.

This is a significant role for our school and includes being part of the School Leadership Team. Our leadership model is fully distributed and so this post will provide an excellent opportunity to lead across the whole school.

Responsibilities

• To raise standards of student attainment and achievement across the school by:

      - providing strategic leadership for all aspects of learner engagement

      - developing systems and enhancing student engagement

      - developing effective partnerships with all Children’s Services

      - developing and enhancing the teaching practice of others.

• To be accountable for effective and proactive attendance systems.
• To oversee the monitoring of student attendance and progress (at House level) in relation to targets set for each House, ensuring that appropriate action is taken where necessary.
• To ensure high quality Child Protection and Safeguarding practices are embedded within the life of the school.

Leadership

• To strategically lead the direction and development of the school in accordance with the ethos and vision of the School and the Trust.

The successful candidate for this role will have:

• QTS
• an excellent track record of recent, relevant professional development
• responsibility for an area of whole school performance
• evidence of measurable impact at whole school level
• experience of working as a strong leader and as a member of a team in and educational setting
• innovative approaches to working with students, parents, staff and other stakeholders

Benefits

• On site car parking on site
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Teacher Development Trust Gold Standard professional development

For more details please see the recruitment pack, which includes a full job description, on our website: www.henrybox.oxon.sch.uk

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

Supporting documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

HBS-Recruitment-Pack-SL-Learner-Engagement.pdf - 1.19 MB (opens in a new tab)

About The Henry Box School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1061 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)
• School website: The Henry Box School website (opens in a new tab)
• Contact email: jobs@millacademy.co.uk
• Contact phone number: 01993703955
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-henry-box-school-witney (opens in a new tab)

The Henry Box School is a very popular 11-18 comprehensive school. We are an exciting place to learn and work and our professional development is second to none.

The Henry Box School has a long and impressive heritage dating back to 1660 when Henry Box provided his native town with an endowed grammar school, with boarding facilities, for boys. Now a mixed comprehensive school, it continues to maintain strong links with Oriel College, Oxford, where Henry Box was a student, and with the Grocers' Company of which he was a member, and then Master in 1640.

Arranging a visit to The Henry Box School

Visits to the school are most welcome by prior arrangement and if you have any questions or would like an informal discussion about the role please contact the Headteacher’s Executive Assistant, Mrs Bourton on 01993 703955 or head.4050@henrybox.oxon.sch.uk

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