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Head of RE

Head of RE

The Summerhill School

Dudley

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
10 October 2014

Job overview

We are looking for a Head of the RE Department who has experience of teaching RE - both the study of different faiths and of topical issues. If you are a great teacher who can engage students through the teaching of interesting and motivating lessons at KS3 and GCSE, then this is the post for you!

Summerhill is a highly successful 11-16 school within Dudley LA. We moved into a brand new building in 2003 which provides an exciting learning environment to support our belief in inventive and creative teaching and learning. Overall school results are well above national averages. This is a great opportunity to join a happy and successful school!

In November 2012 an Ofsted inspection graded Summerhill as a 'Good School' with a grade of 'Outstanding' for student behaviour and safety. We look forward to welcoming a new member to staff to help us move towards overall 'Outstanding'.

The above post requires an enhanced disclosure in accordance with the Protection of Children Act 1999.

Application forms and further details are available on the school website which can be found at www.summerhill.dudley.sch.uk. Alternatively you may apply online through the Dudley MBC website (www.dudley.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers) or if you would like an application pack to be posted to you, please ring Mrs C Hadley, Administration Manager on 01384 816165.

Completed application forms together with a letter of application (details on the website) should be sent for the attention of Mr B Warren, Headteacher, by Friday 10 October 2014 at 12 noon. Interviews will be held in the week beginning Monday 20 October 2014.

NB: We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised date if a large number of applications have been received.

DIRECTORATE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES

SUMMERHILL SCHOOL
Lodge Lane
Kingswinford
West Midlands
DY6 9XE
Tel: 01384 816165

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About The Summerhill School

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+44 1384 816165

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Summerhill School is a mainstream, co-educational, non-denominational, community secondary school for children aged 11-16. It is situated in Kingswinford, outside Dudley in the West Midlands, and there are 1,010 students on its roll.

We are a community school. We have wonderful children, caring and supportive parents and a great team of staff. We have modern, well-equipped facilities and are located within beautiful countryside. We’ve faced some challenges over the last few years, but this is a school that’s improving rapidly in every way. We were visited in April 2019 by an Ofsted inspection team and we’re very pleased that they recognised our improvements and rated us as Good in every category. Since then, our exam results have improved further. Members of our school community can be genuinely proud to be part of Summerhill.

Headteacher

Mr Tim Harris

Vision and values

Every Summerhill student wears the words “Success through Caring” on their uniform, and this philosophy genuinely runs through everything we do. We are very proud of the success we have achieved, but we never forget that this is built on a bedrock of caring.

At Summerhill, our House system is absolutely central to school life. It provides nurturing, challenge, teamwork, and fun for all members of our school, building upon a foundation of supportive relationships, family and British values within a global society. Mature and mutually respectful relationships characterise our community and we strive for excellence in every way as we develop young people in partnership with parents and the wider community.

High Expectations

The values that are instilled into young people during their formative years will stay with them forever. We want to be proud of every single Summerhill student, so we focus on 4 key elements that together spell “CARE”. These will lead to success at school, but also for the rest of our students’ lives:

Courage

• Honesty, integrity, doing the right thing even when it’s difficult

• Trying new experiences

• Being resilient and never giving up

Ambition

• Always aiming to be brilliant and demonstrating self-discipline

• Setting a great example as a role model and helping other people to improve

• Being curious and looking for ways to learn more

Respect

• Respecting differences; standing against prejudice and discrimination

• Caring for our local / global environment

• Working well with a wide range of other people; being a great team player

Effort

• Always being focused and organised

• Taking pride in being smart, meeting deadlines and producing high-quality work

• Having high levels of attendance and punctuality

Summerhill students achieve superb examination results. Our attainment levels have been well above the national average for many years. We are eagerly waiting publication of 2019 national results which we expect to confirm that Summerhill’s progress levels are also now significantly higher than other schools (locally and nationally).

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