Principal
Skegness Grammar School
Lincolnshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 8 October 2014
Job overview
Skegness Grammar School (SGS) is a school rooted in academic tradition and heritage. The David Ross Education Trust is looking for a talented and inspirational leader to build on and continue this success.
The ethos of SGS is based on the celebration of excellence in a caring, supportive environment which encourages pupils to achieve beyond their expectations. It places a strong emphasis on self-discipline, good manners and courtesy.
Investment in modern teaching facilities which supports the high quality of teaching and learning is a high priority for the school. Sports facilities are also second to none, boasting an astroturf pitch, Sports Hall, tennis courts, cricket nets, Sports Pavilion and Climbing Wall.
Our pastoral support team is very strong, establishing a highly effective partnership between home and school. This extends to the Boarding House, wheich is proud of creating a warm family atmosphere in which students from the local area and from different cultures and countries are happy and well-cared for by a strong team of residential staff.
Our traditional grammar school curriculum is enhanced by a wide range of extra-curricular and enrichment programmes and enables our students to apply for the top courses at the top universities.
We are proud of our school and its long record of past achievements but our focus is firmly on our current students, the challenges facing them and our responsibility to equip them to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. The selected candidate will have the experience and expertise to achieve this.
To apply, please visit www.dret.co.uk/careers.
For more information about the post, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Elizabeth Hayden on ehayden@dret.co.uk.
Closing date: October 8th 2014 at 12:00pm.
About Skegness Grammar School
About Skegness Grammar School
Located in Skegness, Lincolnshire, The Skegness Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school. First opened in 1483 by the founder of Magdalen College Oxford, William de Waynflete, the school has operated on its current site since 1933. After spending some time as a grant-maintained school, it converted to academy status in 2012, and is under the sponsorship of the David Ross Education Trust, a multi-academy group responsible for the running of a number of schools across the country. The school is smaller than average, with around 650 students.
As a grammar school, admission to Skegness is selective on the basis of academic achievement, with an entrance examination being required of students in order to gain admission. While the school sixth form is mostly made up of students from the lower school, around 25 places are available for students from other schools, with admission being made here based on school reports and GCSE results. Our sixth form cohort averages at around 130 students.
Executive Headteacher
Jude Hunton
Head of School
Lorraine Walker
Values and Vision
Skegness Grammar School is a coastal, community grammar school. We serve all our hard-working scholars equally and in doing so we are actively addressing issues of disadvantage. Our mission is to ensure our young people succeed in reaching a top university, excel in their careers and are able to make sound moral choices.
We are proud of our inherited motto, which guides our choices and habits and means; doing the right thing makes us stronger.
Murus Aeneus Conscientia Sana
A sound conscious is a wall of brass
At our grammar school we use the rhetorical power of “three” and simple inclusive messaging to make our values have power. Below are our three key values:
Knowledge, Fairness, Practice.
Our staff:
· share our values and high expectations
· serve our hard-working scholars equally
· advocate our evidence-informed SGS Way
Ofsted
“Leaders, staff and those responsible for governance work together effectively, with a common purpose to keep improving all aspects of the school.”
“Pupils are polite and courteous to each other and adults. They know how to behave well and understand why good behaviour is important. They conduct themselves very well in lessons and during social times. Low-level disruption in lessons is not tolerated, allowing pupils to focus on their learning.”
The full report can be found here.
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