Head Teacher
South Wilts Grammar School
Wiltshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £83,081 - £119,921 based on experience and we will consider an allowance for relocation
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2024
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2024
Job overview
Are you a passionate and committed leader with demonstrated successful leadership in a secondary school?
Are you looking for a new challenge in your career?
Do you have the skills to lead a school with excellent academic standards?
Can you inspire our enthusiastic and committed community of staff to maintain high aspirations for all our students?
Are you able to shape the lives of our talented and enthusiastic young people, enabling them to fulfil their potential and contribute to their local and wider communities?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to lead South Wilts Grammar School.
We are seeking a Headteacher who is ambitious and collaborative in their approach; someone who has the passion to lead this successful grammar school into the next stages of its development.
You might be an experienced Headteacher, seeking broader experience, or a Head of School in a multi-academy trust (MAT) looking for an opportunity to take the helm of a single academy trust (SAT). Or perhaps you are an experienced Deputy Headteacher, raring to take on the responsibilities of headship?
Whatever your background, imagine leading a school with excellent academic achievement, with high standards of student behaviour and experienced and hardworking staff.
If you were to join us at South Wilts, your leadership would be pivotal in achieving our Vision.
You will see that our vision for the school is much broader and more holistic than just excellent academic achievement.
We believe that we have a responsibility to prepare our students for their futures in an uncertain and demanding world. Supporting and encouraging them to become caring, resilient and respectful people who can contribute fully as global citizens are critical to our strategic vision and planning.
And we need your help in making this happen!
What are our strengths:
- Reputation for excellent academic achievement
- Our students’ behaviour and attitude to learning are exemplary
- Experienced, committed and well-qualified staff
- A strong governing body with most areas of skills and experience represented
What are our ambitions for the future ?
- We also want to create an enhanced learning approach and environment adopting digital strategies which are fit for the future of teaching and learning and support our students learning both in school and at home.
- South Wilts is currently a single academy trust – and we are keen to explore options regarding partnerships and MATs to secure an optimum path to achieve our vision and the future of the school.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have extensive successful experience of working as part of a Senior Leadership Team;
- Secure the school’s continuing success and improvement, ensuring high-quality education for all its students and excellent standards of learning, achievement and pastoral care;
- Sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction within the local community;
- Be strategic in approach and understand future opportunities and risks;
- Be able to demonstrate success in leading school improvement and raising educational standards;
- Be passionate about girls’ grammar schools and be able to articulate their benefits;
- Create an outward-facing school to work with other schools and be a role model for all in the school and wider community;
- Lead by example, model best practice regarding professional conduct, and personal development;
- Possess the ability to empower and motivate staff so that they are enthusiastic and fully contributing partners in the school improvement journey;
- Be open to partnerships and consider the opportunities offered by becoming part of an MAT;
- Be an excellent written and verbal communicator;
- Align to the mission, vision and values of South Wilts Grammar School.
We would strongly encourage you to visit the school before submitting your application. A tour with our students can be arranged by emailing Mrs Leah Redding, HR Manager, at vacancies@swgs.wilts.sch.uk
Further information is available in the Recruitment Pack.
Your application form and a covering letter should be submitted by email to vacancies@swgs.wilts.sch.uk
We look forward to receiving your application.
To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 9.00am on Wednesday 17 April 2024
Interviews: Thursday 25 April and Friday 26 April
South Wilts Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All staff and volunteers are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment. As part of our shortlisting process, all shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence. Appointment to this post will also be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Attached documents
About South Wilts Grammar School
About us
We are an 11 to 18 grammar school, which opened in 1927. Entry for Years 7 to 11 is through selection using the 11+ assessment. The school has been a standalone academy since January 2011, and from September 2020 it became co-educational in the sixth form. There are currently 1130 students on roll, including 340 in the sixth form. Our catchment includes the City of Salisbury and its wider geographical area. The school is a five-form entry school with a PAN of 160. The school is oversubscribed both for entry into Year 7 and the sixth form. The school was judged to be good overall, with behaviour and attitudes being rated as Outstanding by OfSTED in October 2019. They found the school to be thriving, with pupils proud of the school and pupils’ eagerness to learn made a significant contribution to the success of the school.
Vision and Values
Our School Vision embodies our determination to prepare our young people to be the best they can be and to empower them to live highly successful and fulfilling lives. We will enable all students to achieve success in their education and future lives and will support, sustain and strengthen their physical and mental wellbeing. We will skilfully promote growth in students’ academic learning competencies and their personal resilience. By preparing them for life’s opportunities and challenges we will enable them to servetheir communities positively, in their own unique way.
Achievement
South Wilts Grammar school is a high performing school. 69.11% of 2023 grades at GCSE were awarded grades 7 to 9, with 46.31% graded 8 or 9; 30% were grade 9. 96.2% of A Level grades were awarded A* to B; 10% were at A* and 32* were at A* to A.
Attainment 8 was 7. A full profile of the examination results can be viewed on the school website. 64.27% of students achieved five grades 5 to 9 including English and mathematics.
Value added is positive at GCSE; the estimated Progress 8 score for 2023 is 0.61. A high proportion of students go on to study at a Russell Group university.
At South Wilts, the focus is not only on academic excellence but also on enabling students to become independent and resilient learners. Ensuring that all students are supported in their needs is a priority, whether those needs relate to wellbeing, special educational needs, health or disability or other barriers in their lives. South Wilts is a happy and supportive environment where students and staff care about one another.
Our Staff
The school’s most important resource is its staff, both teaching and support staff, and we believe that the measure of a school’s success must be that all staff feel respected and cared for. We also try to ensure that staff have a good work life balance adhering to the advice provided in the workforce reform, such as a ‘rarely cover’ policy for teachers. There are good CPD opportunities for all staff and excellent support for ECTs. We maintain strong relations with major teaching unions, including the Senior Leadership Team holding regular meetings with staff union representatives.
South Wilts Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. All staff and volunteers are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment. As part of our shortlisting process, all shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence. Appointment to this post will also be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Our school’s prospectus, school policies and detailed examination results are available on the school’s website www.swgs.wilts.sch.uk
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