Headteacher
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Brighton and Hove
- Expired
- Salary:
- Group 8 £74,215 to £107,210 negotiable dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 13 April 2015
Job overview
Innovation, Creativity, Ambition and Excellence are at our core.
If you have the vision and ambition, we can offer an unparalleled opportunity to lead our school in its development as a centre of excellence locally, nationally and internationally.
We are an 11-18 mixed Community School with over 1600 students, located on a split site in the City of Brighton and Hove. We were delighted to receive our best ever results in 2014 placing us in the top 1% of most improved schools nationally for a third year.
“The school has gone from strength to strength since the last inspection. The rapid improvement in students’ achievement is a direct result of the transformation in teaching, which is now good and in some cases outstanding.” Ofsted 2013
Hove Park School is at an exciting point in its progress following several years of innovation and improvement. The school leads the way, locally and nationally, in terms of raising standards.
Our recent progress in improving pupil performance has been built on strong staff investment and innovation, exampled by the embedding of individual iPads across the school. This has led to a further explosion of learning opportunities and is currently capturing a huge amount of educational interest from across the world.
The governors wish to appoint a dynamic and aspirational leader, who will build on the school’s current success and take it to the next level.
The Governors are seeking to appoint a Headteacher who will:
- Be passionate about realising children's potential, maintaining our vision to create lifelong learners.
- Be an exceptional leader, able to inspire and empower staff to deliver the highest quality teaching and learning, encouraging them to share knowledge and embed excellence at every level.
- Be an innovator who embraces the use of technology to create new learning opportunities.
- Be a strategic thinker who is also an outstanding practitioner with a clear focus on continuous improvement.
- Demonstrate a flair for working collaboratively to develop and maintain relations with students, staff, parents/carers, governors, our neighbouring schools, Local Authority, and with the wider community.
If you visit us we hope you will be excited by the opportunity we have to offer: our positive, innovative atmosphere, our excellent and committed staff and our engaged students. We have high levels of engagement and support from parents and community groups
School tour: 10.00-12.30 on Thursday 19th and Wednesday 25th March
Closing date: Monday 13th April at noon
Interviews: Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th April
To request an application pack or book a school tour place please contact Emma Fletcher at Hays Leadership on 01273 721579 or email: emma.fletcher@hays.com.
To discuss the role in more detail, please call Dion Mills on 01273 721579 or email dion.mills@hays.com.
“Hove Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Brighton and Hove City Council is an equal opportunities employer.”
About Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
- Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
- Nevill Road, Hove
- East Sussex
- BN3 7BN
- United Kingdom
Hove Park is an ambitious and innovative place to work. We strive to help young people enjoy successful lives by giving them an inspirational, academic and enriching education. We resolutely believe that every child is capable of outstanding achievement.
Our new Head Teacher, Jim Roberts, took over in April 2017 and is continuing to build on our growing reputation as a happy, vibrant school providing a world class education
- Students achieving the government’s preferred range of highly academic subjects (EBacc) significantly above national averages
- In the sixth form, there were also improvements in attainment with our overall pass rate at A Level improving and at the top end more students than ever before achieving A*/A grades.
- Committed teachers who are passionate about teaching
- OFSTED highlighted rapid transformation, visionary leadership and increasingly outstanding quality of teaching
- Taking a leading role nationally and internationally in the use of iPads for all students
- A rich, broad and nurturing curriculum with excellent creative and sporting opportunities
Other notable innovations and achievements are:
- An outstanding Leadership Development programme, which includes a Shadow Leadership Team, visits to Outstanding schools and opportunities for secondment to the Leadership Group
- An inspiring ‘Beyond the Curriculum’ offering with opportunities to travel to Thailand, Iceland, China and Ecuador as well as exploring our rich local heritage.
- Alternative Education programmes such as Forest School, which seek to give students confidence and an awareness of their environment
- 2015 marked the fourth back to back re-accreditation of the coveted ‘International Schools Award’ for Hove Park School by The British Council in recognition of our high quality international projects and links.
- We have been a Confucius Classroom since 2009 in recognition of our commitment to the learning of Chinese language and culture
Working at Hove Park School
We are keen to recruit ambitious, self-motivated staff to help us become a nationally recognized centre of excellence, which puts achievement first for every student.
Hove Park School is located on two sites. The Valley Campus is for years 7 to 8 and Sixth Form, and Nevill Campus is for years 9 to 11. Some of our staff base themselves on one campus, and some choose to commute. The opportunity is there for staff to choose which route to take, and staff are able to change where they are based every academic year, should they wish to.
The pastoral life of the school is very important, so most teachers have their own tutor group. We operate in Year Teams, but we have Houses that we use for Sports Day and other competitions.
We have a personalized CPD programme that includes timetabled CPD sessions with colleagues from across the school. You will be keen to make the most of these opportunities, keen to learn and keen to share your learning with others.
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