Headteacher
Millom School
Cumbria
- Expired
- Salary:
- £67000-£81000
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April / September 2015
- Apply by:
- 6 March 2015
Job overview
A starting salary within the range of £67000-£81000 is offered and a relocation and recruitment package may be on offer for the right candidate.
Following a very successful period recognised both by Ofsted and the LA, the governors are seeking to appoint a strategic leader who can inspire staff and students in the pursuit of all-round excellence.
We are a school for students 11 to 18 which:
- serves the small town of Millom and a large, beautiful rural area of Cumbria;
- is fully inclusive and proud of its status as a community school fully supported by the local authority as “a strategic resource”;
- is proud of its students, their achievements and their contribution to the school and local community;
- is small enough for every student to be known, but large enough to provide a good, balanced curriculum.
You are someone who:
- wants to lead a learning community, not just a school;
- is on a learning curve and intends to remain on one;
- understands the difference between excellent and outstanding education and wants to achieve the former;
- critically examines both national and local agendas and uses aspects of them to benefit our students;
- is passionate about influencing, challenging and motivating all members of the school and local community to do their best by the students.
We will offer you:
- a very welcoming school where the development of every person matters;
- very hard-working and committed students, associate staff and teaching staff;
- a strong, cohesive leadership team committed to continue playing their part in the further rapid development of the school;
- the whole-hearted and open-minded support of a challenging but supportive governing body;
- a rising profile of exam success including 60% 5+A*-C including English and Maths in 2014;
- a school judged to be “good” with some outstanding features at our last inspection in 2014.
Closing date for applications: 12.00noon on Friday 6 March 2015
Shortlisting: Wednesday 18 March 2015
Interviews: Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 March 2015
Millom School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students. All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines. This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure. This is a permanent post. Millom School has a friendly and supportive staff in a superb rural area at the southern tip of the Lake District.
For further information, please download an information package and application form from our website at www.millom.cumbria.sch.uk. For enquiries regarding this post, please contact the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs S Minter, via email at stminters@millom.cumbria.sch.uk or tel 07708 105 043 or 01229 772300 (from 23 February).
MILLOM SCHOOL
Salthouse Road, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5AB
NOR: 472
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About Millom School
Millom School is a small 11-18 community school and an established sixth form. We regard ourselves as a learning community and understand the importance of investing in our colleagues as well as our students. The school plays a central role in the local community. Our priorities for this year are Take Part, Read More and Better Learner.
We provide a friendly, supportive, and structured environment, in which students are given every opportunity to flourish. We have a commitment to professional development for staff and a culture of change and improvement with strong support from senior leadership and the governing body. We are proud of our school, our staff, and our students, and are ambitious for the future. In the immediate locality Millom School plays a key role in the Partnership of Millom Schools, working closely with our feeder primary schools to ensure a positive transition for our students.
The School serves the small town of Millom (pop. about 7,000) and a wide rural catchment area extending to the north and west for some thirty miles along the Cumbrian coast and into the Lakeland fells. Local housing in the attractive surrounding countryside is generally affordable. It is the only secondary school in the area and is part of the Furness Educational Consortium, which includes secondary schools, Barrow Sixth Form College and Furness College.
OFSTED have recognised our broad and ambitious curriculum which is well planned and innovative and with a degree of personalised learning. In Key Stage 4 the school has introduced a number of alternative courses and accreditations in conjunction with GCSEs. These are presented to the students as 14-19 courses and they offer automatic progression to AS/A2 or Level 3 vocational courses. The Post-16 curriculum includes a range of A-level and BTEC subjects.
Outcomes for learners have risen significantly in recent years. The school was last inspected in May 2022 and was judged to be “Good”. OFSTED confirmed what we already knew - that we have high expectations of all of our students, that we have ambition for all of our students and that students are well prepared to take the next steps in their lives when they leave us. The full report is available on Ofsted’s or the school’s web site.
We are not complacent and continually look for innovative ways to improve the school for students and staff. One example of this is the enrichment programme which has been introduced this year. This involves all students taking part in extra-curricular activities, both on site and off site, on Wednesday afternoons and they change activity every half term. We believe that, following the disruption to education caused by the pandemic, students need to have equality of access to extra-curricular activities. Students experience these in mixed age groups which is designed to bring the school community together. Staff have planned a six-week programme focussing on the development of soft skills and the attributes of the Millom Learner.
Student Support
The student support team’s brief is to focus on the pastoral aspects of students’ experiences at school, by assisting students who have difficulties in lessons, either with learning or behaviour. They listen and provide advice and support and work alongside parents and a range of other outside agencies.
Governance
The school has a large and active governing body. The governing body includes parents, local councillors, business people and residents from Millom and the surrounding area. Senior students and members of the senior leadership team are associate governors.
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