Head Teacher
Leytonstone School
Waltham Forest
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L29-L35 (Group 6 - Outer London)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2024 or 1st January 2025
- Apply by:
- 24 June 2024
Job overview
Governors are looking to appoint an exceptional Head Teacher with clear vision, well-developed, inspirational leadership qualities and the ability to build on our success and take the school forward into the years ahead. An absolute commitment to inclusion, fostering a diverse, thriving school community, and upholding our ethos are essential for this role.
This is a fantastic opportunity to lead this successful 11-16 secondary school at an important stage of our journey. We were judged ‘Good’ at our 2021 Ofsted inspection, outcomes at KS4 are consistently improving and we are in a healthy financial position. A strong curriculum and creativity in learning are important to us and we have excellent facilities.
Our school ethos is focussed on developing children beyond just their academic potential; we are committed to developing their full potential as people. We are an inclusive, diverse comprehensive school rooted in the local community. Our values, including hard work, creativity, open-mindedness and curiosity, are embedded through a curriculum provision that develops a culture of respect for each other and a belief that outstanding achievement in all areas is an attainable goal for all our pupils.
At Leytonstone School you will find:
- a collaborative, professional and supportive culture
- highly motivated, respectful pupils with a strong desire to learn
- a committed, highly skilled and friendly staff body with a strong moral purpose
- a cohesive school community with strong relationships between pupils, staff and families
- a wide range of extracurricular activities which contributes to the personal development of every pupil
- a commitment to enable high quality continuing professional development for you
- a strong, supportive and highly committed Governing Board.
You are very welcome, and encouraged, to visit the school before applying. Please email our HR Manager Mel Huseyin, mhuseyin@leytonstoneschool.org or phone 020 8988 7426 to make an appointment.
This appointment is supported by Theodora Nickson from ASCL’s Leadership Appointment Service. For further information or an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact Theodora on 07957171075 or on theodora.nickson@ascl.org.uk; these opportunities do not form any part of the interview process.
Closing date for applications is: 12 noon on Monday 24th June. Applicants selected for interview will be informed on 28th June. Interviews will be held on 2nd and 4th July.
Leytonstone School is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and diversity. The school has a clear commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to minimise risk and continuously promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. All posts within the school are subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.
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About Leytonstone School
Leytonstone School is a mainstream, non-denominational, community secondary school for boys and girls aged 11-16. It is situated in Leytonstone, East London.
The school serves a truly multicultural community and it is proud of its diversity. Leytonstone School offers a broad curriculum for over 1000 pupils, designed to extend its most able students and provide support to those who need it most. Emphasis is placed on the quality of pastoral care.
Leytonstone School features new facilities for science, technology, music, art and drama, while its main school building, which dates back to 1911, has been updated and refurbished. Formerly an all-girls school, it has been a mixed comprehensive since the 1980s.
Leytonstone School is a safe space where our pupils develop their ambitions and the life skills with which they will achieve them. Our school motto is ‘Great things will grow’ and we truly believe that the creation of an optimum educational experience will lead to all our pupils leaving the school as highly qualified, kind and confident young people with a wealth of experience of the wider world.
Academic achievement very is important for future success, but we aim to be more than just an educational establishment. We want to work hand in hand with the vision of the local community to reduce poverty, reduce violence and improve the health and life chances of our young people. The effectiveness of our work is seen in the fact that 98% of pupils who leave us continue on into further education, training or employment.
We believe that the key to doing this is to provide pupils with access to exceptional teaching and learning within a warm and motivational environment. Relationships between pupils and staff at the school are warm and harmonious. We work within a culture of trust, mutual respect and honesty. Our expectations of pupils are high and we know that as a result of experiencing such a context, our pupils will go on to lead enriched and fulfilled lives, making positive contributions to their own communities in turn
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