Headteacher
Haberdashers' Adams
Telford and Wrekin
- £77,195 - £107,700 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Leadership range pay L21-L35 (Pay award pending) commensurate with experience.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 7 October 2024
Job overview
The Haberdashers’ West Midlands Academies Trust (HWMAT) is a growing and aspirational school trust currently supporting two secondary schools and an independent preparatory school in Newport and Telford. HWMAT’s vision is to develop into a significant and highly regarded group of schools based around these geographic hubs and providing outstanding opportunities that will help students in the local area to realise their full potential.
The Trust harnesses the educational expertise offered by its sponsor, The Haberdashers’ Company, which operates eighteen schools, in four devolved groups – Haberdashers’ Academy Trust South, Haberdashers’ West Midlands Academies Trust, Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools and Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools.
HWMAT now seeks an inspiring Headteacher to lead Haberdashers’ Adams Grammar School, a four centuries-old selective state day/boarding school in the heart of Shropshire. The appointee will shape the evolution of the school as it embeds its new co-ed status, as well as continuing the nationally-recognised work in the field of social mobility.
Please see the attached comprehensive appointment pack for further details on the post, duties and responsibilities.
Should you wish to come and visit us for a tour and an informal discussion, please contact the H.R. Manager Mrs. Rachel Back, on 01952 953821 or rachel.back@adamsgs.uk
The deadline for applications is 9am Monday 7th October 2024.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 12th November 2024, with successful candidates being invited back on Wednesday 13th November 2024.
Attached documents
About Haberdashers' Adams
Haberdashers' Adams (formerly Adams' Grammar School) is a co-ed selective state grammar school in the market town of Newport, Shropshire. Founded in 1656, the School welcomes boys and girls aged 11-18 as day pupils, with boarding for boys.
Entrance to the School is highly competitive. The most common points of entry are via an 11+ examination for Year 7, or following GCSE exam results. Former pupils of the school are known as Old Novaportans.
Headmaster
Gary Hickey
Vision and values
Haberdashers' Adams has a strong reputation for academic excellence, and as such has high expectations of its pupils and their academic progress. In order to get the best out of students, teachers provide an extensive and wide-ranging curriculum. A variety of extra-curricular activities help to ensure that young people leave the school with the necessary life skills to succeed in the real world, as well as the very best academic qualifications.
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