Headteacher
Sir John Leman High School
Suffolk
- Expired
- Salary:
- L34 – L39
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September ‘24
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2023
Job overview
Headteacher
Sir John Leman High School
Location – Beccles
Salary – L34 – L39
Start date – September ‘24
Closing – Tuesday 5th December
Shortlisting – Thursday 7th December
Interviews – Tuesday 12th December and Wednesday 13th December
About this Role
We are seeking to recruit an exceptional leader to become Headteacher at Sir John Leman High School in September 2024. We believe that this is a remarkable opportunity to lead a school with many strengths and enormous potential for further success.
Our hope is that you will be excited by the chance to be a key leader not just of a school but as part of a trust determined to make a real difference to young people in this part of the world
Sir John Leman has a history of being a very strong school respected in its community and further afield. Visiting the school is invariably a pleasure, where one meets polite and well behaved young people and engaged and expert staff. School leaders are knowledgeable, hardworking, skilful and invested in the school. We are all proud of the school and many of its strengths were highlighted in the Ofsted report published in 2022, confirming it as a Good school.
We believe that the school can go onto greater things and become a real beacon for our trust and for learning and achievement in Suffolk. We are interested in speaking with candidates who are serious about the potential of the school to be amongst the best in the region and all that this would mean for the young people in terms of experiences, pastoral care, high quality teaching and outcomes. Your ambition for the school and the ability to provide clear leadership that secures improvement is more important than your particular career path to this point. You will though be a senior leader in schools with real credibility and a track record of success. Whilst this appointment would suit an experienced headteacher, we also feel confident that we could support a suitably talented new headteacher to be successful too.
Outcomes are essential to life chances and the options available to our young people and we want to meet people at interview who can strengthen the academic ethos of the school and excellence in teaching. In particular, the 6th Form is a provision we want to grow and for more school students to stay on for the full seven years. We want it to be a source of pride for the whole school community. At GCSE, outcomes in English this year show the potential of the students and a level of achievement we want other subjects to meet. The scope to make an impact in this role is fabulous.
Our hope is that this opportunity excites you. We are excited to find a superb leader to take Sir John Leman High School and 6th Form into its next phase.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
If you have any queries or would like to discuss any aspect of the role, please refer to the supporting documentation for contact details.
Attached documents
About Sir John Leman High School
Sir John Leman High School is a co-educational 11–18 secondary school with academy status serving part of the Waveney region in north Suffolk. The pupil roll is around 1,400, with some 160 of these students moving on to the school’s sixth form.
Sir John Leman High School was established in 1631. It has been on its present site for over 100 years. In 1914 the school became the County mixed grammar school and in 1971 a comprehensive high school. In recent years building work has gone on to expand the school and improve its facilities.
The school’s sixth form offers a wide choice of 30 advanced level courses, and a range of different routes for those on a one-year programme of study.
Values and vision
Sir John Leman High School focuses on four key areas: achievement, ethos and values, opportunities and relationships. It aims to create a friendly, purposeful environment characterised by high expectations and exemplary standards of behaviour.
Every student is valued as an individual and helped to develop confidence and self-esteem and to achieve in all areas of school life. Creativity is encouraged, as is risk-taking in a caring and supportive environment. The school aspires to create excellent relationships, shared aspirations and an ethos of co-operation and respect.
Ofsted
“Leaders have created a highly aspirational culture. The broad and balanced curriculum combines with an impressive range of extra- curricular activities to raise achievement. Pupils are prepared exceptionally well for the next stage in their education. “
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