Assistant Head (Pastoral)
Bradford Grammar School
Bradford
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2024
- Apply by:
- 1 December 2023
Job overview
To start September 2024
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Head (Pastoral) to join the Senior Leadership Team. This is a rare opportunity for an exceptional individual to lead on the development and delivery of our pastoral programme including safeguarding, and to make an active contribution to whole school strategy and operations for the long-term success of our school.
The Assistant Head (Pastoral) leads a team of Heads of Year, two nurses, counsellor and Head of Personal Development (PSHE) and is the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) coordinating the support of the Junior School DSL and Deputy DSL. The successful candidate will lead and develop colleagues and continue to inspire this happy, successful and award-winning school to build on its many achievements.
Located in a cosmopolitan urban setting but drawing equal numbers of pupils from the attractive and established suburbs of West Yorkshire and the lower Dales, the School is a flagship for progressive, independent education. Above all, it is an inclusive and friendly school and a rewarding place to work.
For further details and to apply online please click here
Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 1st December 2023
Interviews will be be held week commencing 11 December 2023
We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants are subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check and satisfactory employment references.
About Bradford Grammar School
Bradford Grammar School is a mixed, non-denominational, all-through independent school situated in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The school caters for children from junior school through to sixth form, aged between 6-19. Admission is by exam. There are approximately 1,120 students at the school.
Bradford Grammar School was founded in 1662 by Royal Charter and has been based on its current site since 1949. It shares a site with its junior school, Clock House. Facilities include specialist sports grounds, a swimming pool and gym.
Head of school
Simon Hinchliffe
Values and vision
Bradford Grammar School had the motto ‘Hoc Age’, translating to ‘get on and do it’. The school prides itself on being straightforward and honest in its approach to education and wishes to create opportunities for all students during their education. Community is at the heart of Bradford Grammar School, both across West Yorkshire and internationally. It demonstrates this through volunteering, teaching courses and fundraising. The school embraces academic, sporting and creative achievements and wises to embrace and nurture students. It believes that happiness is the key to success. The school’s five core values are: excellence, compassion, determination, opportunity and service. Bradford Grammar School has a wide range of extra-curricular activities for students to discover new hobbies and interests and learn new skills. These include a debating society which competes at national level and a cadet force. Pupils at the school are high achievers and in 2016, 71% of GCSE results were awarded A* or A.
Independent School Inspectorate
“The quality of the pupils’ overall achievement is outstanding. Pupils are well educated and the school is successful in achieving its aim to maintain a school where pupils are happy, valued and can flourish, and that is academically challenging and rigorous”.
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