Head of Human Resources – Maternity Leave Cover
West London Free School
Hammersmith and Fulham and Bedfordshire
- £60,000 - £64,000 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- March / April 2025
- Apply by:
- 19 January 2025
Job overview
Knowledge Schools Trust are currently recruiting for a dynamic and enthusiastic Head of HR to cover a period of maternity leave, ideally starting March / April 2025. This is a 1-year fixed term, full time position.
The role is based within the central MAT team providing leadership, direction, and advice and support for all matters of HR across a Trust of two secondary and seven primary academies located in London and Bedford.
This position is for a 1-year fixed term role to cover a period of maternity leave.
This key role oversees the recruitment, retention and development of staff across the Trust, ensuring that HR policies and practices align with the Trust’s values, objectives and legal requirements. The Head of HR will work closely with leadership teams at MAT and school levels to create a supportive and high-performance culture across all academies in the Trust, through a “best in class” HR service.
This role is for a 1 year fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave. During the year of this contract, planned project work will need to take place, which will need to be led by the Head of HR. Therefore, experience of managing projects successfully on a multi-site level would be extremely advantageous.
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About West London Free School
- West London Free School
- Palingswick House, 241 King Street, Hammersmith
- London
- W6 9LP
- United Kingdom
The West London Free School is one of the country's pioneering free schools, renowned for academic excellence, high standards of behaviour and a wide choice of co-curricular clubs. Since our foundation in 2011, we have provided all children with a rigorous, knowledge-rich education irrespective of their background. We believe that knowledge is a good in and of itself, empowering pupils to understand and take an interest in the world around them. The education we offer is not just a preparation for work, but a preparation for life. As such, we value the knowledge of our teachers, and the passion for their subject that they bring to the classroom.
Outcomes
We offer a challenging curriculum, with a supportive environment, underpinned by fantastic teachers. Through this combination, pupils at the West London Free School excel. In 2024:
- A-level: 52% of entries were graded A* to A, and 83% were graded A* to B.
- GCSE: 51% of entries were graded 9 to 7, and 90% were graded 9 to 4. Our Progress 8 was 0.96, and our Attainment 8 Grade was 6.4, placing us in the top 1% of comprehensive schools in the country.
- The Sunday Times Schools Guide named us ‘London Comprehensive School of the year’.
Staff experience
At the West London Free School, we aim to build a culture of sustainable success. We have a stable body of staff who feel supported and fulfilled.
- Senior leaders are highly visible and approachable.
- We have clear, evidence-informed, pragmatic approaches to teaching and learning, as summarised in our Seven Principles of a WLFS Lesson (see here).
- Workload is closely monitored throughout the school year, and systems are refined to be as efficient and hassle free, so that teachers can spend as much time as possible focusing on the core component of their job: teaching.
- Paperwork and form-filling is kept to an absolute minimum.
- The pastoral team take responsibility for ensuring all teachers can teach without disruption. School rules are non-negotiable, and poor behaviour is met by escalating sanctions.
- Our staff surveys have regularly shown staff morale and other indicators of professional satisfaction at the WLFS to be significantly higher than national benchmarks.
Co-curricular
As well as a knowledge rich education, the WLFS runs an extensive co-curricular programme that encourages children to develop outside the classroom. The school specialises in music and offers a range of sporting opportunities as well as general interest clubs. All staff are encouraged to share their co-curricular enthusiasm by committing one hour a week to running a school club.
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