Headteacher - Queen Mary's High School
The Mercian Trust
Queen Mary’s High School
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary on STPCD Leadership Scale (Group 6 School)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Easter or September 2024
- Apply by:
- 27 November 2023
Job overview
Queen Mary's High School, our selective girls’ grammar school is looking for an inspiring leader to maintain our legacy of providing a high quality education for all of the young people in our close knit and family oriented community.
We require a leader who will recognise and nurture success whilst seeking ways to improve further, both within the school and through the collaboration afforded within The Mercian Trust.
If you are the successful candidate, you will demonstrate a commitment to our shared values and ethos, and you will lead the development of an innovative and progressive team who are motivated by improving the life chances of our students.
As Headteacher, you will carry out duties in line with the conditions of employment as set out in the current School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions document, the National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers and the Trust’s policies and procedures.
Aspects of the Headteacher role that are particularly relevant at Queen Mary’s High School and should be noted by prospective candidates are:
Leadership
In conjunction with non-executives (local LGB), maintain and develop the school’s overall vision, values and ethos to ensure Queen Mary’s High School continues to provide students with an exceptional education.
Strategic leadership, with others, to develop appropriate school improvement and quality assurance plans to deliver the school’s direction, vision, values and priorities. This includes aspects of Trust priorities, which currently includes embedding a digital transformation of how we teach, lead, learn and operate.
Ensure that the school’s outreach strategy meets the target, which is part of the successful Selective School Expansion Fund (SSEF) bid, to increase the percentage of disadvantaged students who join the school and deliver the associated site capital development project.
Work with our Trust finance team to plan and deliver a budget which manages expenditure, allocates funds to ensure value for money and grows GAG income through post 16 recruitment to support the overall quality of education in the school.
Quality of Education and Standards
In order to raise attainment in KS4 and KS5, especially for vulnerable groups (disadvantaged students and students with SEND) ensure that students experience:
- a broad and balanced curriculum, that prepares them for ambitious destinations and delivers experiences beyond exam specifications including through their personal development.
- exceptional teaching practice throughout all subject areas of the school.
- assessment practices that are appropriate to their age and used meaningfully by teachers to help them improve.
- learning that takes place in a positive, respectful environment where all students are valued and feel safe and as a result, they attend regularly and participate in all aspects of school life.
People Development
Lead the strategic recruitment, retention and professional development of staff to ensure that the school can deliver an outstanding educational experience for students and that our Trust is regarded as an employer of choice.
Manage their own and other’s workload to ensure that appropriate work and home balance and wellbeing for all staff is maintained through a clear delegation of roles and responsibilities and distributed leadership.
Being part of our Trust
Lead in accordance with our Trust’s Blueprint for leadership and culture and promote our principles, values and professional behaviours with all stakeholders.
Be an effective ambassador for our Trust promoting our mission and work locally and nationally, contributing to and influencing sector development.
Work collaboratively with other Headteachers and leaders in our Trust to deliver our Trust’s strategic plan.
Make an active contribution to leading the Trust as part of our Trust Strategic Board.
Our scheme of delegation provides additional details about the specific delegated roles and responsibilities for our Headteachers. https://www.themerciantrust.org/about/governance/Scheme%20of%20Delegation%202023-2024.pdf
How to apply
Please check that you meet the person specification before applying for this post.
Complete the Online Application Form (TES Jobs).
Please submit a supporting statement / document no longer than 3 sides of A4 outlining the following:
- How your recent and relevant experience has prepared you to be successful in this post.
- How the impact you have had in your career to date is an appropriate foundation for you to undertake this role.
Please note – your ability to communicate a wide range of information with appropriate examples and evidence clearly and concisely in your supporting statement will be assessed as part of the shortlisting process.
Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment
- Queen Mary’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people as required under the Education Act and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- You are required to uphold all relevant policies in respect of child protection and safeguarding, which are based on KCSIE (2023) and Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018).
- You are required to demonstrate and model the Nolan Principles (The Seven Principles of Public Life): Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-7-principles-of-public-life
- You should demonstrate your commitment to our equality policy and all our related work to promote diversity, inclusion and belonging.
The Mercian Trust is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children and young adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. As this post involves working in regulated activity unsupervised with children all post-holders are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including an online search check, Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Attached documents
About The Mercian Trust
It was in Mercia that St Chad established an association of small monasteries which fostered unity through bonds of kinship. We intend, a thousand years later, to adopt the same spirit in our approach to a Multi-Academy Trust. Pupils in the Mercian Trust will be part of a family of schools forming an educational community. We are convinced that we are stronger together. The Trust is already shaping the educational landscape in exciting ways and every pupil in the Trust will be part of that story.
The Mercian Trust brings together different schools catering for a wide range of individual needs into one Multi-Academy Trust in order to offer the broadest and best education to all pupils regardless of their socio-economic, cultural or ethnic background. Leveraging the strengths of the participating schools, Mercian Trust pupils will be able to access the advantages and opportunities that each school brings – in teaching, leadership, breadth of curriculum, facilities, enrichment activities and community engagement.
Our Mission: To provide the best education and life chances for the children and young people of Walsall.
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