Headteacher
Stocksbridge High School
Sheffield
- £91,633 - £106,138 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Pay Range L28-L34
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2024
Job overview
Post: Headteacher
Location: Stocksbridge High School
Pay scale: Leadership Pay Range L28-L34 (£91,633- £106,138)
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Start date: September 2024
Minerva Learning Trust is an expanding Sheffield based Multi Academy Trust with a vision of providing outstanding education for all the students within our schools. The Trust is passionate that all students should see their time in education as happy and fulfilling with their potential developed to the utmost. The Trust employs just under 800 staff across our schools and Central Team and we are committed to providing career opportunities and professional development which allows people to make a positive contribution to the delivery of our vision.
Stocksbridge High School in an inclusive school and through a range of curriculum and wrap-around support do all we can to ensure every young person, irrespective of their challenges and barriers has opportunity to grow into a happy and productive adult. Since the pandemic, there has been a national shift in attendance and the well-being of young people, and we are looking for a candidate to build on our current, successful structures and systems to continue to meet these emerging needs.
We are looking to recruit a strategic, dynamic, innovative, passionate and proven leader to lead Stocksbridge High School on the next stage of its journey. This could be an existing and experienced Headteacher or a talented and ambitious Deputy Headteacher who is looking for their next challenge.
The successful candidate will have:
• belief in the worth and potential of every student
• the ability to implement and secure change successfully
• excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to lead and inspire colleagues
• a passion and drive for improvement
• experience of growing quality educational provision to meet the needs of the community
In return we can offer you:
• a strong commitment to your ongoing professional development
• mentoring by and support from an experienced CEO and Trust Central Team
• support of fellow Headteachers and staff from across the Trust and the opportunity to work collaboratively with other school leaders throughout the Trust
• the chance to make a real difference to the lives of our inspiring children and young people
• access to other employee benefits offered by our Trust
This will be a challenging but rewarding role, with the opportunity to really make your mark. If you have the vision, experience and resilience to lead our Academy forward, we would love to hear from you. Candidates can find out more about the Trust and our schools via the Trust website www.minervalearningtrust.co.uk.
Candidates are warmly encouraged to visit the school or contact the CEO for an informal discussion. To arrange a visit or discussion, please email Sara Bailey at sbailey@central-mlt.co.uk.
The closing date is 9am on Wednesday 21 February 2024 and interviews will take place across two consecutive days, Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 February 2024.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Statutory Information - Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence.
The application form and information pack are available on the Trust website - Vacancies - Minerva Learning Trust. Please ensure that you do not fill in a Sheffield City Council application form in respect of this vacancy as your application will not be considered, only Minerva Learning Trust Application forms will be accepted. Please address in your application the elements stated in the job description, person specification particularly the areas linked to the domains of the National Headteachers Standards. Your personal statement should be no more than two sides of A4.
Attached documents
About Stocksbridge High School
- Stocksbridge High School
- Shay House Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield
- South Yorkshire
- S36 1FD
- United Kingdom
Head Teacher – Dave Williams
Every one of the young people we serve is entitled to thrive at school so that they may leave skilled, qualified and confident to make a success of their next steps in life. This is achieved through high quality leadership, teaching and support from our staff so that all students learn and progress well. Working at Stocksbridge High School means that you will always hold young people in high regard and have nothing but the highest of expectations for their learning, conduct and aspiration. This is reflected in our core vison of Believe, Achieve, Succeed’ and felt by our values of:
• Be Positive
• Be Kind
• Be Confident
• Be Reflective
We are here to make a difference to the young people and families of Stocksbridge and we aim to be recognised as outstanding in this endeavour. It is an exciting time to join our school and if you share that ambition and determination, I look forward to receiving your application.
Values and vision
All Students will be challenged to build ambitious future plans. Working together we will develop their character, skills, and capacity to make their ambitions a reality. Our vision is based upon the principles of "Believe, Achieve, Succeed". Students will have belief in their own potential. They make positive choices, can acknowledge, and celebrate their successes and tackle obstacles to progress with hard work and determination. Students are challenged in every learning experience, every day to produce the highest quality work, through which they achieve their personal and academic goals.
Successful students have high expectations of themselves and strive to meet these expectations every day.
Ofsted report
May 2022 - 50186916 (ofsted.gov.uk)
About Minerva Learning Trust
Chief Executive Officer – Bev Matthews
Minerva Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust of schools. We are committed to providing an outstanding education for pupils who are from a wide variety of backgrounds across the city of Sheffield. Inclusion is very important to us. We do not allow disadvantage to be a barrier to learning and we support all our pupils to be the very best. Our pupils show a high level of care for each other and respect each other’s diversity.
Founded In 2014, Minerva Learning Trust grew from an outstanding single-academy, and has since grown to include primary, secondary, sixth form and one, unique post-16 provision. We have demonstrated a successful tenure of school improvement, growing schools from RI and inadequate Ofsted status to GOOD overall.
Websites
Stocksbridge High School - Stocksbridge High School
Minerva Learning Trust - Home - Minerva Learning Trust
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