Headteacher
Shevington High School
Wigan
- Expired
- Salary:
- Group 6, Leadership 29 – 35A
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- TBC
- Apply by:
- 15 March 2024
Job overview
Shevington High School
Salary: Group 6, Leadership 29 – 35A
Contract: Full time, permanent
Start Date: TBC
Location: Wigan
The closing date for application is: Friday 15th March 2024 at 9:00am
Shevington High School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Headteacher to drive improvement and ensure outstanding outcomes for all pupils.
The Shevington High School is an Ofsted graded GOOD School based in Wigan, in the North West.
Through our values and personalised approach to learning we expect students to achieve the highest academic excellence, recognise opportunities, have a positive view of challenges and dare to think in new ways – to be creative.
Our Values
- All students are different and we allow them to personalise the pace, depth and ways of learning
- Students need challenging goals and to be held to clear requirements.
- Education for life requires the knowledge, skills and a chance to develop a broad range of personal skills.
- Life is what you make it. Students need to understand they have to invest in their futures.
- An ethic of excellence should underpin everything we do.
We want every student, through personalised learning and clear goals, to stretch their boundaries and learn more than they thought possible.
Together we have the highest expectations for all our students, inspiring and enabling them to become amazing and successful individuals.
The core purpose of the Headteacher is to provide professional leadership and management for the school within the context of the School Development Plan. This will promote a secure foundation from which to achieve high standards in all areas of the school’s work.
The Headteacher is the prime mover in creating, inspiring and embodying the community ethos and culture of this school, securing its mission statement with all members of the school community and ensuring an environment for teaching and learning that empowers both staff and students to achieve their highest potential.
Our ideal candidate will have experience of leadership as a Deputy Headteacher or Headteacher, be able to demonstrate their successful experience in leading teams, raising academic outcomes and innovation in seeking high performance.
Essential to the role is the ability to seek and use data effectively in monitoring progress, along with creating and implementing credible strategies for improvement as a result. An inherent understanding of what constitutes high quality educational provision, and the characteristics of a successful school are also a pre-requisite.
The successful applicant should/will possess enthusiasm and initiative and be able to demonstrate presence and visibility as a leader. Optimistic and resilient, you will have a well-developed sense of proportion to create and sustain a positive culture and ethos in the school and be able to both lead and develop leadership skills within others.
Articulate and approachable, you will have strong inter-personal skills and self-awareness, able to engage with stakeholders at all levels as well as tackle difficult situations and make difficult decisions, conveying outcomes clearly and with sensitivity.
To find out more and register your interest for the role please visit Shevington High School (joinshevingtonhigh.co.uk)
If you have any questions or queries about the role, please do not hesitate to get in touch by contacting Laura McGunigle on 07931 384683 or
- The closing date for application is: Friday 15th March 2024 at 9:00am
- Interviews will be held: Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th March 2024
Shevington High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.
About Shevington High School
- Shevington High School
- Shevington Lane, Shevington, Wigan
- Lancashire
- WN6 8AB
- United Kingdom
About the School
Shevington High School is a very popular and successful 11-16 secondary school with a track record for achieving the best possible outcomes for the pupils it serves.
The school located in the village of Shevington, 3 miles from Wigan town centre and five minutes from the M6 motorway. The school is smaller than the average size secondary school but grown significantly over the last 5 Years. We currently have 178 students in every year group.
As a School, we have developed a learning culture of high aspirations and expectations for all students.
At Shevington, we are committed to maintaining the very highest standards. Our positive approach seeks to identify and nurture the ability and talent in every learner and to ensure through an array of experiences and opportunities that everyone has the chance to shine.
Shevington High School is a happy school where individuality and difference are recognised and embraced and curiosity, creativity and leadership are fostered. In addition, every learner has the right to strive for success and to have their successes celebrated. We are a disciplined and caring environment where respect for each other, small courtesies and good manners are held in very high regard.
Learning is at the heart of all that we do and in order to prepare young people to become the citizens of the future the learning must be stimulating, challenging and be about real life and the real world.
We are immensely proud to be a Laboratory School as part of the International Centre of Educational Enhancement (ICEE) and Bolton University. Through our relentless research and development work with the ICCE we have developed the Shevington Teaching Framework and developed a blended learning approach where all students work from digital devices in lessons through Google Classroom. This has transformed our learning and pedagogical approach in lessons.
One of our other unique strengths, is our commitment to encouraging and enabling students to take ownership of their learning. To this end all students attend a weekly coaching session with their form tutor setting weekly and long term learning goals linked to our curriculum and Student Agency in Learning (SAIL) approach.
We have worked hard to created a working environment, where hard work and dedication are rewarded. We are very proud of our amazing students, our dedicated staff and extremely supportive governors and parents.
The school has a strong school vision supported by all stakeholders.
Through our values and personalised approach to learning we expect students to achieve the highest academic excellence, recognise opportunities, have a positive view of challenges and dare to think in new ways – to be creative – and realise that “life is what you make it!”
At Shevington High School, you will find a school which is totally committed to ongoing and high-quality professional development for all staff who form part of our team. We have a comprehensive programme of professional development and have a Staff Coaching Programme where staff work collaboratively in triads throughout the year reflecting on practice and developing teacher protocols. All teachers also embark on personal research and inquiry projects and share their findings with others as part of our professional learning community. We believe that the focus on developing teacher protocols has been central to our ongoing success.
If you are suitably qualified and would like to share in our vision and journey as we continue to develop an innovative and excellent educational provision, we would very much welcome hearing from you.
Mr J Grant
Headteacher
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