Headteacher

Teaching Vacancies; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Westborough High School in Dewsbury is seeking a Headteacher who is passionate about education, inspirational in leadership and ambitious for every child. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership, energy and determination to take the school forward while preserving its inclusive culture.

The Headteacher will set high expectations, lead with integrity and build strong relationships with governors, families and partners, ensuring safeguarding and equality remain at the core of

Qualifications

• Experience in senior leadership and school improvement.
• Commitment to safeguarding and equality.
• Proven ability to build a positive school culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to Westborough High School.
• Lead on curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment.
• Work with governors, staff and partners to raise outcomes.

Skills

Senior leadership

Curriculum understanding

Strategic leadership

Inclusion & safeguarding

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a Headteacher who is passionate about education, inspirational in their leadership and ambitious for every child.

Our new Headteacher will combine high expectations with compassion, providing the strategic leadership, energy and determination needed to take Westborough forward whilst retaining the strong relationships and inclusive culture that characterise our school.

We are looking for an experienced secondary school leader who:

• Has a successful track record of senior leadership and school improvement.
• Is ambitious for children and young people and committed to securing excellent outcomes for all.
• Has a strong understanding of curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment.
• Can articulate a compelling vision and turn it into clear, sustainable improvement.
• Leads with integrity, resilience, warmth and credibility.
• Can inspire people, develop leadership capacity and create a strong sense of collective responsibility.
• Sets high expectations while creating a culture in which staff feel valued and supported.
• Builds strong, trusting relationships and works effectively with governors, families and partners.
• Has the strategic and organisational capability to lead a complex secondary school, including effective management of people, resources and finances.
• Has an uncompromising commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and equality.

Above all, we are looking for someone who will be ambitious for Westborough and its young people, who values what is already strong and has the courage and determination to make it even better.

What the school offers its staff

Westborough High School is a caring, vibrant and ambitious learning community where relationships matter and pupils are at the heart of everything we do.

The successful candidate will inherit a school with strong foundations, committed staff and a positive culture, and will have the opportunity to build on this legacy while shaping the next chapter for the school and its young people.

We can offer you:

• A caring, inclusive and ambitious school community.
• Committed and experienced staff who are proud of their school.
• Strong foundations from which to lead the next stage of improvement.
• A supportive and committed governing body.
• A strong culture of professional learning and leadership development.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with school and system leaders across Kirklees.
• Most importantly, the opportunity to make a lasting difference to the lives and futures of our young people.

You will be joining a school with much to be proud of, and a community committed to its future

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.