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We seek to appoint a Head of Sixth Form, to lead, inspire and motivate all students in the Sixth Form, ensuring their welfare, success and a consistently outstanding experience in line with the school’s aims and development plan and safeguarding procedures.
Specific duties
The Head of Sixth Form will have responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Sixth Form, the academic progress and pastoral welfare of the Sixth Form students, recruitment of students into the Sixth Form and the operation of the Sixth Form centre.
As a key member of the school’s Middle Leadership Team, the Head of Sixth Form will contribute to the overall leadership and management of the School, be active in promoting its aims, and supporting an ethos that promotes achievement and high standards.
In order to fulfil this role effectively, the following qualities and characteristics are required in addition to those outlined in the teacher’s job description:
Leading
•Flexibility: the ability and willingness to adapt to the needs of a situation and change tactics.
•Holding people accountable: the drive and ability to set clear expectations and parameters and to hold others accountable for performance.
•Leading people: the drive and the ability to provide clear direction to students and staff, and to enthuse and motivate them.
•Passion for learning: the drive and ability to support students in their learning, and to help them become confident and independent learners.
Relating to others
•Impact and influence: the ability and the drive to produce positive outcomes by impressing and influencing others.
•Team working: the ability to work with others to achieve shared goals.
•Understanding others: the drive and ability to understand others, and why they behave as they do.
Developing people
•Act as role model to demonstrate leadership in line with the school’s ethos and values
•Encourage staff to work together and share expertise within and across teams
•Use coaching skills to help staff achieve their potential
Reflecting
•Reflect on personal and professional development
•Use feedback from all levels of the school to help improve the way you lead, manage and
develop staff
•Be aware of your own skills of self-management as regards time, prioritising workload and achieving a work/life balance
Inspiring
•Be able to inspire staff and students with the highest standards and expectations
•Be able to take the initiative and lead from the front.
•Liaise with Parents/Guardians & other outside agencies as appropriate, including attendance at Case Conferences when necessary.
•Lead assemblies in accordance with the school’s values & ethos [including the promotion of staff and student participation in assemblies]
•Promote participation of students in the Year Council & Whole School Council.
•Undertake supervisory duties as per duty rota.
•Use the analysis of PASS to identify & take appropriate action to support pupils at risk.
Further details about the post can be viewed in the attached job description
We are an ambitious secondary school, situated on the outskirts of Caerphilly, we pride ourselves on excellent working relationships between staff and students. St. Martin’s is committed to the safeguarding and well-being of students and expects all staff to share in this responsibility; therefore the successful candidate will be required to undertake child protection screening, including enhanced DBS clearance, and full reference checks with previous employers. If you would like to discuss this post please contact Miss A Phillips.
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More information about the school can be found on the school website.
Safeguarding Statement
St Martin's Comprehensive School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.