What skills and experience we're looking for Experience • Leadership and management experience in a school • Involvement in school self-evaluation and development planning • Demonstrable experience of successful line management and staff development Skills and knowledge • Understanding of high-quality teaching, and the ability to model this for others and support others to improve • Effective communication and interpersonal skills • Ability to communicate a vision and inspire others • Ability to build effective working relationship • Be willing to accept and respond positively to advice from subject and pastoral managers. • Ability to support students/respond to parents through fluent and accurately spoken English. • Have an understanding of the learning needs of less able students and be able to respond to them. • Appreciate the needs of more able students and teach in a manner which acknowledges the need for differentiation and extension. • Expect and be able to achieve appropriate standards of behaviour and discipline both within and outside the classroom. What the school offers its staff Nunnery Wood High School is oversubscribed and enjoys a strong reputation in the region. Staff and students enjoy school life and staff voice extremely high levels of satisfaction with working conditions and leadership of the school. Staff enjoy many benefits including a slightly lighter timetable than is common and a school gym. Recent Ofsted inspections describe both results and student behaviour as significant strengths. Our intake is broad, from the academically gifted to students requiring nurturing in numeracy and literacy. We are ambitious for them all and share a deep conviction that they should all reach their potential with us. Commitment to safeguarding Nunnery Wood High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students. All staff at Nunnery Wood High School have a safeguarding responsibility. The successful applicants will be required to undertake safer recruitment vetting checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.