Head of Year - Full-time

King Ethelbert School, Birchington

• Ref:KCC886-4120-161T
• Posted:20/09/2021
• Pay:MPS + TLR 2a £6982
• Start Date:January 2022
• App Close Date:04/10/2021 at 09:00
• Interviews:tbc

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 REQUIRED FOR JANUARY 2022

 HEAD OF YEAR

(MPG + TLR 2a £6982 )

“This is a happy school where pupils learn well”   Ofsted October 2018

 We are looking for an outstanding, enthusiastic, ambitious, teacher who is ready for middle leadership.  This vacancy provides an excellent career opportunity for a creative and dynamic professional who aspires to senior leadership in the future. King Ethelbert School is an ideal and unique environment for an ambitious middle leader to gain excellent, supportive development in leadership and make a significant contribution to an excellent school.  The successful candidate will join a collaborative and committed staff team that have a vision to succeed through a shared focus of teaching and learning. 

 We are the most successful non-selective school in Thanet and are a strategic partner of East Kent Learning Alliance.  We are federated with a local outstanding grammar school and became an     academy in 2011.  We are also part of a small multi academy trust, Coastal Academies Trust (CAT) and are proud to be a model school for Kent, collaborating and developing the most effective       techniques to improve student progress. We are an IB World School. In the Sixth Form we offer the new and exciting International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (CP) which has brought the school international recognition. 

King Ethelbert is located in the picturesque seaside town of Birchington-on-sea which has some of the most stunning coastal views in the country.  Housing is affordable and the area benefits from a warm and sunny climate.

  King Ethelbert School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  This     position is, therefore, subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service application. 

 For further information and application packs for the above please see our website: www.kingethelbert.com  (under ‘contact us’) or contact Debbie Shallcross, Personnel Administrator

telephone 01843 831999,  email personnel@kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk

 King Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington-on-Sea, Kent CT7 9BL

or ring the school to arrange an out of hours pre-application visit if you wish.

Please apply as soon as possible but not later than

9am on Monday 4th October

Information about the school

King Ethelbert is a mixed non-selective school of approximately 900 students. In the context of Thanet (Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate), it is one of the most popular non-selective schools each year filled with first-choice students and long waiting lists for each year group. We have a wide range of abilities studying with us including some students who have passed the Kent Test but want to be at their local school where they can be equally successful; such is our reputation. We were last visited by Ofsted in June 2024 and were again rated Good with the school receiving some extremely positive feedback. Particular strengths identified by Ofsted were; the positive relationships between staff and students, the school’s high expectations for pupils’ behaviour and the broad and ambitious curriculum delivered to all pupils.

The school’s outcomes compare favourably with other non-selective schools in Kent on a yearly basis. We are also, however, determined to ensure that we do not compromise the curriculum or the breadth of educational experience that we offer, in order to achieve a positive Progress 8 score. Our students are given as many opportunities as possible and we are a lead school in the country with the Royal Shakespeare Company and also the Turner Contemporary. We believe in preparing young people for their next steps in education or employment through mastering and developing a broad range of employability skills and learning behaviours. These are practised and embedded across the school in a number of ways both through and beyond the curriculum. Our aim is for all KES students to be ambitious for the future, globally diverse and inquisitive learners.

King Ethelbert was one of the first schools in the country to offer the International Baccalaureate Careers-Related Programme in the sixth form because it is the best post-16 educational offer in the world. We are a lead school for the IBCP and support many other schools in Kent, as well as welcome visitors from across the world to see what the IBCP does for our students and how we can share good practice internationally as well as locally.

The commitment to work together lies at the heart of Coastal Academies Trust. The trust began as a federation between King Ethelbert and Dane Court Grammar School in 2009 and these two schools still share a governing body. Over the last few years we have been joined by Cliftonville Primary School, an outstanding school, Hartsdown Academy, Royal Harbour Academy and Newington Primary School As a trust our commitment to all schools is non-negotiable. All students who attend any one of our schools are valued and important and we have a collective responsibility to all. We are committed to making Thanet the centre of excellence for education. The trust is fully invested in the continuous professional development of all its staff. We deliver bespoke leadership training to complement the new, revised NPQ programmes and give hands-on, practical experience and training to our aspiring and existing leaders at all levels.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Laura Pease
• Address:Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9BL
• Telephone: (01843) 831999
• Email: laurapease@kingethelbert.kent.sch.uk

Fax: (01843) 831015

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Applicant Letter
• Job description
• Overview