Headteacher – Millom School – Cumbria

A starting salary within the range of £67000-£81000 is offered and a relocation and recruitment package may be on offer for the right candidate.

Following a very successful period recognised both by Ofsted and the LA, the governors are seeking to appoint a strategic leader who can inspire staff and students in the pursuit of all-round excellence.

We are a school for students 11 to 18 which:

serves the small town of Millom and a large, beautiful rural area of Cumbria;
is fully inclusive and proud of its status as a community school fully supported by the local authority as “a strategic resource”;
is proud of its students, their achievements and their contribution to the school and local community;
is small enough for every student to be known, but large enough to provide a good, balanced curriculum.

You are someone who:

wants to lead a learning community, not just a school;
is on a learning curve and intends to remain on one;
understands the difference between excellent and outstanding education and wants to achieve the former;
critically examines both national and local agendas and uses aspects of them to benefit our students;
is passionate about influencing, challenging and motivating all members of the school and local community to do their best by the students.

We will offer you:

a very welcoming school where the development of every person matters;
very hard-working and committed students, associate staff and teaching staff;
a strong, cohesive leadership team committed to continue playing their part in the further rapid development of the school;
the whole-hearted and open-minded support of a challenging but supportive governing body;
a rising profile of exam success including 60% 5+A*-C including English and Maths in 2014;
a school judged to be “good” with some outstanding features at our last inspection in 2014.

Closing date for applications: 12.00noon on Friday 6 March 2015
Shortlisting: Wednesday 18 March 2015
Interviews: Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 March 2015

Millom School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students. All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines. This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure. This is a permanent post. Millom School has a friendly and supportive staff in a superb rural area at the southern tip of the Lake District.

For further information, please download an information package and application form from our website at www.millom.cumbria.sch.uk. For enquiries regarding this post, please contact the Clerk to the Governors, Mrs S Minter, via email at stminters@millom.cumbria.sch.uk or tel 07708 105 043 or 01229 772300 (from 23 February).

MILLOM SCHOOL
Salthouse Road, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5AB
NOR: 472

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