About this Role
We would welcome applications for Head of House

This is a key role in developing our culture and ethos with the focus on developing a sense of identity and community as a House and academy. The role includes responsibility for monitoring and prompting positive attitudes to learning and working alongside the Pastoral tram to remove barriers to attainment.

Communicating vision through a house system

We want the House system to be the bedrock of the school community providing each student with a sense of belonging and pride. Our aim is to build coherence through the House System. The House System establishes a caring, supportive environment in which each student is a valued member of a small 'family unit', the tutor group, within a slightly larger unit, the house, within a larger 'family' the whole school. The House System helps to build an individual's strengths within a group and create bonds with students of all different ages, which mirrors everyday life. We promote and provide opportunity for student voice, student responsibility, team building, leadership skills and co-operation. The house system is underpinned by the academy core values with competitions organised to develop the characters of each individual student.

Whilst we are four houses, we are one community creating a school which the students, parents, staff, governors, and wider community can be proud of.

We have a yearlong competition calendar which has been carefully structured to provide a broad range of competitions. Competitions have been split into 6 strands: Community, Theatre, Theatre Fun, Subject Specific, Sport and Academic (ATL & Attendance). Competitions are selected in several ways including student voice/feedback to provide competitions to ensure students were getting an offer to meet their interests. The use of TV gameshows such as Deal or No Deal, The Chase, The Cube, Who Wants to be a Millionaire are hugely popular. Community competitions are extremely important to engage wider families as well as local charities and organisations. This raises the profile of the academy but also promotes the importance of supporting the community. We share the totals of the House Championship with students every week to motivate and inspire them.

About us

We have a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring, and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of ambition and aspiration, courage and resilience and gratitude and respect. We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.

We are ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something exciting for those who join us. We have the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instil creativity and independence. Underpinned by our values, we are student focused and we believe that there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. We have high expectations of our students and staff, high aspirations for them and demonstrate complete belief in them all.

The successful candidate will:

Have the capacity to generate energy and enthusiasm for academic and character development through the House system.

Be able to support the academy culture and ethos through motivating, challenging, and inspiring our students.

Have a commitment to inclusion.

Foster a culture of high expectations and achievement within the House and across the Academy.

Have a commitment to the Academy's ethos and vision.

Be able to establish strong relationships with students, staff, and parents.

Be able to develop a sense of community within the House and across the academy.

Model professional standards across all areas of work.

Work with the Vice Principal (Pastoral) to address behaviour concerns.

Mentor identified group of students to support behaviour change programmes.

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The David Ross Education Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

It is our objective to ensure that job applicants and staff are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential. We do not discriminate against any applicants on the basis of any protected characteristics.

The David Ross Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo vetting appropriate to the post, including a social media presence check and Enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will be expected to adhere to all safeguarding, welfare and health and safety policies and procedures of the Trust.

All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education" statutory guidance.

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