At Henley Bank High School, our aspiration is for all our staff and students to leave our school with practical wisdom gained through the teaching of intellectual, moral, civic and performance virtues.
We are a successful secondary school based in Brockworth, extremely close to junction 11a of the M5. The school has consistently been achieving excellent academic results over the past few years with the GCSE results of 2023 being in the top 1% of results in the country, as well as the highest results for any non-selective school in Gloucestershire. We opened our Sixth Form in September 2024 and are really excited to see what the next stage in the school’s journey will be. A crucial element of the school’s vision is ensuring that we are preparing our young people for the world of tomorrow. This role plays an essential part in achieving this.
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive, non-selective and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs with remote / hybrid working opportunities where appropriate. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’. Main responsibilities:
To work with the senior leadership team and pastoral team to continually improve the self-discipline of students referred to the APC. Responsible for Line Managing the pastoral support team. To share on the corporate responsibility for, commitments to, the safeguarding and promotion of the well-being and discipline of all students. To ensure the climate for learning in the APC is exceptional, characterised by warmth, kindness and rigour. To support other members of the school pastoral team in ensuring disruption free learning across the school. To ‘run the room’ in the APC. You will be responsible for the efficacy of the centre; this will include making sound assessments of the needs of children who are regularly referred to the APC and working with colleagues to promote the best outcome for each child. To ensure that the team actively supports attendance at detentions and alternative provisions. Facilitate ‘Reset Conversations’ between staff and students, and build a rigorous system for checking this happens. To develop rigorous tracking systems for the numbers of students referred to APC and ensure this is in a shareable format to SLT and governors. To ensure that the APC prevents disruptive behaviour occurring anywhere in the school. To develop the school’s approach to inclusion, ensuring repeat referrals are supported to meet expectations. To work alongside external alternative provision, to support the reintegration of students successfully into mainstream school. To develop supportive interventions designed to improve student behaviour, and lead staff in delivering these interventions. To work closely with the attendance team in ensuring families are supported to improve student behaviours and attendance. To further develop the APC to ensure that it is characterised by warmth and kindness for children, with clear boundaries being central to this. To work with families and children to avoid suspensions. Closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 30th January 2025 at 11.59pm. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
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Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please click on the website link to the right of this advert - click on School Information and then on Vacancies
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