What skills and experience we're looking for
WELCOME TO COLTON HILLS
Many Minds, One Mission
A community school is one which has the ethos of everyone working together as a family towards our shared goals, which can be summarised with our school values:
PRIDE - Participation – Respect – Integrity- Diversity – Excellence
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational, strategic and highly effective Faculty Leader of Maths and Business to provide outstanding leadership across the Maths faculty at Colton Hills. This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional middle leader with a proven track record of impact, who is ready to play a key role in whole‑school improvement and aspires to senior leadership.
The ability to teach A Level Maths and or statistics/ Economics would be an advantage.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the school’s extended senior leadership team - a chance to lead on whole school numeracy.
As Faculty Leader, you will be accountable for the leadership, development and performance of Maths and Business across the school. Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, you will:
- Lead and develop a high-quality, ambitious curriculum from Years 7–13
- Drive improvements in student progress, attainment and attitudes to learning
- Inspire, coach and develop staff through excellent leadership and modelling of outstanding practice
- Use performance data intelligently to identify trends and implement targeted intervention strategies
- Promote inclusive practice, ensuring the needs of SEND, EAL, disadvantaged and high-attaining students are met
- Contribute strategically to whole-school priorities, including STEM development, numeracy and Life Skills
- Lead quality assurance processes, including curriculum review, lesson observation and data analysis
- Play a full role in the life, ethos and wider leadership of the school
You will also act as an outstanding classroom practitioner, using your own teaching as a model of excellence.
We would welcome applications from candidates who:
- Are experienced and successful middle leaders within a secondary school
- Have a proven record of raising standards of teaching and learning
- Demonstrate outstanding classroom practice with the ability to mentor and coach others
- Are confident leaders who can motivate staff, manage resources and lead change effectively
- Have strong analytical skills and experience of using data to improve outcomes
- Are committed to equality, inclusion and safeguarding
- Aspire to senior leadership and are willing to work towards NPQSL or NPQH.
What We Offer
- The opportunity to join a forward-thinking leadership team
- A clear pathway to senior leadership
- High-quality professional development and leadership support
- The chance to shape an innovative, engaging curriculum and make a real difference to students’ lives
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.
What the school offers its staff
Colton Hills has been judged as a ‘Good’ school in 2015, 2018 and 2023 and we are committed to improving that judgment in future inspections – not for our own glory, but because we know we will be giving our students the best deal possible. The school encompasses a rich, harmonious and multicultural community and is committed to the development of all students, up to and including our growing sixth form.
The school is situated to the south of Wolverhampton’s city centre, on a site surrounded by green space and fantastic views across hills and fields. We also benefit greatly from a wide range of fantastic facilities for our staff and students, including an on-site swimming pool, AstroTurf pitch, dedicated Sixth Form block, flexible breakout spaces across the school and a large theatre often used by groups in our local community for performances. We are a school with a real family feel, with a strong House ethos that underpins our work.
We know that having successful students starts with having happy and well-supported staff. We are very much committed to our teachers having a fulfilling work‑life balance, with an email policy that respects family time, careful management of our time budget to eliminate unnecessary meetings, a reduction in the amount of data we collect and an evolving marking policy designed to give teachers their lives back. We have adapted our appraisal system to prioritise professional development over data targets because we want our teachers to be satisfied in their work and judged fairly on their commitment to our school.
Our outcomes show that we are a successful school. We are also a growing school, our student numbers are robust and the whole‑school cohort is over 1000 students. With a healthy financial picture and strong school governance in place, we are now seeking to expand our staff to create the best possible experience for our students every day, to develop their confidence and aspiration by surrounding them with inspiring adults delivering an exciting curriculum.
Commitment to safeguarding
Colton Hills Community School is committed to ensuring the safeguarding of all our staff and students. Successful applicants will undergo an enhanced DBS Check and also an on line and social media check.
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