Grow
Growth
- Our vision of Growing Great Leaders, who Grow Great Teacher / Support Staff, who Grow Great Learners.
- A culture of trust, with an ethos of ‘improve, not prove’
- Outstanding CPD that is bespoke and tailored
- Purposeful performance management, focused on you ‘investing in your professional development’
- Progressive Leadership CPD curriculum, providing pathways for career development
- Clarity of expectation: principles for behaviour and learning
- Centralised planning and processes to free up your time
- Clarity of expectation of role and how this impact upon our school’s improvement journey
- Genuine responsibility and autonomy to lead in your areas of responsibility – consistency without uniformity
- Regular middle leadership team meetings – culture of trust and candour to collectively share and solve issues
- Training to be a great leader of people, including supporting your own and your team’s wellbeing
- Our vision of Growing Great Leaders, who Grow Great Teacher / Support Staff, who Grow Great Learners.
- We Grow Great Leaders – significant no. of promotions within Kings’ into leadership roles at Senior and Middle leadership
- A personal career and training plan
- Opportunities to undertake specific leadership programmes e.g. NPQ’s in Leading Teaching, Behaviour and Culture, Teacher Development
- Structured coaching
- Apprenticeship training
- Dedicated training suite, professional library and peer led CPD groups
Staff survey:
Over 90% of our staff (June 2024) agreed with all of the following statements:
Enjoy their job
Feel trusted
Feel valued
Feel invested in personally and professionally
Feel proud to work at Kings’
Would recommend Kings’ as a great employer
Isn’t this a school you would want to work at?
“I love being part of the busy community of a secondary school and seeing young people arrive as nervous y7’s and leave as confident ‘almost adults’ ready for the world of college and work is really fulfilling, especially if I know I have had a small part to play in supporting that pupil on their journey into adult life.”
Mrs Baxter (Pastoral Support Worker)