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  • 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)