Deputy headteacher Recruitment information

Dear Prospective Applicant

Thank you for your interest in this role. This is an exciting opportunity to join Monmouth Comprehensive School at a time of immense change for education in Wales. The successful candidate will play a vital part in not only us realising our intensely ambitious plans for our school, but also in contributing to the shaping of Welsh education for years to come. I hope that this recruitment pack gives you a good idea of our school, our values and our ambitions for the future.

We are an over-subscribed comprehensive secondary school of around 1,700 students and 160 staff, including an exceptionally popular and successful Sixth Form of around 400 students and a Special Needs Resource Base of around 70 students. We are located in the centre of Monmouth, and we serve the local community as well as other nearby areas in both Wales and England. We have the benefit of a magnificent new school building that was completed 2 years ago under the 21st Century Schools programme. It is a wonderful modern facility that has education at its heart.

Our school community is founded upon shared values, honesty and mutual respect. Our culture of continuous improvement is driven by transparency, open staff dialogue, and regular student and parent voice. We are a happy and successful school, and one that recognises the transformative nature of education for our local community and wider society.

We are both inclusive and ambitious for all of our students, and we have exceptionally high standards in all areas of school life. We are absolutely determined to become the equal of the very best schools in the country and the whole of the UK, and this role is a foundational part of that ambition.

For further information about us please contact us or visit our existing website (a new website is under construction). If you have any questions about the role or would like a confidential conversation with me then please feel free to contact Sarah Bradley to arrange this - by phone on 01600 775173 or by email at sarah.bradley@monmouth.schoolsedu.org.uk. I encourage you to get in touch.

We look forward to receiving applications from candidates whose personal qualities and values reflect those in the person specification, and whose experiences also place them in a strong position to deliver the challenges set out in the job description. Thank you again for your interest.

Hugo Hutchison

Headteacher