Dear Applicant s8

Dear Applicant Thank you for your interest in the new role of Raising Standards Leader of English at Pent Valley Technology College. Pent Valley Technology College is a Foundation, mixed secondary school specialising in Technology with a roll of approximately 1000 student aged between 11 and 18; including a developing sixth form of 250 students. We are situated in Folkestone, recently named one of the top 30 places to live in Britain, with high speed rail links to both London and the continent. The school has an excellent Leisure Centre and a range of Vocational facilities including a radio studio, and off-site professional hairdressing salon and motor mechanics centre. At the heart of our school is a focus on developing local community links and as such we undertake a growing range of events. We recently celebrated Tihar/Holi with members of the local Nepalese community and were visited by a Holocaust survivor as part of our memorial day. We also undertake a range of outreach activities with our local primary schools supported by extra-curricular activities such as an activity based summer school. Following 5 years of progressive academic improvement the schools’ students achieved their best every results in 2012, the highlights of these are:  90% of GCSE students gained 5 good GCSE passes  48% of GCSE students gained 5 good GCSE passes including English and Mathematics  96% of sixth form students recorded a pass rate at A2  27 sixth formers progressed to university This success was recognised in the recent full Ofsted inspection which took place in February 2013 which rated the school as Good in all areas. I would highly recommend that you read the report to find out more about our good work; in particular the report highlighted that ‘students make good progress and achieve well’, whilst ‘students’ behaviour around the school is good’. The school is currently at the start of our planned journey from Good to Outstanding following a reorganisation of the internal structure and exploring options of development into an Academy. The new structure comprises of three Colleges; two formed of KS3 and KS4 students with the third dedicated to Post 16 students. All students, teaching staff and the majority of support staff are allocated to a College which has developed an environment where staff develop and maintain excellent relationships with students and their parents/carers. We are looking to appoint an individual who has the ability to manage a diverse team of teaching and support staff within a College, whilst taking an innovative approach to help lead the school from Good to Outstanding. The ideal candidate will be able to take ownership of the school’s vision:

‘Every student at Pent Valley Technology College will achieve their academic, personal and social potential. They will achieve this within a technologically rich environment and through a personalised experience designed around real life and world of work contexts and nurtured by strong community principles of equality, achievement and pride’

If you believe that you can meet this challenge we warmly welcome you to arrange an informal visit to our school to learn more about us. Yours sincerely

Mario Citro Headteacher