Headteacher

We are looking for a candidate who has experience of working in high performing schools. Ultimately, this individual will lead Newfield on the next phase of its journey to become truly exceptional and deliver outcomes that ensure all pupils are successful and are not prevented from following a pathway of their choice.

Mercia Learning Trust is a successful partnership of four primary and three secondary schools located in the south-west of Sheffield. Established in 2012, with one secondary school, our trust has grown to serving over 5000 pupils, with 650 staff.

Our staff are a crucial part of our trust, just like our pupils. We are devoted to recruiting, training, retaining and taking good care of our highly skilled and dedicated team. We achieve this through the following actions:

Collaborative planning - we want all pupils to be successful and staff to limit workload. Therefore, we use our collective intelligence and time to create and share the best resources.

Exceptionally visible senior leadership and trust leadership teams - we support each other, lesson by lesson, understanding our core business is what takes place in the classrooms.

No fads - we don't add additional workload through ill-informed, non-research-based activities. We understand everyone's time is precious and we want to make sure it is used to benefit our pupils.

We are continually looking to develop ourselves and our team through the recruitment of a diverse workforce. We are striving to continually get better and are looking for staff who share a similar approach.

Newfield School

Newfield School is a successful 11-16 comprehensive school that sits at the heart of the locality they serve. Newfield has a diverse community and have created an excellent reputation across the city. Ofsted have rated the school as Good, and they continue to work hard to be truly exceptional.

Newfield has recently opened a Specialist Resource Provision, offering 30 places to children from the local community who have an EHCP (ASD / and / or SLCN). This resource will support 30 children and is fully integrated with the school, ensuring a school place for all local children.

Staff at Newfield work hard on behalf of their pupils and families and often go 'above and beyond' through dedication and commitment.

At Newfield School, the staff and pupils are curious, considerate and committed. These three values permeate everything:

Newfield staff and pupils are high performing because they are curious and have a thirst for knowledge.

Newfield staff and pupils are considerate and value their community.

Newfield staff and pupils succeed through commitment and relentless ambition.

Classroom practice is based around Rosenshine's Principles and Teach Like A Champion. Staff explicitly teach knowledge, interleaving retrieval through curriculum schema.