Head of Academic Systems

7 days ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Royal Grammar School, Newcastle Full time

**HEAD OF ACADEMIC SYSTEMS**

**Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Grammar School**

Required from September 2024

**THE POSITION**

We have a unique opportunity for a highly organised, analytical, and detail
- orientated individual to join us as Head of Academic Systems. This is a brand-new role at the school, from September 2024, which has been created to support and work in collaboration with the Deputy Head Academic to manage and coordinate the schools’ key academic systems including academic reporting, timetabling, internal examinations, student academic tracking, and analysis of examination data.

**THE SCHOOL**

Thomas Horsley, the original settlor of the Royal Grammar School Newcastle (RGS) pledged his legacy to the School in 1525. Almost 500 years later, RGS continues to flourish as the premier independent school in the North East of England and as one of the country's leading schools, and the Sunday Times’ North East Independent School of the Decade 2020. Most recently, RGS was awarded the Sunday Times’ 2023 North East's Top Independent Secondary School for Academic Performance. We regularly lead all northern schools in national league tables and pride ourselves on academic excellence, a high level of pastoral support, involvement in a wide range of sports and other co-curricular activities, and our commitment to bursaries and partnerships.

The RGS has grown substantially in recent years. There are now some 1,320 students, over 260 of whom are in the Junior School. The Sixth Form of 330 students is one of the largest in the independent sector. We became coeducational over 20 years ago and girls now comprise 46% of the school.

The school is based in the heart of the City, immediately opposite Jesmond Metro station. The school occupies over 30 acres of land and has state-of-the-art facilities, including five brand new art studios, a new library, a new Sixth Form Centre, a 25m swimming pool, two Sports Halls, a Performing Arts Centre, outdoor football/rugby pitches at Mooracres, an artificial turf pitch for hockey and the former County Cricket Ground.

Academically the school is highly selective. Students are assessed for entry at the key entry points (Y3, Y5, Y7 and a handful at Y9, plus sixth form). The biggest entry points are Y3 (60 students), Y7 (c.75 students) and Y12 (c. 45 students). Beyond the academics, in Junior School (Y3-6) entry is assessed through activity days whilst at Y7 students are assessed through online tests and an interaction day. Sixth form entry is through interview only. Students sit baseline tests in Y7, Y10, and L6 - the average GLA CAT score for both the current Y7 and L6 is 117.

Academic selection and excellent teaching means the school’s results are exceptional. The published figures for 2023 are on the school’s website. For A Level, 34% of A level grades were at A*; 71% A*- A; and 89% A* - B. For GCSE, the proportion of grade 9s was 41.2%; 9 - 8 was 67.8%; and 9 - 7 was 85.8%. These results placed the RGS 51st, nationally, in The Sunday Times Parent Power survey, up from 73rd place in 2022. Additionally, Top School Guide ranked the RGS 16th nationally for co-educational schools; and overall, 37th for A Levels and 48th for GCSEs.

In 2021 The Sunday Times Parent Power survey judged RGS Newcastle to be the North East Independent School of the Decade. Since then, the RGS has consistently ranked first for academic results in the North East. In 2023, as well as receiving accreditation for the Wellbeing Award for Schools, the RGS was awarded the overall title of Independent School of the Year for the whole of the UK, following winning the category for Outstanding Educational Partnerships. We have more recently been awarded the title of Sunday Times Parent Power North East Independent School of the Year for 2024. Furthermore, School Sports Magazine recently ranked the RGS as the 27th best sports school (independent and state) in the UK.

**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

Reporting to the Deputy Head Academic, the Head of Academic System’s overall responsibilities will include (but are not limited to) the following and may be altered from time to time:
**Curriculum**
- Collaborate with the Deputy Head Academic to conduct comprehensive public exam result analysis and work with the School Data Administrator / Assistant to produce reports relating to this.
- With the School Data Administrator, assume overall responsibility for the school's reporting system, managing administration, termly report timetabling, deadlines, and distribution to parents.
- Organise and facilitate parents' meetings to foster effective communication between the school and parents.
- Organisation of internal exams.

**Pupils**
- Design, implement, analyse, and manage assessment and tracking data to support academic progress.
- Collaborate with Heads of Year and other pastoral leaders to develop and implement the school-wide intervention strategy.

**Timetable**
- Supervise the preparation, creat

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