Welcome to Ossett School

Thank you for visiting the recruitment website for Ossett School.

The school was founded in 1735 as a boys’ school and moved to the present site as a co-educational grammar school in 1906. The school gained comprehensive status in 1969. The buildings are very varied, the original Victorian house is at the centre of the site and other buildings date from various decades with the most recent block being built in the late 90’s. A new £2.5 million Sixth Form Centre opened in September 2005. The old Victorian house is now used for administrative purposes and departments are in suites throughout the various additions to the building.

We offer a caring school that promotes responsibility in young people and we are committed to making education an enjoyable, rewarding and stimulating experience. At the heart of our work is the desire to develop all members of our community by creating a supportive learning environment for students, teachers and associate staff. We expect, and achieve, high standards of in both curricular and extra-curricular activities and we always demand high standards of discipline. We also expect a thoroughly professional approach from all our staff. We have an excellent blend of experienced and younger teachers at the school and we are keen to promote their on-going professional development and learning. We have a dedicated Professional Learning Centre.

The school is massively oversubscribed and continues to grow. Our current population is over 1730 with almost 380 of these students in the sixth form. We have over 120 teachers and approximately 57 associate staff and a number of other casual staff. It is a group 8 school. Many schools refer to themselves as being in an ‘exciting phase’ of development. In our case we really are with a growing roll, new buildings, a vibrant Student Voice and some excellent support from parents, this is exemplified by an active Parents Forum. We achieved the Investors in People award in March 2004. We also are amongst only 50 state comprehensive schools in the country to have obtained a second specialism (sport). The participation rate in extra-curricular activities is excellent and we have great strengths in Sport and The Arts. The school has also been accredited with the Healthy Schools Award. There is a very positive ethos in the school and a culture of optimism throughout our wider community.

The schools last OFSTED ( January 2007 ) stated:

“The visionary leadership of the Headteacher, in conjunction with the strength of other managers, relentlessly strives to improve the school.”

“Relationships between teachers and students are excellent and this is reflected in the way in which students work exclusively hard and behave brilliantly.”

“Professional development is seen as a crucial tool in improving the way teachers teach and managers manage. The result is a workforce that strives to better itself.”

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Now that you have read a little about us, if you are driven to find out more then you may be just the person we are looking for and we would be delighted to hear from you. We look forward to receiving your completed application form and supporting letter and hope that this will see the start of a long, successful and enjoyable period in your career, a period during which you will be able to reflect on the difference you have made to the school and our young people.