Welcome

Mr. Richard Woods

Head Teacher

Thank you for your interest in joining the team at Hanson School. You are looking to join Hanson at a time when you can truly make a difference to the school, the students and our local community. Hanson is a Local Authority school and serves the population of North Bradford incorporating the communities of Eccleshill, Idle, Wrose, Bolton Woods and Undercliffe, and provides access to all day learning opportunities for our families and our community. Hanson is a larger than average 11 to 19 mixed comprehensive school with a good reputation in the City of Bradford. We have 1670 students on roll including 290 in the sixth form. Hanson is proud to be a genuine comprehensive school, with young people of all abilities who have a wide range of needs and talents.

Hanson School is served by new buildings. We have state of the art Sports facilities, practical Science and Technology rooms, modern Media and Creative Arts suites and a variety of learning bases. All of these rooms are served by an innovative ICT solution. Hanson also hosts the Goals sports complex (one dance studio, ten floodlit astro turf courts and a full size floodlit football pitch) as well the Pulse fitness suite that students have access to. The school has an impressive range of extra curricular, cultural and sporting opportunities for our students.

The School is especially proud of our on site Additional Resource Centre (ARC) in which students with additional needs can be supported using up to date specialist equipment and resources. The ARC supports Visually Impaired (VI) and Hearing Impaired (HI) students at the school by providing a personalised programme that includes learning in mainstream lessons and alternative specialised provision.

We need colleagues who are committed to making a difference to the lives of young people. Hanson will provide that opportunity in a supportive environment. Our plans for improvement all centre around quality personalised CPD and a wide range of professional development opportunities whatever your starting point.

You would be joining Hanson at a very exciting time as we are delighted that Hanson has been removed from special measures and is now recognised as ‘requires improvement’. We see this as a significant step forward on our journey to outstanding and you could be part of that journey. We very much hope that after looking at the details you will decide to pursue an application to work with us at ‘Team Hanson’.  

Hanson is a fabulous place to work and I look forward to working with you in the future.

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