[220126AR3] Headteacher
Stoke Damerel Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5PAThis job expired on 12 February 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
12 February 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale L18 – L24
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will be someone who feels an affinity with our values and our vision seeking a core purpose of delivering for our students and communities. You will have an impressive track record of school improvement with excellent leadership skills and the credibility to motivate and empower others.
You will have a clear vision for school improvement and the ability to challenge robustly and constructively alongside the knowledge to facilitate success for both pupils and staff.
Other skills, knowledge and experience we look for include:
- Qualified Teacher Status with a successful NQT year completed
- Degree or equivalent qualification
- National Professional Qualification of Headship (Completed or working toward completion this academic year)
What the school offers its staff
At Stoke Damerel Academy our motto is Dream Big, Achieve Together. What does this mean for our children? It means that as a school we have a clear aim and intention to provide an education that enables each child to dream of their own unique, possible future. Dream Big means that we seek to provide a wide range of experiences and opportunities for children to discover their potential. The children at our school consistently exemplify the words Achieve Together; they show time and again that they care for and support each other.
Our core school values are to help our pupils become well-rounded, ambitious children who strive to reach their potential through the exciting opportunities and experiences we provide. We teach our children to develop life skills such as resilience, resourcefulness, relationships, reflectiveness, and risk taking to achieve success in learning. The Academy has a PAN of 420.
Further details about the role
This is an exciting opportunity within our rapidly developing Multi Academy Trust for a talented senior leader with vision, drive, energy, compassion, and proven leadership skills to join our team. We are particularly keen to hear from experienced senior leaders who are looking for their next challenge and want to stamp their mark in a growing Trust.
Those we recruit can demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues within and beyond their school to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence and are committed to providing the highest standards of teaching for all children.
In addition to the Conditions of Employment for Headteachers laid down in the most recent version of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, the postholder will:
- Work with Governors (individual and collective), provide strategic leadership and hold overall accountability for direction, standards achieved and quality of education within Academies
- Provide leadership and management which enables the Academies to give every pupil high quality education, and which promotes the highest possible standards of achievement and well-being
- Secure the long-term success of the Academy by maximising the skills and resources held across the school and Trust.
- Build system-wide leadership capacity at all levels within the school; through actively developing strategic governance, staffing structures and roles and responsibilities.
- Carry out their professional duties in accordance with and subject to the National Conditions of Employment for Headteacher and relevant education and employment legislation. They will always endeavour to meet the Department for Education's National Standards of Excellence for Headteacher.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Stoke Damerel Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 398 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Stoke Damerel Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- karen.burnard@reachsouth.org
- Phone number
- 07927679002
School location
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