Assistant Headteacher: Maternity Cover
Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 3HY13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Jan 2024
Closing date
22 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
8 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 3-5 days. We can be flexible with the number of days and can offer 3, 4 or 5 days for the role of AHT. The days can be discussed at interview. If the candidate works 4-5 days, some class teaching will be included within the role.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- L1 - L5
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and inspirational leader to join our hard-working team. Our team strive to ensure all children are ready for the future.
Are you:
- an exemplary role model to all stakeholders?
- enthusiastic, flexible and able to work as part of a team?
- confident and willing to share your ideas to help all children succeed?
- a committed practitioner who is able to ensure children achieve their full potential academically, socially, morally and spiritually?
Do you:
- have the ability to lead a team?
- have experience of leading a subject (preferably a core subject) throughout school, demonstrating a positive impact on teaching and learning and children’s outcomes?
- have the ability to motivate and inspire children and staff to achieve their best?
- have high expectations which you share with children, and staff, in school?
- have excellent inter-personal and communication skills?
We are able to be flexible with the number of days and can offer between 3-5 working days for the right candidate. The role may include some class-based cover, this depends upon the number of working days.
What the school offers its staff
Children are at the heart of everything we do at Crigglestone St James CE Primary Academy. We are a vibrant and popular school where children enjoy a rich and diverse range of experiences and achieve well in a caring and respectful environment. We are an ‘Excellent’ school (SIAMS 2019) and a ‘Good’ school (Ofsted, November 2023)
You will join:
- a school with Christian values, who cares for all is stakeholders;
- a caring and compassionate team who is dedicated to the success of all children;
- a school with a strong, supportive Governing Body and parents who want the best for their children;
- a school who is committed to the well-being of its staff.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Governing Body and staff are committed to ensuring that children are safe, that safeguarding and child protection practice is effective and that procedures are followed. The Academy staff make every attempt possible to ensure that children are safe from abuse or harm during their time at the Academy and will be vigilant in their observations of children who may be exhibiting signs or symptoms of harm.
Applying for the job
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About Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 311 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sbm@stjamesacademy.co.uk
Children are at the heart of everything we do at Crigglestone St James CE Primary School. We are a vibrant and popular school where children enjoy a rich and diverse range of experiences and achieve well in a caring and respectful environment.
Our vision is to ensure that children are ‘Ready for the Future’ academically, morally and spiritually. We are an ‘Excellent’ school (SIAMS 2019) and a ‘Good’ school where chilren are "happy and safe" (Ofsted, November 2023)
Arranging a visit to Crigglestone St James CofE Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@stjamesacademy.co.uk.
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