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  • Job start date

    1 September 2023

  • Closing date

    4 May 2023 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    28 April 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: 27.5 hours a week

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£58,105 - £64,225

Pay scale

L12 - L16

What skills and experience we're looking for

Following the promotion of the previous post holder, we are looking for an outstanding, energetic and highly intelligent leader who has already enjoyed considerable success as a subject leader, to form a key part of our leadership team.

We are seeking to appoint an excellent practitioner who:

  • has the ability to contribute and develop the vision of our Church of England school alongside our Headteacher.
  • is an outstanding Christian leader who has enthusiasm for teaching and learning
  • has the ability to lead and model a culture and ethos of support and challenge where all members of the learning community take responsibility for their own learning and are successful.
  • has a commitment to school to school support and the raising of standards and achievement.
  • is able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
  • has a proven track record of raising standards and leading school improvement
  • has outstanding classroom practice who leads by example.
  • has the ability to lead, manage and inspire children, colleague, parents and support our compassionate ethos.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

  • wonderful, enthusiastic, well behaved children!
  • excellent professional development opportunities
  • a rich, diverse, multi faith community.
  • highly professional, committed and supportive staff team
  • an inclusive, multicultural and vibrant school ethos
  • a nurturing and inclusive learning and teaching environment
  • a supportive, dynamic senior leadership team
  • a friendly vibrant and united Governing Body
  • involvement in strategic management of school

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.

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About Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
456 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Phone number
01254 588 973

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