Filey Junior School - Headteacher
Filey Junior School, Filey, North Yorkshire, YO14 9LU2 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L14-20 £68,586 - £79,475
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an experienced school leader who will bring creativity, positivity and strategic vision to our school. Someone who is passionate about education with high educational standards to enable every pupil to achieve their full potential. You will have a good understanding and empathy for children, especially for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, will consider and shape how we can adapt and enrich our practices innovatively to promote and enhance the wellbeing of our children and staff. You will be eager to make an impact but take a step to reflect first, ensuring the right working partnerships are put in place.
You will be an outstanding teaching practitioner able to set and achieve ambitious goals, continually seek to raise standards by developing staff and ensuring the quality of teaching and learning and develop a clear vision to move the school towards excellence and continue its further improvement.
Our new Headteacher will foster a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where all pupils feel valued and encouraged to express themselves. They should prioritise the well-being of both pupils and staff, creating a positive school culture that promotes academic excellence but also social and emotional development.
What the school offers its staff
- A happy and friendly school, with delightful children who respect each other and have a thirst for learning.
- A culture which allows all staff to thrive and develop.
- An opportunity to see the huge potential that exists and the time to make Filey Junior School a beacon of excellence in primary education.
- Significant levels of support from the Local Authority Governing Board and a staff team who are experienced, committed and passionate about our school.
- A Governing Body committed to providing support on all matters including more sensitive or difficult issues and including the wellbeing of all staff members.
Further details about the role
For further information about our opportunity, please visit ourdedicated recruitment microsite: https://nyresourcing.co.uk/filey-junior-school-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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Filey Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 263 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Filey Junior School website
- Email address
- helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01609 532254
Arranging a visit to Filey Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk.
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