Head of School
Avanti Meadows Primary School, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 1FQThis job expired on 28 September 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2024
Closing date
28 September 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 September 2023
Job details
Visa sponsorship
- No, visa sponsorship not available
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - The role of Head of School is Full Time.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L11-L15
What skills and experience we're looking for
About us and the role
Are you an aspiring Principal? Are you an experienced Primary Senior Leader and looking for your next step?
We are looking for a Head of School for Avanti Meadows Primary who is passionate about delivering a rich inclusive curriculum to students, who has a track record of leading and developing excellent learning and teaching, and who has a deep knowledge of how to use assessment / feedback to inspire children to make progress.
The Head of School will be responsible for the operational running of the school, working with the Executive Principal, who oversees both Avanti Meadows and Avanti Brook Schools.
What will you do?
- Secure excellent teaching through an analytical understanding of how pupils learn and the core features of successful classroom practice and curriculum design, leading to rich curriculum opportunities
- Lead and support colleagues with teaching and learning and the curriculum
- Assess, monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and the delivery of the curriculum, in order to build on success and identify and act on areas of improvement
- Sustain personal motivation and, where possible, that of other staff, through having positive attitudes and a clear understanding of the ethos, aims and values of the school
- Promote equality of opportunity by assisting in ensuring the school’s curriculum provides the best possible education for all pupils
- When requested, deputise for the Executive Principal
What are we looking for?
- Successful experience in senior leadership of a Primary setting
- Demonstrable experience and practical application of the Primary curriculum, planning, assessment and how to make the curriculum inclusive and accessible to all pupils
- Experience of developing and implementing effective programmes for the professional development of staff
- Outstanding educational practitioner and classroom teacher
What the school offers its staff
Avanti Meadows opened its doors in September 2021. The building is an inspirational place to work, with its abundance of light and an opportunity to share in the future growth of the school. Your professional growth is at the forefront of Avanti School’s Trust CPD offer and working alongside the Executive Principal, this is a perfect chance to grow into leading a school as supportively as possible.
We believe in high expectations, challenge, and support to enable our children to understand and develop into the best version of themselves. We are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all children enjoy learning and surpass expectations.
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- a strong vision of Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight
- great opportunities for professional development
- Teacher pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
- O2 discounts
- NUS Card
- Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Access to multiple well-being programmes
- Cycle to work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
- Plus many more
Further details about the role
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
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About Avanti Meadows Primary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 148 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Avanti Meadows Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- avantibrook@avanti.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01279 211116
This school will be the latest in the development of the Avanti Schools Trust who already have several highly successful schools in operation and I am very proud and honoured to have been appointed as the Executive Principal Designate for this new member to our family of schools. Avanti Meadows Primary School will provide parents and pupils with the highest standards of education and pastoral care. We want our children to take pride in the new school and for every member of the school community to work hard to provide high quality education, care and support for every child and every family. We will set the highest expectations from the outset to ensure that we provide creative learning experiences which inspire and challenge our pupils to achieve the very best in all aspects of their learning. Our curriculum will be based upon the National Curriculum and we will adopt a personalised approach in order to provide tailor- made learning paths for all pupils. The site for Avanti Meadows will be a brand new building and the facilities will be bespoke, contemporary and first-class, which will make for a unique learning experience. We are working in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council to ensure that careful planning and preparation is in place to make Avanti Meadows a first-choice school for the children of Bishop’s Stortford North. This is a very exciting time for all of us as we see the new school develop towards the opening date of September 2021
Arranging a visit to Avanti Meadows Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email avantibrook@avanti.org.uk.
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