Head of School - Lathom Junior School
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Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
7 February 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership 22-26 (inner London)
Head of School - Lathom Junior School job summary
We are looking for someone who:
Is committed to providing the best education, experiences, opportunities and life chances to children at Lathom
Has a proven track record of raising high levels of achievement for all children
Is a people person with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, who is willing to take risks
Can think creatively and who has a commitment to working collaboratively with all members of our immediate and wider school community
Is an inspiring leader who can motivate, lead and support colleagues through professional development and promotion of well-being – identifying potential in others, and those who can be our future leaders
Has excellent pedagogy and expertise in curriculum design and delivery
Has an understanding of how children learn best, backed up by research
Has a proven record of raising standards
Has experience/skills in coaching and mentoring, enabling staff to give their best
Is well read and interested in current research, educational theory and practice
Has a very good understanding of managing school finance
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 Lathom Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 553 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Lathom Junior School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sarah.rowlands@alfederation.com
Lathom is part of the Newham ‘family of schools’ and is a successful, well-resourced, popular five-form entry Junior School in East Ham. It is at the heart of a local community that has a rich and varied cultural and ethnically diverse makeup - the celebration of our many cultures and languages spoken is a key and valued activity.
Our school is a magnificent Victorian building built in 1897 and is maintained to a very high standard.
Partnerships are a strength, particularly those with our families, who wholeheartedly support the school in its delivery of a broad, balanced, creative and ambitious curriculum, which puts children at the centre of school life. High aspirations ensure every child is able to meet their potential.
Our children are confident and relaxed learners who surprise us every day, they are proud of their school and are enthusiastic advocates of all that they achieve. We are fully committed to ensuring that every child is able to access opportunities that enable them to not only celebrate their own success, but that of others too.
We strive for excellence in all that we do.
Arranging a visit to Lathom Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sarah.rowlands@alfederation.com.
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