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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

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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