Head of School
Pelham Primary School, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4HL30 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer Term
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £72,162.00 - £79,475.00 Annually (Actual) Grade L16-20 (Outer London pay scale)
Head of School job summary
Pelham Primary School is part of the small but aspirational Illuminate Minds Trust. We have ambitions to grow and work collaboratively with primary mainstream and SEND schools in order to creatively meet the needs of all pupils in our communities. We are highly inclusive and forward-thinking, believing that every child deserves the best education with the mission statement of “Excellence Every Day” as the golden thread woven through our schools. Partnership working within the trust is encouraged!
We are looking to recruit a Head of School role for Pelham. reporting directly into the Executive Head Teacher. This role is pivotal in shaping the mission and culture of the school and wider trust. The Head of School will provide leadership to the Pelham team, ensuring that the teaching and learning experience is high quality, stimulating, well-resourced and delivered in a child friendly learning environment. We have a close knit senior leadership team to offer support and collaboration, with the central Trust team office on site at Pelham Primary School. We operate a varied and structured program of continuous professional development as well as individual opportunities for learning and development.
Our core purpose at Illuminate Minds Trust is “Excellence Every Day” through:-
Working with children, young people and their families to promote engagement in learning and a work ethic which will help them secure a positive future
Delivering a curriculum in every school which meets the needs of the cohort and supports the development of rounded individuals with the knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and have agency over their futures
Offering experiences which are rich and diverse and widen the perspectives of all of our pupils beyond their lived experiences, reducing gaps and disadvantage
Encouraging participation and ownership of the school communities by all members of our staff to enable Trust development through contribution and collaboration
Creating a coaching culture to develop a workforce which is flexible to meet the need of every child or young person within our academies and “future proofs” us as a Trust in an ever-changing landscape
Developing systems and processes which safeguard our communities and reduce workload through sharing of resources and practices and avoidance of duplication
Ensuring the learning environment is fit for purpose, safe and stimulating to support the development of confident, happy pupils who want to attend school and are kept safe
Ethical leadership of the Trust.
Your Application
If you want to deliver excellence every day, please contact us to arrange a visit by emailing kgahir@illuminateminds org.
References will be requested for shortlisted candidates prior to interview. Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.
Illuminate Minds Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school.
Illuminate Minds Trust is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery and expects employees to comply with our values of promoting equality and diversity, treating colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. This commitment must be evidenced in practice. Any behaviour that falls below these standards is unacceptable to the School and potentially constitutes misconduct.
This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Pelham Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 427 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Pelham Primary School website (opens in new tab)
School location
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