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Head of School

Skelton Primary School, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 1YB

This job expired on 23 May 2022

• Job start date

  1 September 2022

• Closing date

  23 May 2022 at 8am

• Date listed

  26 April 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, Full Year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £51,402 - £55,338 Annual actual salary - L9-L12

Head of School job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated emerging leader to join our team in the position of Head of School at a growing and development primary school from September 2022. The Trust is now seeking a candidate with a clear vision for the future and the skills and resilience to implement that vision. The post provides a great opportunity to lead a small, 3-11, nurturing school in a caring community village just a few miles outside York, with the support of a forward thinking Trust. What we offer: • A clear commitment to ensuring high educational standards for all pupils. • A supportive culture where colleagues can flourish and thrive. • Opportunities for staff to develop their own career pathways, alongside the provision of high-quality education and resources. • Access to a skilled, professional Central Support Team which works closely with the Hope Sentamu Learning Trust schools to offer support with day-to-day operations, finance, human resources and school improvement. • A Trust which promotes and enables collaboration and teamwork to support improvements. What you offer: • You will be committed to ensuring that all pupils are able to thrive through high quality provision and an inclusive approach. • You will have the experience, expertise and commitment to take the school forward on the next stage of its school improvement journey. • You will have experience of driving ambitious standards for all pupils, overcoming disadvantage and advancing equality. • You will have experience of instilling a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on pupils’ outcomes • You will be able to demonstrate a commitment to supporting the wider community to deliver the very best education and transform the lives of all young people. The Trust’s values, Respect, Teamwork and Kindness, underpin the vision ‘Life in all its fullness – a place to thrive’ and are central to all Trust activities and aims. We would welcome applications from existing and aspiring Primary school leaders who share the same vision. The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information. Hope Sentamu Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

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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Head of School job description & Person spec March 2022.pdf - 124 KB (opens in new tab)

Teaching Responsibilities.pdf - 443 KB (opens in new tab)

About Skelton Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 111 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Skelton Primary School website
• Email address: headteacher@bgp.hslt.academy
• Phone number: 01904 806293
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/skelton-primary-school-york

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