Head Teacher
Barn Croft Primary School, London, E17 8SB12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
13 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £70,368 - £80,944
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Governors at Barn Croft Primary School are looking to appoint a dynamic, driven and inspirational leader, with a proven track record of rapid school improvement.
Barn Croft is a one form entry school with a nursery class. We are a maintained school within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Leader, ideally with prior experience in the role of interim or associate headteacher, who has an extensive and successful background in raising achievement, improving quality of teaching and developing middle leaders.
You will build on the local reputation of Barn Croft as a caring and inclusive community school. The successful applicant should be committed to offering a warm, friendly, and purposeful setting for all our students to flourish. We have a significant number of pupils with complex special needs and you will have experience of working with Local Authority officers in the SEN team and other external providers.
We are looking for a leader who is articulate with strong communication skills, has a sound understanding of budget and school finance and strengths in inspiring, motivating and performance management of staff at all levels.
You will provide professional vision and leadership for the school, ensuring high quality education for all our pupils and demonstrating a passion for continual improvement and achievement.
You will lead by example, holding and articulating clear values along with moral purpose, integrity, drive and determination. You will have the ability to inspire the confidence of students, parents and colleagues through enthusiasm and commitment to the role.
What the school offers its staff
ABOUT BARNCROFT
The school motto is “Hand in Hand to Success” and everyone at Barn Croft believes that only by working together will we secure the best possible future for our children.
Everything we do is centred in our values of COURAGE, LOVE, EXCELLENCE – the courage to stand up for what we believe and to challenge ourselves even when we find things hard or difficult; that love is being compassionate and nurturing towards each other and caring for everyone and the world around us; that through an attitude of striving for excellence in all we do we can reach for the stars and achieve our dreams!
Barn Croft Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Please note that you will only be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to donna.carby@walthamforest.gov.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Barn Croft Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 205 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Barn Croft Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- donna.carby@walthamforest.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 07966915257
One form entry primary school with Nursery
Arranging a visit to Barn Croft Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email donna.carby@walthamforest.gov.uk.
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