Head Teacher
Westdale Junior School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG3 6ETThis job expired on 28 September 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 September 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £59,581 - £69,031
Pay scale
- Leadership 15 - 21
Head Teacher job summary
Appointment details
Company: Nova Education Trust
Job title: Head of School, Westdale Junior School
Job reference: SBEUA
Closing date: 28 September 2022
Nova Education Trust is driven by a simple and unwavering
mission: to create transformational schools. Nova is dedicated to empowering
pupils in its 15 academies to become aspirational learners and grow into
confident and resilient young people who are values-driven and conscientious.
The Trust is now seeking an exceptional educational leader to take up post as Head of Westdale Junior School. Located in Mapperley, Nottingham, Westdale is a vibrant and friendly school where children love to learn. Pupils in Years 3 – 6 enjoy a warm and inclusive environment where they are happy, well-motivated, and challenged to achieve high standards through a fun and enriched curriculum. It is a calm, stable, caring community where all children are encouraged to develop a lifelong interest in learning and know that both they and their work are valued.
This is a school on an exciting journey with tremendous potential. Westdale is currently rated Good by Ofsted, with 72% of pupils meeting expected standards in reading, writing, and maths (well above the national and local authority average). The school is looking for the right Headteacher to build on already strong foundations, with the aim of becoming one of Nottingham’s top-performing primary schools.
As Head of Westdale Junior School, you will have the full support of Nova Education Trust. Nova is dedicated not only to achieving exceptional outcomes for its pupils, but also to being an outstanding employer. You will have access to sector-leading CPD and benefits in an environment committed to cultivating best practice, collaboration, and shared learning.
If this sounds like the right next step on your leadership journey, we would love to hear from you.
Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to Nova Education Trust on this appointment.For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference SBEUA.Alternatively telephone +44 (0)20 7227 0880 (during office hours).Applications should be received by noon on 28 September 2022.
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 Westdale Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 228 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Westdale Junior School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- Ali.Waterhouse@saxbam.com
- Phone number
- 020 7227 0880
Westdale Junior School is a vibrant and friendly school where children love to learn. Located in Mapperley, Nottingham, Westdale provides a warm and inclusive learning environment for pupils in Years 3 – 6 and has been part of Nova Education Trust since 2017. Westdale strives to be a caring school where all children are happy, well-motivated, and challenged to achieve high standards through a fun and enriched curriculum. It is a school community where all members have equal access to learning opportunity and enjoy growing and learning together.
School Vision
Westdale Junior School works in partnership with all members of its community to be a safe, happy, and inclusive environment. It aims:
• To provide a calm, stable, caring community where all children are encouraged to develop a lifelong interest in learning and know that both they and their work are valued
• To encourage mutual respect and understanding between individuals and groups, and co-operative attitudes, which help to develop children’s self-esteem
• To promote relationships between pupils, teachers, parents and governors which are of a high quality.
• To provide equal opportunities for all pupils in all areas of the curriculum in order that they may develop their full academic, creative and physical potential
• To provide a curriculum that is challenging, creative, differentiated, broad, balanced and individualised
• To ensure that all pupils learn, to the best of their ability, the skills, knowledge and attitudes that will enable them to grow into responsible, well-motivated and tolerant members of society, able to cope successfully and happily with the situations that they will meet in order to take full advantage of the opportunities that the future has to offer for them
Arranging a visit to Westdale Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Ali.Waterhouse@saxbam.com.
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