Headteacher
Chesterton Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1RW9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024 or January 2025
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 12:59am
Date listed
9 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £65,010.00 - £71,729.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership range L14-L18
Headteacher job summary
We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic and visionary leader to be our next Headteacher at Chesterton Primary School. This post would suit either an experienced Headteacher or an experienced senior leader ready to take their next step into headship.
At Chesterton Primary, our motto is 'Building aspiration, overcoming barriers and celebrating diversity in our community, learning and relationships.' These are the things we believe take place here and what we want to achieve for and within each member of our community. Our values are Respect, Persevere and Care.
The school provides education for 181 children aged from 3 to 11 years. The school has a committed staff team and it benefits from being part of the Active Learning Trust, a Trust who are keen to ensure that each of its schools retains its individuality and responds to the needs of its local community.
The Active Learning Trust is people focused and as one of our Headteachers, you will be supported by a dedicated central team, made up of both education professionals and business professionals.
We are looking for a Headteacher who will:
- Bring their passion for the delivery of excellent education
- Have an uncompromising commitment to ensuring that each child has a well-rounded education through a creative and challenging curriculum
- Be an inspiration
- Support and motivate our dynamic and forward-thinking staff by fostering respectful relationships
- Promote inclusion and remove all barriers to education and extracurricular activities
We will offer you:
- Belonging to a compassionate and inclusive Trust who values you and the role you play
- A voice that counts
- The chance to make a difference to the lives of our children
- Engaged and creative children to share your expertise with
- Motivated and talented staff team with high expectations for us all
- Commitment to ongoing opportunities for training, professional development and career progression
- Access to Teachers Pensions
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed. If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or would like to arrange a visit, please contact Tracy Laverack at Academicis, our recruitment partner on tlaverack@academicis.co.uk or by phone on 07554 118 997 / 01223 907979.
The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Chesterton Primary School and The Active Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.
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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This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About Chesterton Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 191 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Chesterton Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Chesterton Primary School is a one form entry school in the north of the city of Cambridge. Our school is built around the values of Care, Respect and Persevere. We have a strong community to make sure everyone is included and feels valued.
The staff, the Active Learning Trust and Governors are dedicated to the growth and development of the school. Our focus is to build aspirations, overcome barriers and celebrate diversity in our community, learning and relationships. After our most recent Ofsted visit in January 2020, we continue to be a “Good” school.
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