Headteacher
Beckley Church of England Primary School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UT17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
27 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £58,959.00 - £68,400.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale L10 to L16 (includes 1 day per week teaching)
Headteacher job summary
The Governors of Beckley Church of England Primary School are seeking an experienced, talented and inspirational leader to become headteacher of our school in January 2025. We have a considerable strategic programme underway and we are looking for someone who can provide continuity and accountability to lead and embed development plans in 2025 and beyond. We want a leader who will share our passions, inspire learning and help deliver our vision for the future.
Beckley has a wonderful rural feel, whilst being only five miles from Oxford and everything it has to offer. The community in Beckley is close-knit, with the School and Church at its heart. Our pupils enjoy learning and make good progress. For the right candidate, this post offers an exceptional opportunity to use their knowledge, experience and creativity to empower our team and lead our school to new success. We are very happy to consider ambitious candidates who would value this role as a first step into headship.
Recently graded as good by Ofsted, we are committed to achieving even higher standards and providing the best opportunities for the children in our care. The ideal candidate will continue to build on our school’s strengths and help provide a rich and challenging curriculum that inspires pupils to strive for excellence in all that we do.
Potential candidates are encouraged to visit the school and can make an appointment with the school office on 01865 351416. If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Fiona Henderson, Director of Primary Education, about the role, prior to application, please email: fhenderson@riverlearningtrust.org or telephone Fiona on 07811 844445.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory checks and references.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development re opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
The River Learning Trust and Beckley C of E Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
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 Beckley Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 91 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School location
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