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Headteacher

Bedale High School, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2EQ

This job expired on 27 February 2025

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  27 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L24 – 30 (£87,651 - £101,533)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Bedale High School is a delightful, thriving school with a strong sense of purpose and community, coupled with a dynamic curriculum provision and eager, enthusiastic pupils with a thirst for learning. This is an exciting opportunity for an established leader to take the school to the next level in its journey and strengthen our reputation whilst addressing the issues we have faced head-on.

About You:

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and principled Headteacher to further shape our thriving school in the next phase of its development. You will build on a values-driven culture and ambition that will see our children develop, grow, and contribute an active part in today’s society, with courage, commitment, and, most importantly of all, compassion.

To succeed, you must be a proven senior leader with excellent teaching skills and the ability to develop our dedicated team whilst maximising achievement and addressing inadequacies. An excellent communicator, you should have a thorough knowledge of curriculum and pedagogy and possess strong networking skills enabling you to maintain and develop future partnerships with local primary schools and the wider community. You will possess a student-centred approach, keeping the best interests of the students as the central guiding principal in any decisions made and actions undertaken. You will have demonstrable school improvement experience, with a high level of sensitivity coupled with the ability to establish systems and processes that enables accountability.

An excellent communicator with good time management skills, you will be a strategic thinker, with strong financial acumen and good people skills. An ambassador who leads by example and is not afraid to have difficult conversations. An accomplished communicator with a passion for education and ‘making a difference’, you will have a strong track record in employee relations and ideally, previous experience in developing middle leaders and teachers to become the very best versions of themselves. Successful candidate will require knowledge/experience/understanding of a rural school and the challenges faced.

What the school offers its staff

• A happy and friendly school, with delightful students who respect each other and have a thirst for learning.
• A culture which allows all staff to thrive and develop.
• An opportunity to see the huge potential that exists and the time to make Bedale High School a beacon of excellence in secondary education.
• Significant levels of support from the Local Authority, Governing Board and a staff team who are experienced, committed and passionate about our school.
• A Governing Body committed to providing support on all matters including more sensitive or difficult issues and including the wellbeing of all staff members.
• The school is part of a local alliance where the Headteachers meet regularly. This provides a support network for sharing ideas and best practice.

Further details about the role

Key dates

Visits

We strongly recommend that you visit us so we can share with you why we are so proud of our school, and you will have the opportunity to see what we have to offer. If you would like the opportunity to visit, please email Helen.

Application closing date:Friday 28th February

Shortlisting:W/C Monday 3rd March

Interviews:Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th March

When applying please take into account the following supporting documents:

Person Specification

Job Description

Application guidance, including policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders.

When applying please take into account the following:

Employment History

In line with KCSIE requirements, please complete your full employment history to ensure any gaps in your education and career history are accounted for.

Suitable References

When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this should be your current and most recent Headteacher or line manager. Please note if your former Headteacher or line manager has since left, please use an alternative current senior staff member as they need to be in post at your former location to be able to confirm your details in full. Unfortunately, we cannot accept personal references or personal email addresses.Please get in touch for any queries if you are unsure.

Supporting Information

The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the job description & person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.

Safeguarding

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain.

Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies and process applications on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire.

NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes.

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.

This job post has expired.

About Bedale High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 566 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bedale High School website
• Email address: helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk
• Phone number: 01609 532254
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bedale-high-school

Arranging a visit to Bedale High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk.

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