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Headteacher

Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided), Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 3HF

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• Start date details

  1st September 2023

• Closing date

  2 May 2023 at 5pm

• Date listed

  23 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher, deputy or assistant headteacher
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - Full Time Headteacher, including 1.5 days (0.3) FTE PPA cover.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £55,360-£61,042
• Pay scale: L10-L14

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our new Headteacher will be someone with the skills, drive, and commitment to bring this vision to fruition. They will be someone who knows that all children have both the right and the ability to achieve the highest of standards, and they will not accept low expectations for anyone.

Our new Headteacher will have engaged in current educational discourse, including leadership and management, curriculum and pedagogy, and will be able to speak with clarity about what makes excellent practice in these areas. They will be, in every sense, the Headteacher, as they lead their team to deliver exceptional outcomes through the collective understanding of key principles which underpin the highest quality of education. They will be network- minded and able to contribute significantly to the Trust’s strategic development.

What the school offers its staff

We are committed to providing systems of high-quality support and challenge to ensure that our school leaders develop, and that our schools continually improve. You will join a team that supports all our leaders to have direct links with each other and our Education Team.

With a strong emphasis on CPD, we continue to develop our subject communities and phase-based forums so that all schools have access to centrally-run training and to effective partnerships.

You will be part of a Trust that provides leadership and support to schools through our core leadership and central services teams, which includes an experienced and supportive CEO, an Education Team, Inclusion & Safeguarding Team, Finance, HR, Operations, Governance, Building and Property Services. The successful candidate will benefit from this significant support, coupled with a comprehensive induction and CPD programme. The Trust has an Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling and well-being support, and a rewards scheme including retail discounts, Cycle to Work scheme and gym membership.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust and school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; therefore, all shortlisted applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people, in accordance with the DfEs "Keeping Children Safe in Education". An enhanced DBS will be required for this role. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

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About Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided)

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 115 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided) website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: parry.k@bitterley.shropshire.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01584 890228
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bitterley-cofe-primary-school-aided-ludlow (opens in new tab)

Bitterley CE Primary School sits at the heart of its community, in the beautiful area of South Shropshire. It is the school with which the parents and carers entrust their most precious children, and we do not take that responsibility lightly. Our children need to appreciate their locality, but also to be courageous and embrace the wider world, and they need to flourish accordingly. The school’s ethos is central to the day-to-day life of its children and staff, and requires a leader who, themselves, are courageous, strong and has love of life and learning at their core.

Arranging a visit to Bitterley CofE Primary School (Aided)

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email parry.k@bitterley.shropshire.sch.uk.

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