Headteacher
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Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
4 March 2020 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 February 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 15 to Lead Practitioners range 21, £57,986 to £66,517
Headteacher job summary
SAFEGUARDING
To ensure that the school is a place where the safeguarding and welfare of children is of prime importance, and that the school works effectively to comply with all statutory requirements, guidance, procedures and agencies.
LEADERSHIP
Working as a part of the Governing Body, to clearly articulate the school’s vision and ethos to all stakeholders and to lead its implementation operationally.
To formulate and implement a clear school improvement plan and provide evidence to the Governing Body of its implementation.
To implement the school’s policies and provide evidence of such to the Governing Body.
To ensure that the school upholds its Christian ethos and promotes its relationship with the Church.
To communicate effectively and clearly, and to inspire and lead the whole school community.
To model self-care and respect for one’s own welfare. To balance the competing demands of professional and private life and to undertake professional development that supports and improves capacity to lead the school.
TEACHING AND LEARNING
To develop innovative and effective approaches to teaching and learning.
To ensure that the curriculum remains broad, and is developed both within and beyond the school day, creating a rich set of opportunities for every child.
To ensure that there is a consistent focus on pupils’ progress, and to effectively use data and benchmarking to monitor and improve the quality of teaching and learning.
To ensure that the school effectively manages teaching and learning with respect to the role of technology in the lives of children and the wider community.
COLLABORATION
To build a collaborative learning culture in the school and to create an environment of active engagement with parents, governors, the LA, the Church, other schools in the Warriner Partnership, and the local community.
To work with all stakeholders to implement the school’s vision.
To spend time with staff and pupils, and to be highly visible in and around the school.
MANAGEMENT
To recruit and deploy staff appropriately, so as to best deliver the school’s vision.
To manage all teaching and non-teaching staff, including implementation of effective Performance Management procedures carried out according to the school’s Pay and Appraisal policies.
To ensure that all new staff are appropriately inducted and that there are sufficient opportunities for professional development.
Using strategic financial planning, budgetary management and principles of best-value, to manage financial resources effectively to deliver the school’s priorities.
To manage and organise the school environment to ensure that it meets the needs of the curriculum, safeguarding and Health and Safety and is also a safe and inspiring space that reflects the school’s vision.
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Applicants should also refer to the range of duties and responsibilities for headteachers set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
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.
About Bloxham Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 396 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- bursar.3064@bloxham-pri.oxon.sch.uk
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