Headteacher

Chipping Norton School, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5DY

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2025

• Closing date

  7 February 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  7 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £101,533.00 - £111,601.00 Annually (FTE) L30 to L36

Headteacher job summary

We are looking for an exceptional leader to take Chipping Norton School forward on the next chapter of its development and build on the success of the current Headteacher.

The successful candidate will be a strong collaborative leader, communicator and educationalist with a track record of leading the delivery of a high quality education provision. With a passion and commitment to education and achievement, you will share the ethos and values of the River Learning Trust.

Whilst very proud of the school, we are not complacent, and know that there is much which can be achieved in an ever-changing education landscape. As an RLT headteacher, you will not be alone. You will have the support of a high quality and committed leadership team, staff group and Trust, including membership of a thriving and supportive network of HT colleagues drawn from our range of diverse secondary and primary schools.

Please see the attached Headteacher Recruitment Information Pack for further details about our school and trust.

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 continuous professional learning and development 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.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation about the role with Paul James, Chief Executive, please email Clare Carpen, Executive Assistant ccarpen@riverlearningtrust.org to make an appointment. To arrange a tour of the school, prior to application, please email Bev Martin, HR Manager bmartin@chippingnortonschool.org

The River Learning Trust and Chipping Norton 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.

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About Chipping Norton School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1002 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Chipping Norton School website (opens in new tab)
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