Headteacher
Cliffe Woods Primary School, Rochester, Kent, ME3 8UJ23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
13 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
18 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L16 to L21
Headteacher job summary
*Join our Team as Headteacher in this valued community school*
L16 to L21
Permanent - Full-time
As the new Headteacher of Cliffe Woods Primary School, you will have the opportunity to take this valued community school on its next exciting chapter.
Being the Headteacher at Cliffe Woods Primary School is both an honour and a rewarding challenge. Cliffe Woods Primary School is a vibrant two-form entry school, deeply embedded in its
local community. As Headteacher, your role will be to build on the outstanding foundation already established, working collaboratively with staff, students, parents, and the wider Trust to ensure every child thrives academically, socially, and emotionally.
Cliffe Woods Primary School prides itself on fostering a strong values-based education. These core values shape our ethos and daily interactions, promoting respect, resilience, and responsibility. A critical part of the role is ensuring these values permeate every aspect of school life, from the curriculum to extracurricular activities, creating a nurturing environment where children develop both character and academic skills.
The school’s commitment to community involvement is central to its identity. Partnering with local organisations and encouraging parental engagement ensures that the school remains a hub for the community, strengthening the bond between families and education. These partnerships enrich the children’s experiences and help them understand their role as active, responsible citizens.
As part of the Aletheia Academies Trust, you will benefit from a collaborative network of schools,
sharing best practices and resources to drive continuous improvement. Together, we aim to enhance the quality of education across the Trust, leveraging collective expertise to address challenges and celebrate successes.
Ultimately, leading Cliffe Woods Primary School means ensuring that the school continues to be a place where children love learning, staff feel valued, and the community takes pride.
Please download a vacancy pack below and apply via My New Term. Visits to the school are encouraged and will be available the week commencing 6th January 2025. Please contact us to arrange a visit.
Aletheia Academies Trust Recruitment Fair
When: Wednesday 15th January 2025, 17:30 to 19:30
Location: Saint George’s CofE School, Meadow Road, DA11 7LS
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Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers, governors and Trustees to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable. Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers, governors and Trustees will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updates in line with statutory guidance.
Commitment to safeguarding
Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable. Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers and governors will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.
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 Cliffe Woods Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 421 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Cliffe Woods Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Please refer to the Website www.cliffewoods.medway.sch.uk
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