Headteacher
Beechcroft St Pauls CofE Primary School, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0LQ3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st January 2025
Closing date
20 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
27 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £63,430.00 - £73,509.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale L13 - 19
Headteacher job summary
This is a wonderful opportunity to make your mark as a leader and make a real difference to the lives of our wonderful children.
Beechcroft St Paul's is a school making significant progress on its journey of improvement and is making a difference to the lives of the children every day. We have a committed team of staff who are looking forward to embracing their new leader and giving their full support as things move forward.
You will find attached to this advert information from the Trust and governors, as well as the children and our website will help you to learn more about the school.
To be successful in this role you will need to be determined, innovative, passionate about curriculum design and leading learning, in order to secure the very best opportunities for all children, especially the most disadvantaged. You will need a proven track record of senior leadership, a strong approach to supporting those with SEND, and the ability to demonstrate the impact you have made.
As a Trust, we genuinely value each of our leaders for the gifts they bring to our schools. We provide guidance for developing a flourishing church school, strong academy improvement support, collaborative professional learning opportunities for you and your colleagues, and a range of other support services to ensure you can focus on the things that make the biggest difference for our children. Do look at the Trust's website and book a conversation with our CEO/Deputy CEO who would love to talk to you further. Please also read the case study from one of our Headteachers about his experience of working in the Trust.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a dynamic vision for the education of all children in a church school context
- Will value the opportunity to enable everyone to flourish within our Christian values
- Has a proven track record of excellent teaching and learning
- Has a wide, current knowledge and understanding of education and curriculum development
- Is an innovator who can lead by example
- Has a desire and commitment to raising standards for every child
- Has excellent interpersonal skills and who wishes to build positive working relationships within our school and community
- Is creative and can embrace change
- Has energy, enthusiasm and passion
- Is able to show reflectiveness and persistence when dealing with complexity
- Places safeguarding at the heart of the school
- Genuinely wants to be part of our future
We can offer:
- A school with so much potential and so many willing children and adults
- A church school with strong values and ambition for flourishing
- Young people who are ambitious to do their very best
- A team of staff who will value the inspiration you can bring and inspire you at the same time
- A collaborative desire to be the very best we can be
- Opportunities for professional learning
- A governing body that works hard for the school, providing support and appropriate challenge
- A parent body who will value your clear and decisive leadership
- A Trust that offers many opportunities for working together and for collaboration, where you are never alone - see the Trust website for further information.
If you are interested in this position and would like to have a more detailed conversation with our Chief Executive or Deputy Chief Executive, please contact Nicki Summerill who will be in touch from 2nd September. You are very welcome to visit Beechcroft St Paul’s CE Primary School in the new academic year for a tour with the Chair of Governors - please contact Nicki on 01722 548519 or email nsummerill@dsat.org.uk to arrange this.
All applicants will be notified of shortlisting decisions by email. References for shortlisted candidates will normally be requested before interviews.
The Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
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.
CVs are not accepted.
About Beechcroft St Pauls CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 207 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
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