Headteacher
Durweston Church of England Primary School, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0QA32 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
22 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £62,509.00 - £72,518.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale 10 - 16
Headteacher job summary
Are you looking for your next big adventure? Ready for a new leadership opportunity? Something a little different? Durweston could be the place for you!
Are you determined, innovative and passionate about learning?
Do you have the skills and attributes to lead a team, determined to offer the very best education? Can you commit to our on-going journey of improvement to secure excellent outcomes for our young people?
As a Trust, we genuinely value each of our leaders for the gifts they bring to our schools. We provide strong academy improvement support, collaborative professional learning opportunities, and a range of other support services to ensure you can focus on the things that make the biggest difference for our children.
Our wonderful Headteacher, Nicola Brooke, has made the decision to retire. As a result, we are now looking for another great leader to take things forward from here. We are looking for someone who:
- Will truly value everything that is unique and special about our school, within our great family of schools
- 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:
- Young people who want to thrive
- A team of staff who will value the inspiration you can bring
- 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 strong and supportive parent body
- A positive, caring school ethos firmly rooted in our Christian values (SIAMS inspection 2022)
- A Trust that offers many opportunities for working together and for collaboration - see the Trust website for further information www.dsat.org.uk
Please enjoy reading the attachments from our children, Chair and Chief Executive, and a colleague Headteacher in the Trust.
If you are interested in this position and would like to have a more detailed conversation with our CEO or Deputy CEO, please contact Nicki Summerill as below. We encourage you to visit the school - again, please contact Nicki 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 Durweston Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 132 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
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