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Headteacher

Sandy Lane Primary School, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 2JG

This job expired on 10 February 2025 – see similar jobs

Start date details
Easter term or Autumn Term
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Headteacher
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Full time: Full time, Monday to Friday, 32.5 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: L19 to L23

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Headteacher is responsible for managing the daily operation of the school, the supervision of all

children and staff, and the school premises. They provide the day-to-day direction and leadership that represents a consistent and effective model of integrity, excellence, collaboration, and accountability. The Headteacher will work collaboratively with the Assistant Director of Primary Education.

The successful candidate will:

demonstrate a passion for education and a desire to improve the life chances of all children;
build a culture of continuous learning and development throughout the school community;
adapt rapidly to the challenge of building on the existing strengths of the school to achieve all round excellence in teaching and learning;
assess their approach and style and challenge themselves to think differently about how to best align their leadership to the needs of the school;
maintain and develop the school's ethos of diversity, inclusivity, and equality of opportunity;
have successful experience in senior leadership as an Assistant Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher or Headteacher.

What the school offers its staff

Professional development and career progression
Generous pension scheme
Blue Light Card
Eligibility for Teacher Art Pass (teaching staff only)
An Employee Assistance Programme
Gym Discounts
Free eye tests
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme
Being part of a great team and expanding organisation

Further details about the role

We are looking for a Headteacher at Sandy Lane Primary School,

a large primary school based in Bracknell, Berkshire and is a popular two form entry school with a Specially Resourced Provision (SRP) for children with autism.

We have a passionate, talented and committed team of professionals ready to be led by a Headteacher with a vision for ambitious and inclusive education. Our Headteacher will be a leader of teaching and learning who will guide colleagues in continual school improvement and delivery of a curriculum with aspirational impact and outcomes.

Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive, non-selective and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs with remote / hybrid working opportunities where appropriate. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.

To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our jobs portal.

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Sandy Lane HT Recruitment Pack 2025.docx.pdf - 640 KB (opens in new tab)

GLT Recruitment Brochure - Why you should work for GLT.pdf - 4.31 MB (opens in new tab)

About Sandy Lane Primary School

School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase: Primary
School size: 450 pupils enrolled
Age range: 3 to 11
Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School website: Sandy Lane Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Email address: sbm@sandylanebracknell.com
See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sandy-lane-primary-school-rg12-2jg (opens in new tab)

Sandy Lane Primary School is a large primary school based in Bracknell, Berkshire and is a popular two form entry school. We are a proud member of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools that collaborate to provide mutual support, share good practice, and learn from each other while retaining and developing their own distinctive character. Greenshaw Learning Trust has at its heart effective collaboration and the sharing of the very best practice not only throughout the organisation, but across and with other like-minded educational organisations, further improving the life chances of as many young people as possible.

We are ambitious about diversity and inclusion and very much look forward to receiving applications from candidates whose personal qualities and values reflect those in the person specification and whose experiences also place them in a strong position to deliver the challenges set out in the job description. We encourage applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, religion, belief, or race.