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Headteacher from September 2020

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7SX

This job expired on 20 January 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  20 January 2020 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 December 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Lead Practitioners range 18 to Lead Practitioners range 24, £62,426 to £72,306
• Additional allowances:

  • Dedicated Headteacher time and induction to mentor and support when necessary

  • Supportive and experienced governors who are committed to school improvement

  • An opportunity to lead a happy school with a family atmosphere in the beautiful and challenging city of Oxford

  • Enthusiastic, positive and well-behaved children

  • Dedicated staff who are willing to face new challenges

  • A well-resourced school with generous grounds and facilities, where children’s interest in nature is shared and encouraged through Forest School, where music and singing fills the hall and corridors thanks to the wonderful work of our talented Music Teachers, Orchestra and Choir and where Design and Technology finds its own place in the curriculum to satisfy the curiosity of our budding engineers, scientists and children who just like doing things with their hands.

Headteacher from September 2020 job summary

Our school has a strong Catholic ethos with a vibrant, wide and ambitious curriculum and vision for our children. We are proud to try to live out to the full our school motto “Let us protect with love all that God has given us” (Pope Francis 2103).

The Governing Body wishes to appoint an outstanding practising Catholic to provide inspirational leadership to continue to promote the many successes of our school. (OFSTED grade: ‘Good’ with outstanding features – July 2019; RE Section 48 Inspection ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ Catholic Life – July 2019).

We are looking for a person who:

• Has a strong Catholic faith with a clear understanding of education and leadership in a Catholic school and in the wider community

• Has a proven track record as an outstanding practitioner

• Will inspire, challenge, motivate and care for staff at all levels

• Will enable each child to reach their full potential

• Will have a rigorous approach in identifying pupil achievement gaps and an innovative approach to addressing these

• Will nurture a strong caring ethos and community spirit in the school

• Has the ability and ambition to manage change and raise standards

• Will maintain, promote and develop the school’s partnership with parents, our three parishes (Greyfriars, St. Anthony of Padua and Corpus Christi) and the wider community

• Will continue to build strong links with other local Catholic and non-Catholic schools

• Has the vision to promote transitions leading to the inclusion of St. Joseph’s in the Oxfordshire Catholic Multi-Academy Company

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect everyone to share this commitment. This post requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed. Keeping our pupils safe is our first priority. We follow safer recruitment practices as per KCSIE and will rigorously take up and check references and carry out an internet check as per guidance

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About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Oxford website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: admin.3838@st-josephs-pri.oxon.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school-oxford (opens in new tab)

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