Headteacher

Hillside Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 4HQ

31 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  21 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £74,926.00 - £86,783.00 Annually (Actual)

Headteacher job summary

Hillside is a popular two form entry primary school with Nursery, where our school values are at the heart of our bespoke curriculum. We are proud of our diverse community and are ambitious for our children to achieve their full potential.

We seek to appoint:

• An inspirational, highly motivated leader, with a successful record of leadership in a primary setting.
• A leader who will be empathetic, dynamic, courageous, resilient and resourceful in continuing to develop the school and its staff.
• Evolution rather than revolution. A demonstrable commitment to the highest level of pastoral care will be expected.
• A qualified teacher with, or working towards NPQH

Our children come from a diverse range of backgrounds across a wide catchment and we pride ourselves on being inclusive to all. Our Values sit at the heart of everything we do and are reflected through our curriculum, as well as the behaviour and aspirations of our pupils

Hillside staff are highly dedicated and motivated and, as noted in our recent Ofsted inspection, “committed to helping our pupils achieve their best”.

We have an active Governing Body who encourage this vision whilst ensuring Hillside is a happy, safe place to learn and work. Staff well-being and support is high on our agenda.

Hillside currently holds Academy Orders to join the Orchard Learning Alliance (OLA), further enhancing this support, enabling us to share resources whilst focusing on continuing excellence in teaching and learning.

Please feel free to visit the school on one of the following mornings Tuesday 7th, Monday 13th or Wednesday 15th January 2025, where you will be warmly welcomed and shown round by a member of staff or a school governor. To arrange a visit please contact Jo Morsman at: finance@hillside.wokingham.sch.uk

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

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About Hillside Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 457 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Hillside Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hillside-primary-school-reading (opens in new tab)

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