Headteacher
Ingleton Primary School, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 3DYThis job expired on 6 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
6 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 September 2024
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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L13 to L19 (£63,430 - £73,509 pay award pending)
What skills and experience we're looking for
'Tall Oaks from little acorns grow.’ Come and lead our wonderful school and help us broaden our children’s experiences!
Ingleton Primary School is a small primary school, situated in Ingleton village. We have strong and long-standing contacts with the local community and benefit from support from the local authority. The school has a welcoming and passionate atmosphere and is very much at the heart of the community, where staff have worked hard to gain the support and trust of families over many years.
We are highly successful and have always been judged “good” by Ofsted. The quality of our teaching is consistently good and carefully monitored.
Our Opportunity:
This is an excellent opportunity for an inspiring leader to lead, shape and further develop our wonderful school. You will be working alongside a committed team of staff, and a governing body who are ambitious to develop on the success already achieved. The new Headteacher will bring new ideas for the future. You will have a have a strong desire to create a happy, successful, and safe environment for all staff and pupils through confident, strategic leadership; possess a strong moral compass; lead by example as an outstanding classroom practitioner; and demonstrate excellent communication and collaboration skills.
About You:
You will be an ambitious, strategic and collaborative Headteacher or aspiring Headteacher with a passion for creating educated citizens for this community. You will provide a curriculum that celebrates where the children live and acknowledges the need to broaden children’s experiences and understanding of other communities, both regionally and nationally.
The Headship of a village school is unique: you have the benefit of getting to know a tight-knit and caring community and can build relationships with each child. Yet the role is diverse and requires a balanced skill set. You will have strong financial capabilities, with a collaborative and proactive approach to pupil, parent and community relationships. You will successfully create and foster a strong and accountable culture to leadership and learning and find new and innovative ways to build on the existing success of the school.
What the school offers its staff
- A happy and friendly school, with delightful children who respect each other and have a thirst for learning.
- A culture which allows all staff to thrive and develop.
- An opportunity to see the huge potential that exists in making Ingleton Primary School a pinnacle of excellence in primary education.
- Significant levels of support from the Local Authority, Governing Board and a staff team who are experienced, committed and passionate about our school.
- A Governing Body committed to providing support on all matters including more sensitive or difficult issues and including the wellbeing of all staff members.
- Support from other schools in our cluster where the Headteachers meet regularly. This provides a support network for sharing ideas and best practice.
Further details about the role
Visits
We strongly recommend that you visit us so we can share with you why we are so proud of our school, and you will have the opportunity to see what we have to offer. If you would like the opportunity to please call or email Helen.
Key dates- 17/9 morning, 19/9 afternoon, 23/9 afternoon, 25/9 morning, 30/9 afternoon, 4/10 morning
Application closing date: Sunday 6th October, 23:59
Shortlisting: Wednesday 9th October
Interviews: Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd October
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Commitment to safeguarding
Ingleton Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance and references.
About Ingleton Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 184 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ingleton Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01609 532 254
At Ingleton Primary School we strive to enjoy our learning and make it as much fun and as meaningful and relevant as possible. We offer children an excellent education in a safe, calm, creative, inclusive and stimulating environment. Every child is valued as an individual; we aim to nurture well rounded, respectful and resilient children who will develop skills for life-long learning. As we lead our children on their journey preparing them for adult life in modern Britain, we encourage them to be creative, unique, open-minded, tolerant and independent individuals, respectful of themselves and of others in our school, our local community and the wider world.
Arranging a visit to Ingleton Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk.
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