Headteacher
Kingshill Church School, Nailsea, Somerset, BS48 2NPThis job expired on 5 January 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Summer Term 2023
Closing date
5 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
2 December 2022
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £53,973.00 - £62,561.00
Pay scale
- L9 - L15
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Is an exemplary role model with excellent communication skills, who can inspire, challenge, support and nurture pupils and staff alike, while maintaining and strengthening links with parents, our partner Church and the wider community.
- Is passionate about excellence in teaching and learning, and about enabling every child to flourish and grow to their full potential in all areas.
- Can demonstrate the ability to achieve sustainable improvement and will consolidate and build on the progress already made within the school, working with the school staff to lead Kinsghill forward.
- Has high expectations of pupils, colleagues and themselves.
- Is able to empower and motivate children, staff and parents, being a visible presence in and around the school.
What the school offers its staff
- A strong school community with a distinctively Christian ethos, having a clear focus on children as individuals, united as an inclusive family.
- An extensive Leadership Induction programme, led by Central team experts.
- A mentor programme, allowing you to be mentored by an experienced Headteacher within the Trust.
- Friendly, happy and enthusiastic pupils who enjoy coming to school, behave well and are eager to learn, and who take pride in their school, their classmates and their teachers.
- Excellent relationships between pupils and staff and between staff and governors, based on high levels of mutual respect, care and responsibility.
- An engaged and supportive Local Governing Committee.
- A commitment to continued professional development for staff at all levels.
- The support of the Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust, with exciting opportunities for a high level of collaboration and CPD within the North Somerset hub. Schools work together within their hubs for locally identified and driven school improvement and professional development.
- Benefits of working for the Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust include a generous pension scheme, enhanced sickness and parental benefits, a staff benefit platform with a large range of benefits and a supportive working environment.
Further details about the role
- The governors, pupils and staff of Kingshill Church School are looking to appoint an ambitious and confident Headteacher who will inspire, challenge, support and nurture pupils at Kingshill. Kingshill is lucky to be part of a family of schools within Bath and Wells Multi Academy Trust and the successful candidate will need to build relationships across the Trust, to truly feel the benefits of being part of a larger Trust family. Kingshill is welcoming and friendly, with a strong community focus.
- This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and inclusive individual who can develop positive relationships with the whole school community. We are a school on a rapid school improvement journey with the driving force of ensuring our school provides an outstanding education for every child, enhanced by a distinctively Christian ethos.
- We are seeking to appoint an individual who will lead, and further develop our dedicated and committed staff, all of whom are keen to provide the best education for our children. Applicants should be prepared to lead the development of a broad and balanced curriculum, which can take the school to the next level.
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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About Kingshill Church School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 149 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Kingshill Church School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jade.knapman@bwmat.org
Arranging a visit to Kingshill Church School
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