Headteacher
Layfield Primary School, Yarm, North Yorkshire, TS15 9TF13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 April 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: 1FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £70,293 to £80,634
Pay scale
- L15 to L21a
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Successful experience as a Headteacher, Head of School or Deputy Headteacher.
- Experience of developing a highly exciting and innovative curriculum, which is personalised to the needs of the whole pupil.
- Demonstrable success in raising standards and setting challenging targets at Trust and/or school level.
- Experience of supporting the management of significant organisational development and change.
- Experience of presenting high quality, strategic information to Governors, and supporting their role.
- Experience and evidence of managing, developing, inspiring and motivating staff.
- The ability to set appropriate targets for the improvement of school performance and how to establish, monitor and evaluate an action plan in relation to those targets.
- Up to date knowledge of relevant safeguarding legislation and procedures and the ability to promote a culture of safeguarding across the school community.
- Hold a relevant teaching qualification and QTS, ideally with NPQH.
What the school offers its staff
- A positive and caring ethos and working atmosphere
- Friendly children, eager to learn and achieve
- An aspirational curriculum for all students
- A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team
- Excellent support from the Governing Body, the staff and parents/carers
- Opportunities for career development
Further details about the role
We are seeking to appoint a Headteacher who will be passionate and enthusiastic about the growth and success of Layfield Primary School. At Layfield Primary School, we believe that the foundation of a successful school lies in a strong, motivated, and caring staff team. Therefore, we take great care in selecting individuals who are not only skilled and knowledgeable but also enthusiastic about making a real difference in the lives of young people. If you share our commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment, we would be delighted to receive your application.
We are proud of our warm and welcoming atmosphere, where both staff and pupils feel valued and supported. Our school values are at the heart of everything we do and are reflected in our rules –
Be Ready, Be Safe and Be Respectful. We promote fundamental British Values through the ethos of our school and the curriculum. We also actively promote children rights through the Rights Respecting Schools Award. We look for staff members who embody these values and who can work collaboratively as part of a team to help our children thrive.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@sparkeducation.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Layfield Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 205 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Layfield Primary School website
- Email address
- vacancies@sparkeducation.org.uk
Thank you for your interest in joining the team at Layfield Primary School. We are a dedicated and passionate community, committed to providing the best possible learning environment for our children. Our aim is to nurture every child so they can reach their full potential, both academically and personally.
At Layfield Primary School, we believe that the foundation of a successful school lies in a strong, motivated, and caring staff team. Therefore, we take great care in selecting individuals who are not only skilled and knowledgeable but also enthusiastic about making a real difference in the lives of young people. If you share our commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment, we would be delighted to receive your application.
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