Headteacher
Market Drayton Junior School, MARKET DRAYTON, Shropshire, TF9 3HU9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 February 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L18 - L22
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is a unique and exciting post that requires a substantial level of creativity, innovation, ambition and determination and will provide rich reward for anyone with the ambition of making a real difference to children’s education. It offers the right candidate a fantastic opportunity to lead a growing, exciting school and be a part of our Trust Executive Team.
Summary of Key Responsibilities:
Provide effective and overall strategic and operational leadership for the school. In particular, the role of the Headteacher is to:
- Establish aims and objectives for the school, within the context of the Trust, and ensure actions are implemented and monitored for their impact in partnership with the Chief Executive Officer and Local Governing Body (LGB).
- Devise, implement and evaluate polices and practice, including those determined by any statutory guidance, the Chief Executive Officer, the Local Governing Body and the Trust.
- Promote safeguarding across the school, and more widely, and secure the safety and well-being of pupils and staff, including by providing a safe, calm and orderly environment and complying with all relevant health and safety legislation.
- Ensure very high standards of teaching and learning, and a rich curriculum, so that all pupils achieve the highest possible standards.
- Lead, manage and develop school staff, including by appraising and managing performance.
- Promote harmonious working relationships within the school community and externally, including with the Trust.
- Lead by example and model best practice in relation to professional conduct, workload and personal development.
- Discharge effectively all relevant statutory and regulatory functions, including in relation to equalities, financial matters, safeguarding, welfare, pupil discipline, and health and safety.
- Lead other designated aspects of Trust work, as determined by the Chief Executive, and work productively with other headteachers, the Chief Executive, LGB and Trustees to further the aims of the Trust.
This is an excellent opportunity for a current school leader looking to combine a high degree of autonomy in running their own school, aligned to Trust policies and procedures, with the benefits of working closely with colleagues across a successful cluster of schools as part of a Trust which aims to develop innovative and dynamic approaches to learning and share expertise to develop the most effective learning strategies possible for all our children. It also offers the right candidate an additional professional opportunity as an executive on our Executive Leadership Team, where there are opportunities for Strategic Lead posts.
What the school offers its staff
Please visit our website for full details of our offer within the recruitment pack www.empowertrust.co.uk/vacancies.
You can also view details of our employee benefits herehttps://empowertrust.co.uk/careers/why-work-with-us/
Further details about the role
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 michelle.harrington@empowermat.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Market Drayton Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 362 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Market Drayton Junior School website
- Email address
- michelle.harrington@empowermat.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01743598200
Market Drayton Junior School is a thriving three form entry school whose core purpose is to equip every individual with skills for life and a passion for learning through the delivery of a dynamic, vibrant curriculum and inspirational, innovative teaching. The school aims to provide a happy and safe learning community in which all individuals are nurtured and
inspired to achieve their best.
Arranging a visit to Market Drayton Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email michelle.harrington@empowermat.co.uk.
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