Job details

Job role: View all Headteacher, deputy or assistant headteacherjobs
Key stage: Key stage 2
Working pattern: View all Full timejobs - 32.43 hours, Monday - Friday
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: Leadership Group 3 (L16 – L22); £64,225 to £74,283 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will:

Demonstrate drive and energy to inspire our school in a warm and caring manner
Have experience of leading and motivating a team and of championing excellence in education
Be passionate about ensuring children have a rich, vibrant and positive education which offerssuccess and opportunity
Demonstrate dedication to promoting welfare, learning and emotional well-being of pupils andstaff
Be excited about the school’s place within the collaborative CLP family

What the school offers its staff

In return, we can offer you:

A positive and supportive school community
A close professional network of Headteacher colleagues
Empathetic and professional support from senior MAT leaders
A wide-ranging support package from a highly competent central team

You will be part of a very supportive team, both within the school and more widely within the Partnership.

You will be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally and can expect to derive a great dealof job satisfaction from a demanding but privileged role.

Further details about the role

We are looking to appoint a Headteacher to inspire the school community to build onits successes and further establish itself as a proactive member of the Partnership. We wish to appoint a Headteacher to take Oakdale Junior confidently and positively into its future; someone who will enable the school to be the very best it can be as well as contribute to the success of the wider CLP family.

This vacancy has arisen due to the retirement of the previous Headteacher. It is an exciting opportunity tobuild on a secure legacy and lead the school towards excellence in the next phase of its development. The school’s strong values permeate its community, curriculum and pastoral identity and we are looking for someone who will embrace and strengthen that further.

Commitment to safeguarding

Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children andyoung people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of theperson specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and EnhancedDBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. We will conduct online searches of shortlistedcandidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whetheran individual is suitable to work with children.