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Headteacher

Oakley Primary Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 7RE

This job expired on 23 April 2023 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  23 April 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 March 2023

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: 100%
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership Band 7 or 8

What skills and experience we're looking for

The ideal candidate will have

• A track record of leading and developing with impact for our children and staff.
• Experience of converting vision into continuous school improvement.
• A passionate and uncompromising commitment to the further development of children and staff.
• People skills which enthuse and develop staff and communicate effectively with parents and the wider local community.
• Evidence of partnership working and wider impact.
• Integrity, warmth, and compassion – in all, a great role model for our children, staff, and the wider school community.

What the school offers its staff

The Opportunity

• To join motivated, friendly staff and children in a popular trust with a dynamic community presence.
• The support and guidance of an experienced Executive Principal; part of a core team of Executive Principals, plus the sharing of good practice with fellow Headteachers within the Trust.
• The expertise and support from the wider trust network of advisors and access to informal and formal professional development.
• Create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life.
• Ensure teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines or specialist domains.
• Establish effective curricular leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of relevant expertise with access to professional networks and communities.

Benefits of working for us include

• Free on-site parking
• Eyecare vouchers
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free tea and coffee making facilities
• Generous sick pay and annual leave

Further details about the role

We are looking for a leader who is dedicated, hardworking and passionate and can inspire and lead our school into the next phase of its development. Oakley Primary Academy provides a high quality of education for the children. We have a strong reputation in the local community, and we are committed to providing the best education for all the children in our school. You will be working with a very talented and hard-working team of staff who are all dedicated professionals – a key part of our ethos is collaboration, and we enjoy working together to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a school where we are passionate about sharing expertise, innovative practice and resources and have benefited greatly from being part of a multi-academy trust.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.

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About Oakley Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 286 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Oakley Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: jmorton@meridiantrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 01223 491656
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakley-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

Oakley Primary Academy is friendly village school with exciting times ahead as we begin our journey of being part of the newly formed Meridian Trust. We work closely with all the schools within the Trust, as well as other schools and pre-schools in the local area. This enables us to share expertise, good practice and learn and move forward together. The close links we have with the pre-schools enable us to really get to know the pupils and their families before they join the Early Years.
We are proud to be a ‘Values School’. The values we teach are modelled by our staff members and through our teaching of the curriculum. We are a supportive and hardworking team, where all stakeholders are valued and listened to.
At Oakley Primary Academy we deliver the National Curriculum through a creative curriculum so that learning is creative, fun, and meaningful. There is a clear progression of knowledge in each subject to enable children to grow in all areas and be successful, not only academically, but in daily life.
We work very closely with the families of our school and acknowledge the importance of close home/school links.
We look forward to welcoming you at Oakley Primary Academy.

Arranging a visit to Oakley Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jmorton@meridiantrust.co.uk.

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