Headteacher

Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1JB

16 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
21 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Headteacher
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: L15-L20

Headteacher job summary

Key Purpose of the Role

The Headteacher is responsible for ensuring that all aspects of the school are highly effective in keeping children safe, ensuring all children achieve high levels of attainment, developing staff, being an anchor in the community and ensuring the school flourishes.

The Headteacher will be responsible for creating a culture of continuous improvement and be an inspirational leader. They will work in partnership with the headteachers/principals across the Trust, to ensure effective development of leadership.

The role will require travel to Trust educational settings and offices.

Your Responsibilities:

You will:

Have a strong sense of moral purpose and clear values that drive your leadership.

Be relentlessly optimistic and develop positive relationships with children, colleagues, parents and the local community

Lead others with honesty, integrity, humility and resilience and be ready to accept the skills and expertise of others around you.

Invest in your own continuous professional development and ensure you maintain up to date knowledge of the education landscape locally, nationally and globally.

Develop and drive the school’s vision, aligned to your context and the Trust’s vision and values to ensure the school is a model of excellence where all can excel

Embrace partnership working and contribute positively to the wider Trust leadership

Positively adopt and embed Trust wide processes and provide feedback and evaluation when needed

Prioritise keeping children safe so they can flourish in your care and ensure a strong safeguarding culture is maintained across the school and community

Ensure excellent outcomes for all children

Ensure attendance is at least in line with national averages and work effectively with families and the Trust lead to support a strong attendance culture

Ensure that behaviour is excellent and clear systems are in place to support children who need extra help

Ensure the school community, staff and pupils are inclusive, enabling children with SEND and those who are disadvantaged to thrive

Make your school a happy place to be so staff and children love coming to school and communities embrace all the school has to offer.

The duties and responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and will be reviewed annually to reflect plans, growth, and the development of the Trust. The post holder is expected to accept any reasonable alterations that may from time to time be necessary.

Person Specification:

Qualifications	Essential Qualified Teacher Status Good honours degree or equivalent Desirable NPQH/NPQEL qualification Evidence of further professional study e.g MA, Coaching Level 3 safeguarding trained
Professional knowledge and experience	Essential Substantial and relevant senior leadership experience in a good or improving primary setting. Successful class teacher with evidence of strong pupil outcomes. Proven track record of relevant recent professional development/research that prepares the applicant for this post. Proven track record of implementing and sustaining school improvement strategies that have a positive impact on outcomes. Experience of delivering and evaluating effective quality assurance processes. Strong operational knowledge of statutory requirements and legislation for schools. Desirable Experience of working in a multi school organisation.
Key skills	Essential Ability to inspire, empower and motivate with a track record of providing strong leadership to all staff. Track record of leading by example to promote the school’s vision and values for the pupils, staff, Governors and parents of the school. Proven ability to build strong relationships that extend beyond the school and into the wider community. Ability to build cohesive and high functioning teams
Personal Qualities	Essential Ambitious - shows commitment, responsibility, curiosity, aspiration and courageous leadership. Co-operative - builds positive relationships underpinned and sustained through dignity and respect and leads well with others. Transformative – works hard, is selfless and relentlessly pursues positive change for others.

Please see attached Recruitment Pack for further information.

Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

All schools in The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS).

‘This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’

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The successful candidate will be required to come to DMAT HQ to complete mandatory training.

Training Details:

Location: Central Head Office (Wardhayes) 8 Simmons Way, Okehampton, EX20 1PY

Purpose: To provide comprehensive training on company policies, procedures, and systems necessary for successful integration into the role.

Training Schedule: Daily sessions from 9am to 4pm, with breaks provided.

Benefits of Training Week:
To gain valuable insights into our company culture and values.

Interact with key stakeholders and team members.

Acquire essential knowledge and skills to excel in your role.

Establish a strong foundation for your career growth within Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust.

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.