HEADTEACHER
Paulton Junior School, Paulton, Bristol, BS39 7QY50 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
15 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L11 - L21
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our children and school community are looking for a headteacher who will:
- Lead by example – with integrity, creativity, and clarity – inspiring and influencing other stakeholders to provide the best educational environment for our children
- Prioritise the wellbeing, resilience and achievements of our children and staff and put this at the heart of all decisions
- Create a stimulating school learning environment, encouraging enquiring minds and the development of lifelong learning skills and attitudes
- Demand ambitious standards for all pupils, overcoming disadvantage and advancing equality, instilling a strong sense of ownership and accountability from staff for the impact their work has on pupils’ outcomes
- Create an ethos within which an already skilled staff team are motivated and supported to research and develop their own skills and subject knowledge, and to support each other
- Be visible and accessible, engaging positively with children, staff, parents, Governors, and the community
- Provide a safe, calm, and well-ordered environment for all pupils and staff, focused on safeguarding pupils and developing their exemplary behaviour in school and in the wider society
- Evaluate the school’s performance and identify the priorities for continuous improvement and maintaining standards
- Develop an outward-facing school capable of collaborating in partnership with other schools and organisations to champion best practices and excellent outcomes for pupils
- Ensure that the child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures adopted by the governing body are fully implemented
What the school offers its staff
- Confident, happy children who enjoy their time in school and are eager to learn and succeed
- Talented, committed professional staff who are open to development and new ideas
- A fully supportive Governing Body who are ambitious for the school and its pupils
- A bright, spacious, and well-resourced learning environment set in green space
- A thriving school community with supportive parents and an active PTA
- A strong collaborative relationship with our Learning Partnership (BMS HUB).
Further details about the role
You are warmly encouraged to visit our school. We are offering two open afternoons to come and see what we have to offer:
Thursday 12th September and Friday 13th September 12:00pm – 3:00pm by appointment only.
Please email paulton_jun@bathnes.gov.uk to book one of these sessions.
The school website is https://www.paultonjuniorschool.co.uk/
Please
return your completed application form and covering letter by email to:
chair.governor@paultonjuniorschool.co.uk
Your covering letter should be limited to two sides of A4 and should outline why you are applying for this post and what you believe you can offer the school, setting out your interest in the role and aspects of your experience relevant to the job description and person specification. All applications must reach us by the closing date below.
- Application Closing Date: 15th September 2024
- Assessment & Interviews: Thursday 26th and Friday 27th September 2024
- Informal Job Offer From: Friday 27th September 2024
- Post Start Date: January 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
Paulton Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and conform to the safer recruitment practice. The successful candidate will be subject to vetting including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. The details of the DBS Code of Conduct can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to chair.governor@paultonjuniorschool.co.uk
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Paulton Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 267 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Paulton Junior School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- paulton_jun@bathnes.gov.uk
Paulton Junior School sits at the heart of our community and we’re proud of its achievements. It is an outstanding school in the village of Paulton in Bath and North East Somerset.
We are now looking for the right individual with the ambition to lead our school and build on our current successes. The school caters for 261 children between 7 and 11 years of age. We firmly believe that our children are at the centre of everything that we do, and we encourage them all to be the very best that they can be through our school ethos and values.
Arranging a visit to Paulton Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email paulton_jun@bathnes.gov.uk.
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