Headteacher - Primary School
Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School, Hessle, East Yorkshire, HU13 0JQ9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
18 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £75,675.00 - £87,651.00 Annually (Actual) L18 to L24 Leadership Group Range
Headteacher - Primary School job summary
The Consortium Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a Headteacher at Penshurst Primary School, who will take up the post as soon as possible.
The postholder will have strategic responsibility for the leadership and management of teaching and learning and to ensure all learners have access to outstanding learning experiences.
The candidate pack sets out this role description and person specification. It also provides background information regarding the Trust.
How you will make an impact:
Help maintain the ethos of The Consortium Academy Trust by driving our organisational culture forwards and using every opportunity to embed our values.
Taking responsibility for your own development - that way we can make the biggest impact!
We are always looking for someone who can contribute to our growth.
More than anything, we are looking for a team player who puts their heart in to their work. We have some core values that run through everything we do, and we’d love it if they resonate with you too.
About the role (within the primary phase):
Have strategic responsibility for the leadership and management of teaching and learning and to ensure all learners have access to outstanding learning experiences.
Act as an ambassador and advocate for the Trust inspiring and empowering others, whilst maintaining a high standard of personal integrity and professional conduct.
Establish and develop a learning environment, which promotes high quality teaching, effective learning, high standards of achievement, behaviour and discipline.
Work with the school leadership team to use a range of school performance data and impact measures to identify improvement priorities and formulate action plans.
Implement the Trust’s quality assurance framework to support improvements.
Implement the Trust's common approach to the observation of teaching and learning, including the guiding principles to carrying out learning walks.
Determine, organise and implement a balanced and broad curriculum that offers opportunity for all learners to be successful and engaged in success.
Ensure curriculum models are appropriate, affordable and effective in each key stage; school performance issues are identified and analysed, and solutions are prioritised and costed effectively to secure sustainable improvements.
Promote a culture that is inclusive and encourages every learner to become self-confident and show respect for others.
As a member of the Trust’s Wider Leadership Team, work collaboratively to develop and deliver the strategic vision for the School and the Trust, ensuring that it is clearly articulated, shared, understood, and acted on effectively by all.
Produce and implement the school self-evaluation and strategic development plan, setting appropriate, challenging and measurable targets and performance indicators.
Work with the Trust's Director of Finance and the Finance Business Partners to ensure effective financial systems are in place for the safe and responsible management and monitoring of the school budget; maximising resources, income generation planning and secure value for money in all operations for a sustainable future.
Work with the Trust’s Director of People Services and HR Business Partners to ensure staff are aware of and comply with Policies and procedures.
Lead on developing partnerships and strong relationships with the local community, education, businesses, other partners and wider organisations to enhance educational provision and optimise opportunities for all learners.
Maintain and develop an effective partnership with parents and carers, ensuring they are well informed and engaged in their child’s learning experience and progress.
Ensure that communication between the school and the community is effective and appropriate and has a positive impact on learners’ achievement and the reputation of the school.
Recruit, retain and employ high quality staff appropriately and manage their workload to achieve the vision and goals of the school and of the Trust.
Actively promote the school's commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people.
Ensure safeguarding policies are robust and are consistently followed.
Show compliance with and maintain awareness of the Trust's policies relating to equality and diversity.
Ensure accountability through line management and the staff performance management cycle.
Ensure the safety and wellbeing of learners and staff. This includes managing health and safety risks, implementing policies, and providing support systems for learners and staff.
About the role (within the through school):Unified Vision: In partnership with the Trust CEO, establish and communicate a clear, consistent vision that integrates both primary and secondary phases.
Curriculum Alignment: Oversee a coherent curriculum that builds on prior learning and prepares pupils for future stages.
Transition: Facilitate smooth transitions between primary and secondary, particularly at key transition points (e.g., Year 6 to Year 7).
Line manage the operation management/shared staff in consultation with the secondary headteacher.
Shared Resource and Staffing Allocation: In partnership with the Trust executive team, ensure that resources are distributed fairly and effectively to support both primary and secondary needs.
Budgeting: Oversee shared staff budgets that balance phase-specific priorities with the whole-school vision.
Key accountabilities:Ensure rigorous and robust self-assessment and evaluation across the school, which informs clear, evidence-based action planning to address issues and recognises strength to inform sharing of best practise.
Ensure that the policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and safer recruitment are implemented fully and followed by all staff and are rigorously checked.
Provide information for the CEO, Trust Board and the Local Governing Body to ensure they are well informed and can robustly evaluate the school's performance.
Implement the Trust’s performance management protocols to ensure all staff are accountable to deliver excellence.
Ensure that the school is prepared, and colleagues trained and understand the requirements of the current OFSTED framework.
Ensure academic outcomes are of the highest standard.
As a member of the Trust:Role model appropriate behaviours within a professional environment including conduct, communication, and personal appearance.
Role model high levels of literacy and numeracy including modelling appropriate language.
Aspire to develop own professional skills and qualifications.
Use all forms of social media appropriately.
Contribute to systems of evaluation and performance of the organisation positively.
The above principal accountabilities are not exhaustive and may vary without changing the character of the job or level of responsibility.
Person Specification
About you:
This is the job for you if you hold the following qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and values:
Qualifications:
Essential
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Educated to degree level
Desirable
National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH)
Master’s Degree
Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Significant and successful senior leadership experience.
Experience and understanding of management of human and financial resources at senior level.
Demonstrable track record of success in leading change and school improvement at primary level.
Experience of managing, developing and motivating staff.
Experience of effective monitoring of school performance.
Demonstrable success in raising standards and meeting challenging targets.
Experience of effective performance management of staff including the ability to hold staff to account for performance and outcomes.
Experience of using target setting, data analysis and curriculum innovation to improve outcomes for learners.
Evidence of working effectively with governors.
An up-to-date knowledge of school improvement planning and evaluation.
Ability to provide strategic and creative leadership in order to develop a school vision which has learning and achievement at its core.
A detailed understanding of current educational issues, including national policies, priorities and legislation.
A detailed knowledge of quality assurance systems (including school review self-evaluation and staff appraisal).
An in-depth knowledge of a range of effective strategies for maintaining and developing high standards of attainment, behaviour and attendance.
A knowledge and understanding of legal issues relating to managing a school including child protection procedures, equal opportunities, race, relations, disability, human rights, employment and health and safety legislation.
A methodological or meticulous approach with the ability to prioritise and keep to deadlines within challenging environments; ability to rapidly develop confidence and trust with people throughout the organisation.
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.
Commitment to involving others and maintaining strong and positive relationships with the whole school community.
Ability to think strategically, anticipating and responding to stakeholder requirements.
Ability to grasp complex issues and to show sound judgement.
Ability to lead and manage difficult situations.
Strong organisational skills and personal resilience.
Values and Personal Competencies
Committed to the values and vision of the Trust.
Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Resilience and confidence to challenge practices in the best interests of learners.
Achieving goals through collaboration and influence.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Consortium Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An appointment will be made subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure, in line with the usual terms and conditions of employment at The Consortium Academy Trust.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1884 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hessle High School and Penshurst Primary School website
The Hessle Academy is one of only 170 all-through schools in the country providing education and support for students aged 3-19. The Academy comprises Hessle High School and Sixth Form College and Penshurst Primary School.
The Hessle Academy is a founding member of The Consortium Academy Trust, a fast-growing Multi-Academy Trust, formed in 2017.
Hessle High School and Sixth Form College is set in attractive grounds, located on Heads Lane, with excellent views down the River Humber and across the spectacular Humber Bridge. Staff and students enjoy the benefits of high-quality accommodation, equipped with the latest technology and specialist facilities that are among the best in the region.
Penshurst Primary is a larger-than-average school with two/three teaching groups in each year and is heavily over-subscribed. The school also offers a nursery which is equally popular with parents. The school occupies a traditional and attractive series of buildings which are at the heart of the local community set in extensive grounds.
The Academy, located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, primarily serves the East Riding town of Hessle and some parts of West Hull. Smaller groups of students are drawn into the secondary phase from the neighbouring small towns and villages of East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Proximity to the M62 ensures easy access to the motorway network and other major cities in Yorkshire and beyond.
The Hessle Academy is a good and ambitious school. This was recognised by Ofsted in our most recent inspection in September 2018, when the achievement of students, quality of teaching, behaviour and personal development of learners and leadership and management were all judged to be good. In recent years, outcomes for learners have been consistently above average in terms of attainment and the school is a disciplined and well-organised environment. We have high standards of school dress and have clear expectations on punctuality, attendance and behaviour. Our learners are positive and respond well in all aspects of school life.
The Sixth Form College is focused on providing high quality teaching and care to secure the best achievement and outcomes for all. Students are able to study at Hessle as well as having the option to study subjects at either of the other Consortium Academies.
The Sixth Form is based in the historic Tranby House, a Grade II listed building that was fully refurbished and brought back to its former splendour in our recent renovation. Tranby House now comprises a Sixth Form social area and catering facilities as well as extensive study facilities. Sixth Form students play a full role in the life of the school, but equally will continue to enjoy the advantages of this dedicated provision.
The Academy prides itself on the wide range of extra-curricular opportunities offered to our students. Annually, students take part in over 300 teams, clubs, and events.
The Hessle Academy enjoys an excellent reputation amongst the local community and is a popular choice amongst parents. During our recent Ofsted inspection, a response to the Parent Survey commented that;
“All the staff from the headteacher to the caretaker seem to genuinely care for the children from a pastoral care and academic point of view”.
The teaching staff are extremely dedicated to maximising the potential of the children and pupils in their care. Most have worked at the school for many years and have sent their own children to the Academy. The atmosphere is supportive and friendly, many visitors and staff often remark that 'it feels like an extended family'.
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