Headteacher

Riddings Junior School, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 4BW

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  22 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £65,286.00 - £75,675.00 Annually (Actual) L12 - L18

Headteacher job summary

Pay Grade L12 - L18

Riddings Junior School are seeking an enthusiastic, caring and committed leader to lead us into the future. The governors are looking to appoint someone to build on the successful foundations in place at our school and who will be a leader across our trust, Embark Federation.

We are looking for a leader who:

• Is adventurous and can think differently.
• Can build and foster relationships with children, staff, parents, governors, and the wider community.
• Is committed to delivering and leading high quality and inclusive teaching and learning to all children.
• Has an excellent understanding of wider school inclusion.
• Will continue to promote the school's PRIDE aims and the trust's values and support everyone to #lovelearninglovelife.
• Will be relentless in their drive to ensure all children and staff realise their potential.
• Manages behaviour well.
• Recognises the importance of our outdoor space and enhanced learning beyond the classroom.
• Can support staff well-being effectively.
• Collaborates with a supportive Governing Board to drive the strategic direction of the school.
• Recognises the importance of working with schools across the trust to support capacity and drive best practice.

Our school offers:

• High aspirations for all children.
• Children who show PRIDE, are engaged and show a love of learning.
• A school that is at the heart of the community.
• Staff who have a relentless dedication to enabling access supporting all children pastorally and academically.
• An opportunity to grow and develop through school's successful CPD programme and alongside our trust.
• A tireless approach to safeguarding all members of the school community.
• An ambitious, well structured curriculum which has been tailored to the needs of our children.

Embark Federation is a family of 21 schools across Derbyshire who believe that by working together as a team we can create schools that 'stand out' at the heart of their communities.

Riddings Junior School maintained our Good status at our latest Ofsted inspection in October 2024.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Riddings Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 233 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Riddings Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/riddings-junior-school-alfreton

At Riddings Junior, we aim to meet the children’s individual needs, offer them enjoyable learning opportunities and a chance to develop their personalities in a caring and motivational learning environment based around our vision of PRIDE.

We are a proud member of The Embark Federation, a growing Multi-Academy Trust across Derbyshire https://www.embarkfederation.com having joined in November 2021. The core beliefs of the Federation are Family, Integrity, Teamwork and Success and we are looking for someone that shares these with us. The Trust is committed to growing the careers of our staff through highly effective professional development and networking.

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