Headteacher
Sawtry Junior Academy, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5SH12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April/September 2025
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £70,293.00 - £77,552.00 Annually (Actual)
Headteacher job summary
Vacancy for Headteacher at Sawtry Junior Academy
Required from: April 2025/September 2025
This is a full-time Headteacher post.
Salary: Leadership: Band 8 (Point 15-19) with consideration given to skills, experience and previous track record.
You will be supported in your role by an Executive Principal team.
We are looking for a leader who is dedicated, hardworking, passionate and can inspire and lead our school. Sawtry Junior Academy provides a high quality of education for the children in its catchment area – it has a proven track record of excellent attainment and offers a rich and varied curriculum. We have a strong reputation in the local community and we are committed to providing the best education for 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.
As a Headteacher at Sawtry Junior Academy, we can offer you:
- Motivated, friendly staff and children in a popular trust with a dynamic community presence.
- The support and guidance of an experienced Executive Principal along with a core team of Executive Principals in addition to 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.
- The chance to develop the next generation of teachers through our work with our ITT providers and Teaching School Hub.
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. We are looking for someone who is keen to not only lead a strong team of staff at our school but also be committed to working collaboratively alongside other schools in the new Trust.
The successful candidate will have:
- A track record of leading and developing with impact for our children and staff.
- A passionate and uncompromising commitment to the further development of children and staff.
- Experience of converting vision into continuous school improvement.
- 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 wider school community
Closing date for application forms: Monday 27th January 2025 at 09:00am
Interview dates: Thursday 6th February 2025
Please note that we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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 online searches.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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.
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 Sawtry Junior Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 277 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Sawtry Junior Academy website (opens in new tab)
About Sawtry Junior Academy.
Welcome to our Academy where we hope you will experience a wealth of enthusiasm for learning and for supporting and helping each other. We are sure you will quickly feel the friendly and positive ethos in the academy from both the staff and the children, who would love to share their latest pieces of work and activities with you.
We have been part of the Meridian Trust family since November 2016. Our academy is situated in the heart of the village of Sawtry and caters for children aged 7-11 (Key Stage 2).
We have approximately 270 pupils, in 10 single age classes. Most of our pupils come from the village of Sawtry; the remainder are from surrounding villages.
We aim to provide engaging learning activities for our children in a stimulating and supportive environment. Although our purpose is to promote the development of academic and practical skills, we also seek to guide children in their social and moral development. Between the ages of 7 and 11 children quickly grow and develop in maturity. The environment we provide for the children promotes independence, self-motivation, and confidence. We aim to develop the numerous social skills that are necessary for children to become responsible members of society.
We are proud of our Academy and of the part it plays in the community. Our success depends and relies upon the partnership that is fostered between the home and the Academy, and we value the hard work and support provided by parents and friends, Sawtry Junior Parent Association (Sawtry JPA) and the Academy Council. We also work hard with other providers in the village. As part of the Meridian Trust family, we have forged strong links with Sawtry Village Academy but also have strong links with Sawtry Infant School and Buttons and Bows pre-school with whom we share a site.
To find out more information about Sawtry Junior Academy, please see our website:- About Sawtry Junior Academy.
Welcome to our Academy where we hope you will experience a wealth of enthusiasm for learning and for supporting and helping each other. We are sure you will quickly feel the friendly and positive ethos in the academy from both the staff and the children, who would love to share their latest pieces of work and activities with you.
We have been part of the Meridian Trust family since November 2016. Our academy is situated in the heart of the village of Sawtry and caters for children aged 7-11 (Key Stage 2).
We have approximately 270 pupils, in 10 single age classes. Most of our pupils come from the village of Sawtry; the remainder are from surrounding villages.
We aim to provide engaging learning activities for our children in a stimulating and supportive environment. Although our purpose is to promote the development of academic and practical skills, we also seek to guide children in their social and moral development. Between the ages of 7 and 11 children quickly grow and develop in maturity. The environment we provide for the children promotes independence, self-motivation, and confidence. We aim to develop the numerous social skills that are necessary for children to become responsible members of society.
We are proud of our Academy and of the part it plays in the community. Our success depends and relies upon the partnership that is fostered between the home and the Academy, and we value the hard work and support provided by parents and friends, Sawtry Junior Parent Association (Sawtry JPA) and the Academy Council. We also work hard with other providers in the village. As part of the Meridian Trust family, we have forged strong links with Sawtry Village Academy but also have strong links with Sawtry Infant School and Buttons and Bows pre-school with whom we share a site.
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