Headteacher
Scartho Junior Academy, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN33 2DH36 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
26 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L12 to L18
What skills and experience we're looking for
A rare opportunity has arisen to lead Team SJA, with the Board of Trustees looking to appoint the next headteacher of Scartho Junior Academy.
Scartho Junior Academy is an inclusive standalone academy that has a focus on ‘Developing a Lifelong Love of Learning’ for all our pupils.
SJA is situated in the village of Scartho in Grimsby, we are oversubscribed with 252 pupils currently on roll. We have a well maintained, open and friendly school and extensive grounds with lots of exciting outdoor provision.
This is a rare opportunity and Trustees are seeking to appoint an experienced leader who has drive and ambition and can be the next ‘champion of young people’ at SJA. If you’re an experienced classroom teacher and have had successful experience of working in a leadership capacity, at either middle or senior leadership level, then this is a fantastic leadership opportunity.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a clear vision for leading SJA through to its next levels of success
- Has a passion for learning and lives and breathes ‘Developing a Lifelong Love of Learning’
- Has a deep and clear vision for the curriculum
- Is enthusiastic and can inspire and motivate a team
- Has deep levels of emotional intelligence and self-awareness
- Leads in an innovative, but calm way
- Is willing to ‘sweep the sheds’
What the school offers its staff
As a standalone academy, the next inspiring leader will have a wide range of freedoms to act independently, innovatively and quickly when introducing new initiatives.
Everyone at SJA is incredibly proud of what we have achieved, as a team, over the years. This has been key in driving the trust forward and staff and Trustees are active role models when demonstrating our core values of ‘Together, Kind, and Evolving’.
This is a great opportunity to lead, and work with, our dedicated team who are passionate, positive, professional, friendly and have an absolute commitment to our young people and the impact they can have on their future lives.
As Team SJA, we are all committed to ‘Developing a Lifelong Love of Learning’, where everyone (adults and children alike) are encouraged and nurtured to reach their potential. When our children leave us in Year 6, we want them to be great learners; respectful and kind; knowledgeable about the world around them; and have empathy and understanding for others
We can offer you:
- A school community that is friendly and welcoming
- A forward-thinking school who are fully committed to offering all children an enriched curriculum, with a unique REAL Project approach to learning
- A school full of enthusiastic young people who love to learn, understand the importance of having great learning behaviour and want to develop their individual learning styles
- A Board of Trustees who are motivated, proactive and committed to supporting the next headteacher
- A staff team who are absolutely committed to doing the best for every single young person
- An experienced and supportive SLT
- A School Business Team who are very experienced and supportive and are able to fully support the headteacher with finance, business, human resources, premises and health and safety. This allows the headteacher to focus on further developing teaching and learning.
- A clear headteacher induction programme both prior to starting the role and once in position
- A supportive and engaged community
Further details about the role
Whilst the start date is not until January 2026, it is envisaged that the next headteacher will be appointed by the summer term 2025. This is a purposeful strategy as it will mean a flexible, customised, comprehensive and co-collaborated induction programme can be planned in conjunction with the successful candidate. This will allow the successful candidate to get to know SJA before they start in January 2026.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@scarthojunior.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Scartho Junior Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 244 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Scartho Junior Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@scarthojunior.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01472 879524
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Arranging a visit to Scartho Junior Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@scarthojunior.co.uk.
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