3 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    22 April 2025

  • Closing date

    14 November 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    24 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership Scale L17 - L23

What skills and experience we're looking for

Governors are seeking a headteacher who:

  • Inspires children with a sense of fun, and has a clear grasp of what makes learning engaging and active throughout the age range from Nursery to Year 6
  • Inspires staff who are truly interested in teaching, and gives them the support to develop both individually and as a team
  • Inspires confidence in parents through excellent communication
  • Ensures that student and staff well-being is always at the forefront of their mind
  • Is able to identify what areas need addressing to make the school exceptional, while protecting our ethos
  • Is able to deal efficiently with the non-educational aspects of running a school while providing the pedagogical leadership that is crucial to creating an excellent primary education
  • Has a relationship of openness and partnership with the governing body and seeks to build collaborations more widely
  • Collaborates to make the most of a dynamic, enthusiastic and engaged community of parents and carers.

What the school offers its staff

Sefton Park will offer you:

  • A welcoming and friendly community
  • Wonderful children who are keen learners
  • Committed and highly motivated staff
  • A creative and inspiring learning environment
  • A balanced curriculum that reflects the needs of every child
  • Tremendously supportive parents and carers
  • A supportive and proactive governing body

Further details about the role

For more information, please see the following documents :

- Sefton Park School Information Pack

- Sefton Park Job Description and Person Specification

Please complete the Application form, and add a statement (1600 words maximum) in which you tell us why you are applying for this post and how you meet the criteria for the headteacher we are seeking. Tours of the school are encouraged. Please email

For enquiries contact: Mrs Watts, School Business Manager, at mrs.watts@seftonparkschools.co.uk

Closing date: Thursday 14th November at 9am.

Shortlisting week of 18th November - shortlisted candidates will be contacted with details of selection days.

Selection days: Thursday 28th and Friday 29th November.

Safeguarding: The Governing Body and Local Authority are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons. We will ensure that our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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 mrs.watts@seftonparkschools.co.uk

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About Sefton Park Junior School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
216 pupils enrolled
Age range
7 to 11
Phone number
01173773290

Our school motto is "Being and doing our very best" and we strive to achieve this in everything that we do, ensuring that everyone is a valued and respected member of our school community. At Sefton Park, children really have a childhood. All through EYFS and KS1, we place high importance upon our play-based learning curriculum. We take a holistic, child-centred approach to our pupils' education, where everyone can learn, have fun and feel safe and cared for each and every day. We are proud of our academic standards, encouraging pupils of all abilities to achieve their very best through an active learning approach. We strive to offer a truly creative, broad and balanced education, incorporating a range of exciting and challenging learning opportunities. The curriculum is never narrowed nor sacrificed for the sake of ‘results’. Children at Sefton Park achieve very well, while the holistic approach prepares our children for the next stage of their education and helps them acquire skills and values that will benefit and guide them for life. Our ideal candidate would have strong interest or experience with SEND as a continued connection between our SEND Resources Base and the rest of the school is paramount. We work in collaboration with our parents, valuing their contributions as partners in the education process.

Arranging a visit to Sefton Park Junior School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mrs.watts@seftonparkschools.co.uk.

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