Headteacher
Shadsworth Junior School, Arran Avenue, Lancashire, BB1 2ETThis job expired on 17 November 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
17 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Pay Spine, Group 2, point 15-21, £66,627 - £76,729 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
We would like to appoint someone who:
- Is dedicated to continuing to raise standards in our safe, supportive and inclusive school where high standards and expectations through excellent and inspirational teaching, learning and assessment is provided for every child.
- Has professional dedication, commitment and resilience and relishes a challenge.
- Has a clear vision and rationale for behaviour management that is compatible with our extremely effective approach and standards across the school community.
- Adopts our vision, ethos, values.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer:
- A welcoming and well-maintained school.
- A team of dedicated, hardworking staff and senior leaders.
- A highly supportive Governing Body.
- Strong links with Blackburn with Darwen Local Authority.
- A commitment to continuing professional development.
Further details about the role
The Governors of Shadsworth Junior School are seeking to appoint an inspirational, dynamic and self-motivated Headteacher who will continue to lead and inspire our school through the next phase of its exciting journey and enable our children to ‘learn today for a better tomorrow’.
We are very proud of our happy, nurturing school and we believe Shadsworth Junior School is a very special place to be. We place great emphasis on motivating children towards learning, to enable them to be independent and ambitious learners.
We aim to ensure that all pupils are valued as individuals, respectful and self-confident whilst promoting good relationships and ensuring tolerance and consideration towards others. We want each child to develop as caring members of their family, our school and the wider community.
Although we are separate schools, we work very closely with Shadsworth Infant School from which most of our Year 3 pupils transfer.
We would like to appoint someone who:
- Is dedicated to continuing to raise standards in our safe, supportive and inclusive school where high standards and expectations through excellent and inspirational teaching, learning and assessment is provided for every child.
- Has professional dedication, commitment and resilience and relishes a challenge.
- Has a clear vision and rationale for behaviour management that is compatible with our extremely effective approach and standards across the school community.
- Adopts our vision, ethos, values.
In return we can offer:
- A welcoming and well-maintained school.
- A team of dedicated, hardworking staff and senior leaders.
- A highly supportive Governing Body.
- Strong links with Blackburn with Darwen Local Authority.
- A commitment to continuing professional development.
If you feel that you have the necessary attributes and are enthusiastic about joining us, we encourage you to visit the school to see the staff and children at work.
The best way to learn more about us is by coming to see us, our school and our enthusiastic and creative children who would be happy to show you around. For further details or to arrange a visit contact 01254 698016 or email to office@shadsworthjunior.blackburn.sch.uk.
If you would like to find out more about the school please visit our website: https://www.shadsworthjuniorschool.org.uk/.
Along with your completed application form, you should provide a supporting statement, no more than 1,200 words, explaining how you meet the required criteria. These should then be emailed to schoolhrteam@blackburn.gov.uk.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 17th November 2024.
Shadsworth Junior School is committed to promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check, will be subject to receipt of suitable references, and qualifications and identity checks.
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.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shadsworth Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 224 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Shadsworth Junior School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@shadsworthjunior.blackburn.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01254 698016
Arranging a visit to Shadsworth Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@shadsworthjunior.blackburn.sch.uk.
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