Headteacher
St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, Manchester, M12 5LZ29 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
30 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
30 August 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
- Headteacher L15 - L21
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Directors of Emmaus CAT, St Francis RC Primary School Local Governing Body and the Diocese of Salford wish to appoint an exceptional leader, a dynamic and inspirational practising Catholic to take their school forward.
Could this be you?
If it was you, you would:
- Be a practising Catholic, with a strong faith and commitment to the Catholic ethos of the school and its community
- Be aspirational in your approach to the quality of teaching and learning and of the achievement and wellbeing of every child
- Be a role model who inspires and motivates others through their commitment, enthusiasm and dedication to raising standards
- Be a highly effective leader who can manage and organise the personnel, financial and professional needs of the school’s resources and staff
- Be an experienced leader with the interpersonal skills to develop strong working relationships with staff, children, parents, parish and governors
- Be a skilled communicator who can share and develop their vision of what makes a good school with the school’s shareholders
What the school offers its staff
If so, St Francis RC Primary School can offer you:
- Wonderful children who love school with very supportive parents
- Caring, dedicated and hardworking staff, who welcome new ideas
- An attractive, stimulating and safe environment
- Exceptional links with the Diocese, Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust and other local Catholic schools
- Commitment to your own personal development
- The opportunity to work within a growing Catholic Academy Trust
Further details about the role
St Francis RC Primary School is a designated Catholic school. The Directors are accountable to the Ordinary of the diocese, or a Vicar or delegate where that is determined, to ensure that the Academy is conducted as a Catholic school in accordance with Canon law and the teachings of the Catholic Church so that, at all times, the school may serve as a witness to the Catholic faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, this post requires a practising Catholic who can show by example and from experience, that they will ensure that the school is distinctively Catholic in all its aspects.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Francis RC Primry School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers 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 alison.smith@emmauscat.com
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- Up to 262 pupils
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- alison.smith@emmauscat.com
Arranging a visit to St Francis RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email alison.smith@emmauscat.com.
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