Headteacher
St Michael's CofE Academy, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 9JA23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter or September 2025
Closing date
13 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 December 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
- L21 – L27 (starting point negotiable)
What skills and experience we're looking for
St. Michael’s CofE Academy, part of Enhance Academy Trust, is a vibrant and successful school situated in Wakefield, close to the M1. Due to the retirement of our current highly regarded Headteacher, we are seeking to appoint a dynamic and talented leader to work with a very special community of children, staff and parents continuing to lead them on their journey to excellence.
The successful candidate will a be a highly visible, collaborative and aspirational leader who will model the highest levels of professionalism and inspire, motivate and develop our staff and children setting them firmly on the road to success.
We are looking for a Headteacher who:
- Is an exceptional primary practitioner
- Is a team player with high expectations and proven track record of developing the curriculum and sustaining high outcomes
- Is well-motivated, innovative and able to support others to deliver the highest standards
- Displays excellent leadership skills and can develop leadership skills in others
- Can build strong relationships
- Is passionate about making a difference
- Is committed to working with parents, the community, the Local Academy Board and the Trust to achieve the very best for all our pupils
- Will embrace the ethos of a Christian school in the tradition of the Church of England
What the school offers its staff
Some quotes from our Headteachers:
Over the past academic year, the Trust have supported our academy to continue to move forward at all levels. Up to date, relevant and well considered advice and guidance is always available and appreciated. Trust leaders ensure that views of school leaders are always valued and opportunities for personal and professional growth are actively encouraged. Children at Sandal Magna are consistently achieving better at all phases than at any other time in the academy’s history; the Trust is a key part of that success and should take an enormous amount of credit for their impact.
When I interviewed for the Headteacher role at Horbury Bridge Academy, two key questions were posed: how could we join an Academy Trust while preserving our unique identity and ethos, and how could we retain and develop great teachers? Joining Enhance Academy Trust has been the answer to both. The Trust’s collegiate working and collaboration have led to rapid improvements while ensuring the unique character and values that define Horbury Bridge remain at the heart of everything we do. As a result, our outcomes for pupils are exceptionally strong—academically, spiritually, and holistically—ensuring every child is fully prepared to embrace the next stage of their education with confidence and ambition.
Having been a Headteacher of a Local Authority school before joining Enhance, I can fully appreciate what the Trust offers to its schools. The support, whether it be school improvement, financial, HR or estates, is second to none and helps to drive schools forward to ensure that the children get the very best. The Central Team know each school very well and understand the different contexts that our schools serve.
The support and challenge provided through external and school improvement visits from Enhance Academy Trust have been instrumental in driving meaningful change. These visits offer clarity on our goals and ensure that our leadership remains proactive and aligned with current national initiatives. The tailored advice and guidance empower our school to not only meet expectations but to thrive. This invaluable partnership truly enables schools to flourish.
This year, the Trust are offering coaching sessions to all Heads of School. As a current Head of School, I have completed two coaching sessions this academic year, facilitated by an existing Headteacher - these sessions have been extremely beneficial. The sessions are allowing me time to reflect on my practice, discuss key barriers or difficulties and, unlike mentoring, not being told how to deal with them but being challenged and guided with how to come up with a clear strategy to move forward. Having these sessions shows me that the Trust value their leaders and they want to continually offer development and support, which both means a lot to me on my personal journey and the impact I can have within my school but also aligns with allowing all members of the Trust to flourish.
Enhance Academy Trust is a successful and growing Church of England Multi-Academy Trust.
The Trust currently comprises of 13 Primary academies and a Post 16 Creative and Performing Arts free school based in Wakefield and Kirklees. We will grow to 16 Primary academies in September 2025.
The Trust’s vision is simple: to deliver exceptional educational outcomes to enable our children and young people to live well in the ever-changing world around them. We also aim to allow our academy leaders and staff to develop the individual character of our academies so they can best serve their local communities.
As a Trust, we embrace effective collaboration and partnership to further improve the life chances of our children and young people.
We can offer you:
- A warm, welcoming, inclusive school with a friendly, dedicated and talented team of caring and highly motivated staff
- A community of children, staff and governors with high aspirations and a real thirst for learning and success
- A genuine opportunity to lead and make a difference
- A school rooted firmly in the local community
- The opportunity to work as part of a dynamic and diverse group of schools within a forward thinking, supportive and ambitious Trust that strives for excellence and believes in investing in and empowering leaders.
- The opportunity to further develop your skills and expertise by working closely with our Director of School Improvement and Deputy CEO.
To find out more about St Michael’s please visit our website at: www.stmichaelsceacademy.org.uk
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and strongly encouraged. To arrange a visit and for a discussion about the role please contact Mark Randall, CEO: mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk. Further details and Application Forms are also available by email.
Completed Application Forms should be returned by email to mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people. We expect all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
Offers of employment will be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media check for shortlisted candidates, prohibition from teaching, right to work, two satisfactory references.
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 mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About St Michael's CofE Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 490 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- St Michael's CofE Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk
We are committed to building the skills, knowledge and positive attitudes necessary to help all our pupils become responsible, respectful and tolerant citizens of the future. Through our shared aims, mutual respect and working together, we will believe in ourselves and develop as individuals who make a positive impact on each other and the world around us.
St Michael’s CE Academy provides education in accordance with the principles and practices of the Church of England. Worship, religious education and spiritual development are at the heart of every aspect of our experience.
At St Michael’s CE Academy, we aim to provide all of our pupils with a high quality education within a caring Christian environment where Christian values of trust, forgiveness, friendship, truthfulness and perseverance, hope, responsibility, thankfulness, justice and peace are embedded. Collective worship and Religious Education are effective in communicating the Christian values and are specifically linked to the half termly worship and PSHCE themes. Pupils develop a growing understanding of these Christian values as they progress through the school and this is reflected in, and impacts on, their behaviour and attitudes to each other, the whole school, the wider community and their daily life.
Arranging a visit to St Michael's CofE Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk.
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