Headteacher
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Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
26 February 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 January 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L18 - L24 (£64,143 - £74,295)
Headteacher job summary
Governors are seeking an experienced leader, with a passion for developing high quality inclusive teaching, to lead a community to excellence. The successful candidate will drive the development of the schools’ curriculum offer, ensuring that more pupils than ever before leave each stage of their educational journey well-prepared for their next. Strategies will place the need of the most disadvantaged children and those with additional and complex needs firmly at the centre of developments.
Our new Headteacher will inspire and bring out the best in staff, have resilience and drive, and have a proven track-record of delivering strong educational outcomes. The school has a committed family of staff, governors and parents/carers - we are exceptionally proud of our children and our community. Our inspection in March 2017 found that:
‘In times of challenge, the whole school community shows great resolve by maintaining the culture of high expectations. This results in pupils’ education remaining the key focus.’
You can be part of leading the next phase of our journey as we strive to fulfil our full potential.
WE ARE SEEKING A PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL WHO:
• Is currently an experienced and successful leader, resilient and solution focused
• Has a strong track-record of success in their current role across the Primary phase, including early years
• Can develop the quality of learning provision so that it secures progress for all pupils across the primary phase
• Will effectively model leadership, ensuring staff have the skills they need to do their job well
• Innovates to improve the quality of the curriculum offer to address social disadvantage and fully meet the needs of pupils with special education needs
• Builds upon our good relationships within the schools, across partnerships and in the wider community
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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About Thornhill Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 371 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Thornhill Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@hamwic.org
At Thornhill Primary School our aim is to create a positive, secure and stimulating environment in which everyone feels valued and can become successful learners.
‘Working together to be the best we can be’ is our school ethos and this can be seen, heard and experienced by all who enter Thornhill Primary School.
Thornhill Primary is part of the Mayflower Partnership. The aim of the Mayflower Partnership is to create a safe, happy and nurturing environment in which all children learn and thrive. Together, we are a vibrant community where we all aspire to be the best we can be.
The Headteachers work closely together to maintain and raise standards. The schools in the Mayflower Partnership share a commitment to making a positive difference to our children and their families through a nurturing and caring ethos. All of the schools within the Mayflower Partnership provide an inclusive approach to learning for pupils. Together, we raise aspiration and aim to improve life chances for all children within our care.
The aim of the Hamwic Education Trust is to create a local community of schools in Southampton who support, challenge and collaborate to improve standards, develop the curriculum, identify and improve weaknesses and track progress. We bring professional expertise and experience to secure the highest possible achievement for all. All aspects of our work will have a clear focus on improvement in the skills of our pupils, staff and community on sustaining measurable impact.
The Mayflower Partnership is one of six partnerships across the trust. The Trust believes in creating academic excellence through community engagement and the aim is to establish self-improvement systems by creating local communities of schools where Headteachers take a collective responsibility for student outcomes.
Arranging a visit to Thornhill Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@hamwic.org.
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