Headteacher wanted for Primary school from 01/08/2025
Ashdown Primary School, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2HW7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 August 2025
Closing date
22 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 January 2025
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
- L18-L24
What skills and experience we're looking for
Following the retirement of our existing headteacher the governors of Ashdown Primary School are seeking a new leader for our popular, and regularly oversubscribed, split site school in the beautiful area of East Sussex, close to the Ashdown Forest.
The candidate will be a dynamic, experienced and inspirational leader who will have the opportunity to build on the successes of our school and shape its future. Ideally, they will be someone who possesses strong leadership qualities as well as a proven track record of delivering strong educational outcomes and school improvement. They should have a deep commitment to our school’s visions and values.
Our new Headteacher will:
- Be an aspirational strategic leader.
- Have high expectations of all pupils’ attainment, behaviour and attendance, and the skills needed to translate these expectations into pupils achieving their full potential.
- Demonstrate our school values of Respect, Resilience, Opportunity, Support and Trust.
- Recognise and nurture what makes our school unique.
- Be financially astute with a good understanding of school budget setting and financial management.
- Have a proven track record of raising standards, who can inspire and motivate others, ensuring staff are supported, valued and encouraged.
- Be a leader who can maintain and further develop a cohesive school culture across two remote sites.
- Have a strong sense of community and community engagement.
- Be committed to high standards of teaching and professional development of staff.
- Build on our achievements pushing the school to even greater success.
- Prioritise the wellbeing of our children and staff.
What the school offers its staff
We offer our staff:
- Fantastic children with outstanding behaviour who strive to achieve their best.
- An opportunity to be part of a nurturing and creative environment dedicated to keeping the children at the heart of everything.
- A school recently judged to be good by Ofsted.
- A warm positive working environment with an enthusiastic, dynamic and supportive staff where everyone is valued and encouraged to succeed.
- Committed governors, an enthusiastic and active PTA and engaged parents and carers.
- A stimulating and exciting curriculum well supported with trips and events.
- Excellent facilities to support teaching including all weather play areas, sporting facilities, swimming pool, wildlife areas and a community orchard.
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of everyone within our school community.
- An opportunity to be part of a nurturing and creative environment dedicated to keeping the children at the heart of everything.
Further details about the role
Please note that recruitment packs for this vacancy will only be provided directly to an individual considering applying to our school for this opportunity. This school does not enter into business with Recruitment Agencies, or other commercial organisations, on behalf of their client’s seeking employment.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ashdown Primary School also takes its safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously and is committed to keeping children safe. This post is subject to satisfactory references, DBS checks, and questions will be asked at interview and of referees as to the suitability of candidates to work with children.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to sforbes@ashdown.e-sussex.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
About Ashdown Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 420 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Ashdown Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sforbes@ashdown.e-sussex.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01892 655846
Ashdown Primary School was opened in September 2015 after Whitehill Infants and Herne Juniors amalgamated. We are one school over two sites (one infant, one junior). We have an Executive Head who leads the whole school and a Head of School at each site.
We have 421 children on roll, with low numbers of SEND and Pupil Premium children.
Our parents are very supportive, with an active parents’ forum and a hugely successful PTA (Friends of Ashdown Primary School).
Arranging a visit to Ashdown Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sforbes@ashdown.e-sussex.sch.uk.
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