Headteacher
Willowcroft Community School, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8BAThis job expired on 30 November 2022 – see similar jobs
Earliest start date
1 April 2023
Latest start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
30 November 2022 at 5pm
Date listed
7 November 2022
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.50 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L18 to L24
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main purpose
The head of school is responsible for providing the leadership and management of Willowcroft Community School in line with the vision of the trust and manage the day-to-day running of the school.
Duties and responsibilities
Leadership and management
Manage senior and middle leaders, developing a professional culture amongst all staff at the school
Support and challenge staff, dealing with underperformance effectively while making sure staff are given the support to do their jobs well
Manage the school’s budget and resources alongside the School Business Manager.
Implement the trust’s appraisal policy and other management processes and systems
Support the implementation of trust-wide policies and school-level policies
Undertake self-evaluation and school improvement planning alongside the trust-wide strategy to improve areas of weakness in the school
Support the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff
Provide training and continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for all school staff
Identify areas of progression and promotion for staff that support succession planning for the school
Teaching and learning
Work with staff to promote high quality teaching across all subjects
Identify areas of weakness in teaching and implement, monitor and review interventions to improve these areas as well as teaching and learning across the school
Make sure the school’s assessment system is fit for purpose and provides teachers with useful information about pupils
Identify areas where staff may benefit from sharing good practice or accessing support from other schools in the trust
Monitor the outcomes of pupils and draw out any patterns of underperformance in key groups of pupils, such as disadvantaged pupils or pupils with special educational needs
Make sure standards of behaviour are high to foster an environment in which learning can thrive
Communication
Work with the Full Governing Body to keep them informed of the financial and educational performance of the school,
What the school offers its staff
Can you make a difference? Are you ready to give our pupils the power to change the world?
Yes? Then you could be our next headteacher!
This ambition is just one pillar of our very own dilemma-led ‘LEAP’ curriculum here at Willowcroft Community School. LEAP stands for Language, Experiences, Amethyst Learning, and Power to change the world. It is the ethos upon which we nurture our children, developing them into young people.
The LEAP curriculum also aims to foster innovation and inspiration amongst our teaching staff as they develop themselves to contribute to the success of the whole school. The result has been a move from strength to strength, including during those disruptive COVID years.
This vacancy is the result of our previous headteacher taking on a new challenge from September 2022.
Willowcroft School operates as a single academy trust for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a pupil capacity of 482, with 472 on roll for the current school year. We are a member of OPEN (Oxfordshire Primary Education Network), an umbrella academy trust comprising four primary schools in Wallingford and Didcot. As a director of Willowcroft Academy Trust, you will be responsible for leading and managing Willowcroft School. In addition, being a director of the OPEN Trust brings wider responsibilities and opportunities with colleagues across the partner schools.
About you:
- You are caring, nurturing, and passionate about education.
- You are a team builder and leader, able to foster cohesion and integration across the school, both academically and culturally.
- You are an outstanding communicator, with a drive to build relationships and work in partnership with parents, carers, and the wider community.
- You will be a passionate advocate for maintaining and developing the LEAP curriculum.
You are forward-thinking with an innovative and creative approach
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Willowcroft Community School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 481 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- tbelcher@willowcroft.oxon.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01235813304
WILLOWCROFT COMMUNITY SCHOOL “Tomorrow’s success starts today” Willowcroft is proud to be part of the Oxfordshire Primary Education Network (OPEN) an innovative group of schools working together to provide the highest quality of education for all our pupils.
Arranging a visit to Willowcroft Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email tbelcher@willowcroft.oxon.sch.uk.
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