Headteacher
Zaytouna Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8WHThis job expired on 10 September 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
10 September 2023 at 5pm
Date listed
7 July 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L17-L23
What skills and experience we're looking for
Zaytouna Primary School is looking to appoint an inspirational leader to the post of Headteacher. Much has been achieved during the last 4 years including being accredited with an area of excellence for our Quranic and Islamic studies. The post requires a leader with vision and a passion for enabling children to achieve.
Zaytouna Primary’s philosophy and ethos focusses on the development of a child’s mind, body and soul. The school is proud of its Islamic distinctiveness as well as the family community it has created and continues to nurture. We’re looking for a leader who will embrace our ethos and be an advocate and ambassador for our cultural uniqueness. The school is larger than average in inner-city Derby and is currently over-subscribed. Everyone at Zaytouna is dedicated to providing an excellent education for all children. The school is part of Transform Trust which means that you will receive unparalleled professional development opportunities and be part of a well-integrated, supportive learning community.
What the school offers its staff
- A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards.
- Calm and purposeful learning environments.
- Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community.
- A supportive SLT, Governing Body and Trust.
- A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school.
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 Zaytouna Primary School
- School type
- Free Schools, Muslim, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 421 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Zaytouna Primary School website
- Email address
- carolyn.ocallaghan@transformtrust.co.uk
We are an exciting and happy school community who are committed to #DoingThingsDifferently. From our curriculum to our enrichment offer, our approach to professional development to our partnerships with the local community, we’re striving for innovation and excellence. We believe that school should develop a child’s mind, body and soul. This drives every decision that we make and we’re proud that we are able to offer this entitlement to all of our children. It’s what we care passionately about. We also know that to fulfil this, we need to ensure that mental and physical health and wellbeing is at our core. For our children and our adults. You’ll see this reflected in everything that we do.
We’re proud to be a school of Islamic distinctiveness – you’ll see that our QIS offer enriches our children to be the best versions of themselves. It’s what makes our school a genuine family community. This together with our comprehensive development of our core British Values means that our children are being well supported to become informed, critical thinkers of the future.
We are ambitious and unapologetic about what we do at Zaytouna. It’s based on what we believe to be important and on the future that we want for ourselves and our children. We make sure however that we have as much fun as we can along the way!
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