Primary Headteacher
Hemingford Grey Primary School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 9DU19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Group 2 school, L15– L21
Primary Headteacher job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and inspirational leader to further develop our successful school. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, passionate Headteacher to lead the school, drive curriculum development and strive to continue to improve and raise pupil achievement.
Hemingford Grey Primary School is a welcoming, friendly school in Cambridgeshire. The school strives to provide a varied and creative approach to learning, where children learn to express themselves and have fun! With a pan of 315 pupils and an attached Pre-school, the school operates mixed age classes in KS1, LKS2 and UKS2. Each phase in the school works effectively as a team led by a phase leader, who form the School Middle-Leader Team (SMT). The Senior Leadership Team (SLT - Headteacher, Deputy Head and Inclusion Lead) works closely with SMT to drive school improvement.
Life at Hemingford is underpinned by the phrase Together Everyone Achieves More. Children, staff, parents, carers, governors and members of the community work together to provide an environment in which every child can flourish socially, emotionally and academically. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys collaborative working as part of a successful and supportive team to provide excellent teaching for our children.
The successful applicant will be an outstanding practitioner with a proven track record of successful leadership and management with a commitment and vision to continue to develop all aspects of the school. We are looking for somebody who:
-has excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, listen to and inspire children, staff, parents and the wider community, and build long lasting partnerships;
-can work with the Governing Body and other stakeholders to develop a strategic vision for the future and build on our positive, caring and inclusive school ethos;
-is an excellent networker, able to seek out best practice and new ideas;
- has a thorough understanding of what makes learning successful and how to develop an exciting, structured and coherent curriculum which sets out knowledge, skills and values that will be taught;
-can demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to further develop the leadership team;
-is capable of effectively managing finances, resources and people; and
- is fully committed to promoting a school culture where the welfare and safeguarding of children is paramount.
In return, we can offer you:
- an inclusive school with happy, well-behaved children who enjoy learning;
-established positive relationships with parents and the local community;
- supportive and committed staff, dedicated to helping children’s academic, social and emotional development;
-great opportunities for professional and personal development;
-a supportive and knowledgeable Governing Body with a wide range of skills; and
-a school with a ‘continues to be good’ Ofsted rating (May 2024).
Hemingford Grey Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Hemingford Grey Primary School is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Please note:
This position requires the postholder to undertake an enhanced DBS check
For applicants that have worked outside of the UK they will need to provide a certificate of good conduct from the professional regulating authority in the country or countries in which the applicant has worked.
The Governing Body will be carrying out an online search as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.
Visits to our school are encouraged and warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit please contact the school office at the details below. For further information about our school, please visit our website www.hemingfordgrey.cambs.sch.uk and any questions can be emailed to chair@hemingfordgrey.cambs.sch.uk. We look forward to receiving your application; CV's will not be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
Hemingford Grey Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are conditional and subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Hemingford Grey Primary School is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Hemingford Grey Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 282 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
Hemingford Grey Primary School is looking to appoint a classroom teacher to work within our LKS2 team. The school has about 300 children on roll with a pan of 45 in each year group. We have three mixed age classes of year three and four children. Mixed-age classes in KS1 Y1/2 and UKS2 Y5/6 continue through the school. The school operates a Learning Zone model where children access a shared breakout area in each phase. Independent skills of learning are developed in progression across the school in the Learning Zones, whilst taught sessions in maths and English vary in size across school to accommodate the needs of the children. The teachers and teaching assistants work in a strong team to provide the best learning opportunities for the children.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys collaborative working as part of a successful and supportive team to provide excellent teaching for our children. Our school ethos is built around the motto TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More. Children, families, staff and governors embody this motto alongside our 7 R’s of Resourcefulness, Responsibility, Respect, Reflectiveness, Resilience, Relationships and Risk Taking.
Visits to the school are encouraged and would be very welcome.
School website: www.hemingfordgrey.cambs.sch.uk
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