Principal

Newborough CofE Primary School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 7RG

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  22 April 2025

• Closing date

  22 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £59,167.00 - £66,919.00 Annually (FTE) LSP 8 - 13

Principal job summary

We are seeking an inspiring, talented and dynamic senior leader who is ready to take their next step in their leadership career in a successful, creative school with a dedicated team of colleagues.

As Principal, you will have responsibility for the leadership and management of the school. You will be able to inspire and motivate staff to share the ambitions and high expectations for the school and will be able to work in partnership with parents and children to ensure the school serves its community. You will promote the vision and direction of the school enabling it to build on its successes.

Newborough CofE Primary School is a welcoming, single-form entry school that has recently joined the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust (PDET). This partnership has opened up exciting opportunities for staff development and career progression through research-informed practice and extensive CPD programs.

(PDET), a forward thinking academy trust which is fully committed to the ‘flourishing of all’. The Trust regards developing people as a key priority in order to achieve educational excellence. Hence, the Trust invests in people to develop their individual skills and talents; all members of staff are appreciated and valued for the part they play in a highly effective team.

The Trust is looking to recruit someone who:

• has recent, successful senior leadership experience looking for an opportunity to take the next step in their leadership career
• is an excellent communicator and is able to build effective partnerships with families, staff, governors and the wider community
• ensures all children feel safe, happy, and able to learn
• shows excellence in teaching and learning
• has an understanding of the curriculum and pastoral needs of primary aged children
• is confident in using a range of behaviour management strategies
• has the ability to work effectively, flexibly, and independently and above all is a committed team member
• has the skills to lead, improve and sustain achievement for all children and is willing to embrace and promote the Christian ethos of the school
• has a flexible approach to working
• is driven, ambitious and enthusiastic.

In return, we can offer you:

• enthusiastic and motivated learners who care for each other and are proud of their school
• well behaved pupils who are engaged in their learning
• a high quality, committed staff team who are passionate about ‘making a difference’
• a school that is highly committed to serving its community with established links with the local church
• a large trust, spanning Peterborough, Northamptonshire and Rutland, that is highly committed to professional development and provides access to a range of developmental and career opportunities.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged.

The Trust welcomes interest from any senior leader / teacher from a church school / non-church school who shares the school’s values.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail or to arrange a visit, please feel free to contact Darren Epton-Smith, Executive Principal: execprincipal@newborough.peterborough.sch.uk

More information about the school can be found on the following website: https://www.newboroughschool.co.uk

Closing Date – Wednesday 22nd January 2025 (midday)

Interviews Scheduled – Wednesday 29th January 2025

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and successful applicants will need to provide two references and undergo a DBS and medical check provided by the school.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Newborough CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 210 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
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