Headteacher

If you offer leadership which inspires and motivates others towards excellence, and ensures the very best education for our children, then we would love to hear from you.

Harbour Primary and Nursery School is a local authority school, maintaining its OFSTED rating of “Good with outstanding features” in 2019.

Harbour Primary and Nursery School has just under 500 children aged 2-11, and is located in the coastal East Sussex town of Newhaven, near Brighton. The Board of Governors seek to appoint a new Headteacher from January 2022.

You will have proven senior leadership skills with the ambition, creativity and skill set to build on our school’s many strengths and provide the strategic vision. Excellent interpersonal skills are essential in order to inspire staff, parents and pupils to aim for excellence across all aspects of the school.

You will encourage our children to “Always be Curious” and embrace the motto “Every Child, every chance, every day”.

We can offer:

• engaged and happy pupils who enjoy learning and behave well, committed and supportive colleagues who encourage innovation and creativity
• a very engaged parent’s group
• a fully supportive and active governing body with a wide range of skills
• a well-resourced and financially stable school

Visits to the school for prospective candidates are both recommended and warmly welcomed. Even if you have not been considering a move, why not come and visit us to find out more about this great opportunity to be a leader in our community.

Salary: Group 4 school with leadership pay range of level 18-24.

Closing Date: 12 Noon on Monday 7 June 2021.

Shortlisting: Wednesday 9 June 2021.

Interview: Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 June 2021.

For an informal discussion about the role and to book a visit, contact the Chair of Governors, Anthony Mayo via the clerk of Governors, Katherine Cotton on 01273 514532 or clerk@harbour.e-sussex.sch.uk

For a recruitment pack, please contact: Leadership.Recruitment@eastsussex.gov.uk

Harbour Primary and Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

This post is covered by the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2018.

The school will need to ensure that they are not knowingly employing a person who is disqualified under the 2018 Regulations in connection with relevant childcare provision. Accordingly, the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate to the school, by completing a self-declaration form as part of the pre-employment checks process, that they have not been disqualified under the 2018 Regulations.

If the preferred candidate is found to be disqualified under the 2018 Regulations, the offer of employment will be subject to the application by the preferred candidate to Ofsted for a waiver and the receipt of a waiver from Ofsted.