Headteacher

Number on Roll: 270 (including Nursery 26)

Commencing: January 2023

Salary: L13 – L19

Contract Term: Permanent 

Alverton is a friendly, welcoming, child-centred primary school in the beautiful market town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire. The school works closely with the community and our core values are demonstrated on a daily basis. We provide a safe and purposeful environment, within which each pupil is valued and motivated to strive for excellence. At Alverton we see the diversity in our community as a strength of the school and we aim to ensure that every pupil is challenged and supported to achieve.

Alverton is close to the Yorkshire Dales and coastal resorts. Situated 60 miles from Newcastle, 50 miles from Leeds and 30 miles from York, it benefits from excellent rail links on Trans Pennine and East Coast main line as well as being very close to both the A1M and A19 making it an easy commute from Teesside, Darlington, York, Harrogate, Newcastle and Leeds.

Our Opportunity 

This is a rewarding Headship in which you will be able to lead our school on the next stage of our journey and by incorporating a clear vision for the future development of our school, plan what that journey might look like.

It is an exciting opportunity for the new Headteacher who, as a dynamic, innovative, and experienced professional, will lead the school to become outstanding and to fully meet the needs of the community it serves in an ever-changing educational landscape. Your remit will be to raise standards by developing the school, with an ability to effect change at pace and to work collaboratively with colleagues, in the school, across the school, and with the wider community.

About You

To be successful, you must be able to demonstrate a proven record of accomplishment of working with children, have recent school leadership experience and be committed to providing the children with a high-quality education. Someone who will actively model and promote the school’s values and Alverton’s collective determination that no child should be ‘left behind’.

You will: 

• Be a committed leader with excellent interpersonal skills who can motivate and manage all stakeholders, effectively shaping and delivering the strategic plan.
• Be an inspirational and dynamic leader who actively encourages and respects the views of others
• Have a continuing drive to reflect, learn and strive for positive development, for themselves, their staff team, the children and our school as a whole.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of young people, social, physical and emotional alongside educational needs, and ensure that the school provides a rounded provision to nurture them.
• Be collaborative and outward looking, developing partnerships for the benefit of the school and the wider educational community
• Demonstrate superb leadership skills with ability to challenge robustly and constructively.
• Be someone who recognises the importance of maintaining the school’s existing values while instilling their own leadership and identity.
• Be an outstanding teaching practitioner able to set and achieve ambitious goals and continually seek to raise standards and promote our vision, values and aims in a way that is relevant and inspiring to all.
• Consider and shape how we can adapt our practices innovatively to promote and enhance the wellbeing of our staff team.
• Be someone who is capable of and confident in making difficult decisions and asking challenging questions in order to seek the best possible outcome for our school as a whole.
• Be a strategic thinker able to plan long, medium and short term.
• Be able to review our financial resources and look at how we invest in our school.

If you feel ready to be our next Headteacher and you can bring your experience, enthusiasm, drive, commitment, and energy to deliver our vision for our wonderful children and motivated staff, we would love to hear from you.

For more information about this exciting opportunity and how to apply (and view the Job Description and Person Specification) please visit our dedicated campaign site – https://nyresourcing.co.uk/alverton-primary-school-headteacher/

For an informal, confidential conversation about the role please call Julie Crichton on 07581143421 or email Julie.crichton@northyorks.gov.uk. Julie has been engaged to support us with recruitment to this key role.

Key dates:

School Visits (from Monday 4th - Thursday 21st July and Thursday 8th – Friday 9th September): School visits are invited, to arrange a visit by appointment only please contact Bernadette Ward on admin@alverton.n-yorks.sch.uk

Application closing date: Midnight, Sunday 21st August 2022

Shortlisting: Thursday 25th August 2022

Interviews: Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th September 2022

When applying please take into account the following:

Supporting Information

The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.

References

When completing your application, please provide two employment references.

Safeguarding

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to undertaking an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.