Headteacher
Roydon Primary Academy
Essex
- £66,314 - £76,640 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01 September 2024 or 01 January 2025
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2024
Job overview
About the Academy
Roydon Primary Academy is a special place. It is a warm school at the heart of the village community - full of wonderful people. Roydon Primary Academy is a special place. It is a warm school at the heart of the village community - full of wonderful people. The core values of Empathy, Achievement, Resilience, Teamwork and Healthy Living are at the heart of everything we do. Our main priority is to ensure that remarkable change happens for all of our children through being taught good and outstanding lessons all of the time. We are an ambitious school and will not let barriers get in our way.
At Roydon Primary Academy our vision is to empower all children to fulfil their true potential through excellent education provision that inspires academic success and nurtures whole-child personal development. Within a safe, happy and stimulating environment, children are inspired and their individual achievements and effort celebrated.
About the role
The purpose of the job includes:
- Responsibility for ensuring the highest possible standards of education through the promotion of effective teaching and learning, a balanced curriculum, the provision of outstanding care and support for children and a rich extra-curricular programme which reflects the school’s development priorities.
- Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the Academy can operate effectively.
- Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for Academy improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context.
- Make sure these Academy improvement strategies are effectively implemented.
- Monitor progress towards achieving the Academy’s aims and objectives
About you
You should be able to develop the school’s strengths to provide an excellent education for all the children the school serves
You have the skills, experience and leadership qualities necessary to ensure excellence while managing the challenges of modern school leadership
You believe in inclusivity and providing a high quality education for all children whatever their background or need
You have a track record of successful school leadership
You have experience of working collaboratively to find solutions to problems
Attached documents
About Roydon Primary Academy
Roydon Primary Academy, near Harlow, takes great pride in every member of the school community working hard to provide high quality education, care and support for every child and every family.
Our village school has a long history dating back to 1876. Today, our school consists of the original Victorian School House, a 1970s addition, a new building housing two classrooms and a multipurpose hall. We are fortunate to have outside facilities which include extensive playing fields, an amphitheatre, football cage and a wild area as well as our own pond. Each class has their own mini allotment which gives us plenty of learning opportunities outside of the classroom.
Every pupil and member of staff is part of a House team they stay with for their whole time at our school. This means pupils can make friends with children from other classes of different ages and can compete for their House in a wide range of events.
Our reward system for pupils helps them to learn and to be successful members of the school community. Star of the Week awards are handed out for excellent attitude, behaviour and achievements. We also have a Head of School’s class of the week and punctuality awards.
Numeracy and literacy are, of course, a priority, with an impressive library enticing pupils inside to explore reading and the Times Tables Rock Stars scheme seeing children – and their teachers – complete in competitions regularly to boost their times tables recall speed and multiplication knowledge.
Pupil voice is very important to us, with class councils held every week to discuss issues and make decisions on changes we can make to continue improving the school. The Junior Leadership Team (JLT) representatives meet regularly with the head teacher ensuring that the pupil voice is heard.
We work closely with our families and together we form a supportive school community. As well as termly parents’ evenings, families are always welcome to make an appointment to visit our classrooms and talk to staff. We also hold several events throughout the academic year where we invite parents into the school. These include Mother’s Day and Father’s Day events, sports day, reading mornings, sharing assemblies, performances, open mornings and more!
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