Head Teacher

About our Academy

At the Abbey CE Academy we offer quality primary education to children aged 7-11 years with two classes in each year group.

Our school values everyone.

We respect and encourage individuals to be confident, happy and caring. Together, we are enthusiastic about learning and aim to be the best.

Our philosophy

We encourage our students to:

• develop their social skills and give them room for personal development.
• strive towards meaningful goals and support them as they solve the problems they encounter so that they gain increased levels of autonomy.
• develop their own personality and to discover their own individual paths towards adulthood.

Our school's main strengths lie in:

• promoting creating a supportive environment where we value everyone
• respecting and encouraging individuals to be confident, happy and caring
• nurturing constructive relationships with parents
• academic learning through curriculum and extracurricular activities
• together we are enthusiastic about learning and aim to be the best

Abbey CE Academy is a Church of England school and forms part of the Diocese of Peterborough. Our church values permeate all aspects of our school and our running, and forms a strong moral and ethical compass for all pupils of the Christian faith, other faiths and no faith. The school have strong links with the community and Holy Cross Church.

We are very proud that the Abbey CE Academy is rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in recognition of the high standards of our learning provision.

Real strides are being made in teaching and learning but we are not complacent and know there is more we can achieve for our children. Our motivated staff are committed to building on recent rapid improvement and we are looking for an inspiring and ambitious Head Teacher to lead the whole school community to a stronger future.

Our new Head Teacher will bring a compelling blend of professional ability, focus and ambition for the school. With an inclusive, visible leadership style and a determination to deliver a world-class education.  You’ll engage teachers, children, parents and carers alike in your vision for their learning. We’re particularly interested in your approach to raising and extending overall achievement for students and building a culture of sustained and focused collaboration that produces exceptional outcomes.

About the role

Being accountable for ensuring the educational success of the Academy on its journey towards Excellence.

Ensuring that a high quality educational experience is available for all children and young people that attend the Academy.

Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing classroom practice, celebrating and promoting excellence, challenging under-performance at all levels and ensuring appropriate action.

Ensuring that systems are in place to encourage all teaching staff to be similarly active in their personal and continuous professional development.

Keeping abreast of educational developments and best management practice in order to introduce appropriate innovation, whilst building on the Trust’s ethos and vision.

About You

You will be able to provide strong, visionary leadership to the school and to provide examples from your current role of making a difference and raising standards. You will see yourself as a teacher at heart, able to inspire others to learn and promoting a broad and balanced curriculum that meets all children’s needs. You will also need to have excellent communication skills, be approachable and a good listener and able to deal with the everyday challenges that being Head Teacher of a school brings.

You will be able to show us your success story within a programme of rapid improvement, involving the local community.  If you can demonstrate outstanding effectiveness as a classroom practitioner and can also bring impressive skills in strategic and resource management, development planning and personnel and financial management, we would like to hear from you.

As an innovative, motivational leader, you will have a commitment to your own professional development as well as those who work in your team and will contribute to the wider life both at the school and within the Trust. You will have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of current educational priorities and be able to demonstrate how these will influence your vision for the school moving forwards.

It is essential that you have experience of promoting equality and diversity and are fully up to date with the policies and proceedures relating to safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare. You must be committed to inclusion with an up to date knowledge of appropriate strategies and the type of support needed for children with special educational needs.

About the Trust

The David Ross Education Trust is committed to becoming one of the top-performing multi-academy trusts in the country. Recognised as a nationwide system leader, the Trust works with 34 primary and secondary schools across the country, ranging from small rural primaries with around 50 children, to much larger secondary schools in urban areas. Working together, with a shared ethos and values, our close-knit family of schools allows pupils to begin and continue their world-class academic journey throughout primary and secondary school within the David Ross Education Trust.

Developing your career

The Trust is committed to the ongoing professional development of staff and to providing career progression opportunities. These are supported through regional hubs where we offer high quality programmes for CPD and Leadership Development to support our practitioners to deliver high quality teaching and learning across our academies.

How to apply

If you would like to speak to our Regional Director regarding this role, please e-mail recruitment@dret.co.uk with your contact details and we will arrange a call for you.

We are looking for someone to join us in September 2021 if possible, or January 2022.  You will need to complete on our-line application form, which gives you scope to add a supporting statement showing how you meet the requirements and outlining your motivation and vision for the role.  Please click on ‘apply for job’.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Abbey CE Academy is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.