Head Teacher

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Head Teacher - to join a primary school in September 2022 (if possible) or January 2023. The school offer quality primary education to children aged 7-11 years with two classes in each year group. 

The school's motivated staff are committed to building on recent rapid improvement, and they are looking for an inspiring and ambitious Head Teacher to lead the whole school community to a stronger future.

The 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 school.
• 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

This is an excellent opportunity for a school leader who may be seeking a first Headship role as you will be professionally supported, by DRET, to develop and craft your skills to become an outstanding Headteacher. 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 headteacher 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 procedures 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.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC 1632255 in the email subject line.