Head Teacher

Tes is supporting the appointment of a strong and ambitious Head Teacher to lead the team at a primary school based in Northamptonshire.

The school can offer the successful candidate happy, very well-behaved children who are a pleasure to teach every day; a supportive, hard-working, friendly staff who are dedicated to the school’s continuous improvement and supportive families who want the very best for their children.

Start date: September 2022 (if possible) or January 2023

About the role

• Being accountable for ensuring the educational success of the school on its journey towards outstanding.
• Ensuring that a high quality educational experience is available for all children that attend the school.
• Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing classroom practice, celebrating and promoting excellence, challenging under-performance and ensuring that all pupils achieve the best possible education.
• 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.

Leadership pay scale: L17-L22 (£62,570-£70,745)

About the School

This is a larger than average, urban primary school - set near Abington Park in Northampton. The two form entry school is full, with 420 pupils on roll, who come mainly from the local area. The school has an excellent reputation, is very popular within its local community and is now seeking to recruit a new Head Teacher.

The school was judged to be securely good at its last inspection in November 2017 and the Trust is seeking to appoint a leader who can provide the exceptional leadership that will steer the school to even greater success in the future. They believe in putting children at the centre of all they do and in providing an education that is exciting, engaging and fun.

About You

You will be able to provide strong, visionary leadership to the school and provide examples of making a difference and raising standards, from your current role. 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 be able to deal with the everyday challenges that being Head Teacher of a large and successful school brings.

As an innovative, motivational leader, you will have a commitment to your own professional development as well as those who work in your team. You will contribute to the wider life of the school and the Trust. You will have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of current educational priorities and research into curriculum and pedagogy and be able to demonstrate how these will influence your vision for the school over the coming years. You will be unapologetic about ensuring all pupils achieve the highest possible academic, pastoral, artistic and sporting outcomes.

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 and disabilities.

About the Trust

The 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, their close-knit family of schools allows pupils to begin and continue their world-class academic journey throughout primary and secondary school within the Trust. In 2019, their primary schools ranked top of the national academic league tables for Trusts with twenty or more primary schools. As a senior leader within the Trust, you will receive extensive induction, support, CPD and professional challenge from a highly-skilled central education team.

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: LC1632279 in the email subject line.