Headteacher

VACANCY FOR HEADTEACHER AT OAKLEY PRIMARY ACADEMY

Salary: Leadership Band 7 or 8, depending on experience

Hours of work: Full-time

Start Date: September 2023

We are looking for a leader who is dedicated, hardworking and passionate and can inspire and lead our school into the next phase of its development. Oakley Primary Academy provides a high quality of education for the children. We have a strong reputation in the local community, and we are committed to providing the best education for all the children in our school. You will be working with a very talented and hard-working team of staff who are all dedicated professionals – a key part of our ethos is collaboration, and we enjoy working together to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a school where we are passionate about sharing expertise, innovative practice and resources and have benefited greatly from being part of a multi-academy trust.

The Opportunity

• To join motivated, friendly staff and children in a popular trust with a dynamic community presence.
• The support and guidance of an experienced Executive Principal; part of a core team of Executive Principals, plus the sharing of good practice with fellow Headteachers within the Trust.
• The expertise and support from the wider trust network of advisors and access to informal and formal professional development.
• Create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life.
• Ensure teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines or specialist domains.
• Establish effective curricular leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of relevant expertise with access to professional networks and communities.

The ideal candidate will have

• A track record of leading and developing with impact for our children and staff.
• Experience of converting vision into continuous school improvement.
• A passionate and uncompromising commitment to the further development of children and staff.
• People skills which enthuse and develop staff and communicate effectively with parents and the wider local community.
• Evidence of partnership working and wider impact.
• Integrity, warmth, and compassion – in all, a great role model for our children, staff, and the wider school community.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Free on-site parking         
• Eyecare vouchers         
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support  
• Cycle to work scheme         
• Free tea and coffee making facilities         
• Generous sick pay and annual leave 

Oakley Primary Academy is a friendly, vibrant village school in the heart of Oakley. We continually strive to provide the best education for our pupils, so they become resilient and independent with the key skills needed to become successful citizens of the 21st Century.

We are proud to be a ‘Values School’. The values we teach are modelled by our staff members and through our teaching of the curriculum. We are a supportive and hardworking team, where all stakeholders are valued and listened to.

At Oakley Primary Academy we deliver the National Curriculum through a creative curriculum so that learning is creative, fun, and meaningful. There is a clear progression of knowledge in each subject to enable children to grow in all areas and be successful, not only academically, but in daily life.

We work very closely with the families of our school and acknowledge the importance of close home/school links.

Visits to the school are encouraged, to arrange a visit, please contact the school office on 01234 822104

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 28 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role and school please download the Applicant Information Pack and Prospectus below.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 23rd April 2023 at midnight

Interview to take place on Friday 28th April 2023

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.