Headteacher
Foster's Primary School
Bexley
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Range [Outer London] L19-L24
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2022
- Apply by:
- 21 June 2021
Job overview
The Governing Body of Foster’s Primary School are looking for an ambitious and experienced leader to continue to drive school improvement due to the retirement of the current Headteacher.
Foster’s Primary School is a popular two-form entry school with a Nursery on the Welling/Bexleyheath borders.
The school has a long and proud history dating back to 1727 when William Foster established a foundation for learning. For further information about the school, please visit: www.fosters.bexley.sch.uk
Foster’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school.
Further information about this vacancy, including the Job Description and Person Specification, are contained in the application pack available to download below.
Your Application
To apply for this vacancy please download and complete the application form, from the downloads section below, paying particular attention to Section 4 of the form; to indicate how you satisfy the criteria set out in the Person Specification. Applications should be submitted via email to schoolsrecruitment@bexley.gov.uk . Alternatively, paper applications should be sent to Hayley Pheby, Schools HR, Third Floor East, Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AT. CVs will not be accepted.
Previous applicants need not apply.
References will be requested prior to interview for applicants shortlisted for interview/assessment. An example of the reference pro-forma is available to view from the downloads section below (Appendix A).
Applicants invited to interview stage will be required to complete a Self-Disclosure form in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). An Enhanced DBS certificate will be required on provisional offer, including a check of the Children’s Barred List. Further vetting checks in line with the requirements of KCSIE, will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment.
Interviews are expected to be held across 12th-14th July 2021
This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. Foster’s Primary School therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
Foster’s Primary School is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery and expects employees to comply with our values of promoting equality and diversity, treating colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. This commitment must be evidenced in practice. Any behaviour that falls below these standards is unacceptable to the School and potentially constitutes misconduct.
Attached documents
About Foster's Primary School
- Foster's Primary School
- West Brooke Road, Welling
- Kent
- DA16 1PN
- United Kingdom
Foster’s Primary School is a mixed, non-denominational voluntary-controlled primary school for pupils aged three to 11.
It is located in Welling, Bexley, Kent, and has just under 450 pupils. There is a 52 place nursery on site. The school is the oldest primary school in Bexley.
The school can trace its history back to 1727, when William Foster established a foundation for learning. In his will he provided for a school for 20 poor children in the place of his birth.
Foster's moved to a new location in September 1998. The school is a two form entry school admitting 60 children each academic year. It also has a 52 place nursery on the site.
Headteacher
Mr Jason Hemley
Values and vision
Foster’s Primary School’s mission statement reads: “At Foster’s we aim to create and maintain an environment in which children are enabled to develop academically, socially, emotionally and personally.”
The school aims is to provide pupils with a safe and secure environment where they can develop academically and be happy. It provides a framework, which it hopes will allow all its children to develop as individuals, and enable children to develop a positive attitude to learning.
Foster’s encourages pupils to “celebrate our differences in order to foster respect and tolerance for each other”. The school has an “open door policy for parents” and believes that communication is the key to a successful school.
Ofsted
“Pupils achieve well from their starting points. Their behaviour and positive attitudes to learning mean they are confident in starting their next schools.The most recent unvalidated national tests results for the oldest pupils are the best for some time.”
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