Headteacher

Meridian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references and overseas checks.

Required from: 1st January 2023

This is a full-time post

Salary: L17-21 with consideration given to skills, experience and previous track record

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.  Histon & Impington Brook Primary School provides a high quality of education for the children in its catchment area – it has a proven track record of excellent attainment and offers a rich and varied curriculum.  We have a strong reputation in the local community and we are committed to providing the best education for 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.   

As a Headteacher at Histon and Impington Brook Primary School, we can offer you:

• Motivated, friendly staff and children in a popular trust with a dynamic community presence.

• The support of the wider trust network of experts and access to informal and formal professional development.

• The chance to develop the next generation of teachers through our work with our ITT providers and Teaching School Hub.

• Leadership supported within an established well thought of trust whilst maintaining the individual character of schools.

• The support of an experienced Executive Principal and Deputy Chief Executive Officer as well as fellow Headteachers within the Trust, as you establish your role.

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; developing our own SCITT training course and more recently, being the designated school for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Teaching School Hub. Furthermore, we are excited to be entering a new phase in our journey with the merger of our Trust with that of the Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust.  We are looking for someone who is keen to not only lead a strong team of staff at our school but also be committed to working collaboratively alongside other schools in the new Trust.

The successful candidate will have:

• A track record of leading and developing with impact for our children and staff.

• A passionate and uncompromising commitment to the further development of children and staff.

• Experience of converting vision into continuous school improvement. 

• 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 wider school community

We warmly welcome visits to Histon and Impington Brook Primary School from prospective candidates.  If you wish to arrange a visit or have any questions about the application process, please contact Senior HR Officer (Mrs Caroline Day) on 01223 491656 or by email: cday@meridiantrust.co.uk.

If you would like any further information about the role, please contact DCEO (Mrs Lesley Birch) on 01223 712192 or by email: primaryvacancies@meridiantrust.co.uk