Headteacher

Closing Date: Monday 10th July 2017, noon

Interview Date: Thursday 13th/Friday 14th July 2017

Salary: L20 to L26 (£62,240 to £72,089) plus termly ‘wellbeing days’ 

Job Start: January 2018

Following the retirement of our Headteacher, who opened The Vine in 2005, we are looking for someone special to lead our school. The vision and commitment to the Vine for the last 12 years has been instrumental in ‘opening hearts and minds’. We are now seeking to appoint an outstanding, visionary and passionate leader to continue to build on the vibrant learning environment of which we are all so proud. 

We are situated in Cambourne, a growing community located just 9 miles west from Cambridge. We are a two-form entry school with places for 420 pupils aged 4 to 11 years, plus a school-managed Pre-School for 24 children, with a Breakfast and After School Club. Our school building is modern, well designed and well resourced. The grounds offer plenty of opportunities for learning outside including an amphitheatre, an outdoor music area, outside gym facilities for the older children, full outdoor play area and a wood for den building. There are 86 members of staff so we are a large community and this is reflected in the vibrancy of the school – there is always something going on! 

Our school was last judged by Ofsted in 2014 and ‘It’s all good!’, our Pre-School was judged earlier this year as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted and ‘Outstanding’ by SIAMS in 2015. We are a Good school, and we are now on the journey to becoming ‘Outstanding’ in all categories, the new Headteacher will have the opportunity to thrive within a committed staff body, governors, parents and pupils who are all passionate about the future of The Vine. 

We offer: 

• An effective strategic leadership team including an experienced, non-teaching deputy headteacher 
• Middle Leaders responsible for English, Mathematics and Computing 
• A highly committed, professional, hard-working teaching team 
• A skilled team of Teaching Assistants 
• An experienced office team 
• A Resources Manager (responsible for the budget and the school site) 
• Supportive and knowledgeable governors 
• Welcoming community 
• And… funny, fabulous, FANTASTIC pupils who LOVE to learn! 

Location: Cambourne, Cambridgeshire 

Contract Type: Full time 

Contract Term: Permanent 

The best way to find out more is to come along and see for yourself, please contact Grace Rowley at Academicis to have a confidential conversation, discuss some of the projects that the Vine will offer you, and to arrange a tour of the school with the Chair of Governors. Grace can be contacted on:

T: 01223 907973 | E: growley@academicis.co.uk | M: 07901 585959

All applications must be emailed to Grace Rowley at Academicis by noon on Monday 10th July 2017.

All appointments are subject to the receipt of satisfactory references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check. 

The Vine Inter-Church Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, the prevention of discrimination and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all and expects all staff and volunteers to share these commitments.