Headteacher

About Us

Grampian Primary Academy caters for approximately 240 pupils, aged 3 to 11. It is situated in spacious grounds which the children enjoy in both their learning and leisure time. The school is made up of eight classes. All classes are well resourced to provide a high-quality curriculum for every child. Our school is proud to be part of Anthem, an education charity that strives to create ambitious and successful schools in which every child thrives.

We are very proud of our school, our children and their successes. Our school mission is to ‘unlock positive futures’ for our children. We believe that strong, positive relationships provide the foundations for a school community to flourish.

We aim to ensure that all children receive an exciting, relevant curriculum which fosters a life-long love of learning. We wholeheartedly promote a stimulating and positive learning environment where all our children feel happy, safe and valued as individuals. Through a breadth of learning experiences, we want to inspire children and help them to be the best they can be. We believe that children learn best when they are happy, confident and well-motivated.

Throughout all parts of their school journey, we are committed to nurturing our children to be successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens. We emphasise the importance of respect, good manners and pride in our work by providing an exciting curriculum, in a positive climate, that enables everyone to succeed.

Job Purpose

• To provide professional leadership and management of Grampian Primary Academy that will promote a secure foundation from which to achieve high standards in all areas of the school’s work.
• To establish high quality education by effectively managing teaching and learning and using personalised learning to realise the potential of all pupils.
• To establish a culture that promotes excellence, equality, and high expectations to enable all pupils to succeed.
• To create a stimulating, nurturing, happy, safe, and productive learning environment that is engaging and fulfilling for all pupils.
• To provide vision, leadership and direction for the school and ensure that it is managed and organised to meet its aim and targets. Working with others, to be responsible for evaluating the academy’s  performance to identify the priorities for continuous improvement and raising standards.
• This job description reflects the National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers (2015). These standards are built upon The Teaching Standards (2011) which apply to all teachers, including headteachers.
• Quickly understanding the ethos, nature, unique qualities and strengths and areas of improvement for the school.
• Leading the operation and ongoing strategic development of the school.#
• Establishing the plans, structures, systems, and processes that support the above.
• Appointing high-calibre staff.
• Promoting and supporting outstanding teaching.
• Establishing the school as the school of choice for parents in the area.

To achieve success, the post holder will:

• Provide vision, leadership, and direction.
• Effectively lead and manage teaching and learning to secure the highest possible and sustainable levels of progress and attainment.
• Promote excellence, equality and high expectations among all pupils and staff.
• Effectively and efficiently deploy resources to achieve the school’s aims.
• Evaluate school performance and identify priorities for continuous improvement.
• Ensure effective and efficient day-to-day management, organisation and administration of the school.
• Secure the commitment and support of the wider community and encourage the involvement of parents and carers as well as key local community figures.

Full information of the main duties and responsibilities are detailed in our recruitment pack. This can be found on the job posting on My New Term (https://www.mynewterm.com/jobs/138992/EDV-2023-GPA-69654).

Benefits

Our rewards and benefits package includes:

• Membership of Teachers Pension scheme.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme offering free confidential support on a range of issues such as work, wellbeing, money, health, and legal advice.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Access to Health Shield Health Cash Plan, optional scheme to pay a weekly or monthly premium to claim money back on everyday health care needs such as dentist, optical and physical needs.

These duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exhaustive nor exclusive as the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grading of the post.

Other Details

Please note - to enable a recruiting window as long as possible, the closing date will be 09:00 the day before the interview. However, we do encourage you to submit your application in good time prior to the closing date/time to facilitate the shortlisting process and to allow you time to prepare for the interview day. If successfully shortlisted, you will be fully briefed on the requirements for the interview day, which will include a short presentation.

Interview date: Tuesday 26th September 2023

Applicants must submit their application through our recruitment system, My New Term. Although we do not accept CVs in place of the application, please send your CV to HR@anthemtrust.uk in readiness of completing your application if you would like to provide advance notice of your intention to apply.

The school reserve the right to appoint before the application deadline.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.