Headteacher
St. Hild's Church of England School
Hartlepool
- £89,830 - £103,010 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Group Pay Range
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 March 2025
Job overview
We invite interest in this opportunity to lead St Hild’s Church of England School, which is one of eight schools within NEAT Academy Trust. At the heart of our Trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of young people and our communities.
St Hild’s Church of England School is a rapidly improving school, as evidenced by our recent SIAMS, inspection. We are an inclusive school and continue to grow, providing a thriving learning environment for all of our pupils.
Our journey to ensure improved whole school progress and attainment outcomes for all learners is already underway and we need the right person to work with our Senior Leadership Team and other colleagues to drive forward our key priorities and plans.
We are looking for an inspiring leader, with the drive and vision to build upon the school’s successes to date and develop a shared expectation of high educational standards in the school. You will continue the school improvement journey of St Hild’s Church of England School , champion our young people and relentlessly strive for the very best. This post offers a rare opportunity to work in real collaboration across both primary and secondary phase leading to exciting, innovative practice.
The ideal candidate:
- Has an excellent understanding of teaching and learning and SEND practice
- Has proven leadership qualities and ability to challenge, inspire and motivate colleagues
- Has a proven record as an innovative, resourceful and decisive leader; and
- Can actively participate in and develop further, schools' partnerships across the Trust and with the local community.
Interested in finding out more about this unique opportunity? We would welcome school visits from potential candidates, to arrange a date and time please get in touch with the NEAT HR Team, at HR@neatat.org.uk. For an informal chat, please contact our CEO Debi Bailey, at d.bailey@neatat.org.uk.
Interested in applying? If you share our passion and believe you can make a difference, please read the accompanying job description and person specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Sunday 2nd March 2025.
Expected interview dates - 12th & 13th March 2025
NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
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About St. Hild's Church of England School
St Hild's Church of England School, named after Saint Hild of Whitby, the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, is a mixed, 11-16 secondary school located in Hartlepool, County Durham. It has been part of NEAT Academy Trust family of schools since April 2021.
St HIld’s aims to serve its local community by providing a high-quality, fully inclusive teaching and learning environment in a Christian context. We work tirelessly to ensure each child enjoys their education and is able to achieve the best they can, both academically and in terms of their personal and social development. "Life in all it's fullness" John 10:10 is our motto an we work hard to make this a reality.
A full range of enrichment and extra-curricular activities include sport, music, community and charity work, drama, dance, environmental work and outdoor pursuits. Pupils can train as Student Librarians and, in Years 10 and 11, as Junior Sports Leaders and House Captains as well as being a School Prefect.
Our recent SIAMS inspection rated us GOOD with EXCELLENT strands in the impact of Collective Worship and the effectiveness of Religious Education.
Acting Headteacher
Sara Crawshaw
Values and vision
As a Christian community, St Hild’s’ educational offering is based on the values of care, equality, honesty and responsibility.
Students are encouraged to have increasingly high expectations of themselves and are nurtured to develop growth mindsets so that they believe that their intelligence can grow and that effort leads to success. The school offers full support so that they can achieve their academic potential, as well as develop both personally and socially.
Traditional teaching methods are complemented by innovative and creative methods of curriculum delivery. The school takes in loco parentis seriously and makes every effort to make the decisions that parents and carers would make for their own children if they could.
Welcome from the NEAT Academy Trust CEO
St Hild’s Church of England School is one of eight schools within NEAT Academy Trust. Set up in 2017 to build on the existing collaboration between the schools, our vision is that:
“We belong to an innovative, sustainable trust working collaboratively with partners to share our vision and values that enables all learners within our influence to be well prepared personally, socially and academically for the next stage of their lives in a changing world.”
The development of our workforce is crucial to the success of our young people and joining NEAT will give you access to a wide range of CPD opportunities as you develop your career with us. Having a research school as an integral part of our trust also provides opportunities to work with other schools to use evidence-based programmes and practices and generate original research.
Debi Bailey
CEO
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