Headteacher

Number on Roll: 198

Our school is located in a lovely semi-rural setting in the County Town of Northallerton, near the railway station and County Hall. Our school serves a desirable private residential estate and Northallerton’s surrounding Villages. The School has easy access to the good road links of the A1 and A19. Our school has close contacts with their community and have a thriving PTA who support the school. The school has ‘out of hours’ provision provided by a private company on site. We are well supported by our North Yorkshire County Council Senior Education Advisor.

The children, staff, parents, our governing body and our community are proud of our school where children are engaged in their learning and despite the recent pandemic are enthusiastic learners with the potential to make rapid progress. Our school can build on its many strengths and achievements under a new Headteacher, our School staff have an accurate understanding of the current levels of achievement and are committed to making sure the children make the necessary progress. Our Governing body have a good understanding of the strengths and areas for development of the school and very much look forward with working with the new Headteacher

In an ever-changing educational environment, there will be many exciting challenges ahead. Our school needs to continue to develop ever-stronger links with the governing body, parents and staff who actively support the school and you will need to maintain and develop the relationships which the school has built with the wider communities.

Our Opportunity

This is a rewarding Headship; you will be able to lead our school on to the next stage of its journey and understand what our journey might look like. You must exhibit confidence, be an engaging communicator that displays empathy and has a clear focus on continuing to build a healthy workplace culture to benefit the wellbeing of staff and pupils.

This exciting opportunity gives a new Headteacher the scope to shape how our school moves forward. The future of our school requires a strong leader with a clear vision, who has the ability to communicate that vision to others and to make an instant impact.

The new Headteacher will be required to commit and concentrate on:

• Effective communication skills
• Ability to lead and support a long-standing staff team
• A demonstrable track record of raising standards with the ambition, skills, and experience to lead a school.
• Vision, dedication and the highest aspirations for all members of the school community.
• Strong communication skills as you will need the ability to forge and promote positive relationships with all staff and our large and diverse parent/family community
• Financially astute with the ability to interpret and use data to drive performance and manage resources
• Passionate about the local area 

In particular, we are looking for an Headteacher who;

• Passionate commitment to education
• Setting and achieving challenging goals
• High expectations of self and others
• Skillful communication according to audience
• Respect for others
• Building effective teams

We can offer you:

• An excellent opportunity to provide strategic leadership and direction while building upon the high standards already in place.
• A Leadership team that has a culture of high expectation and ambition for the school. The staff team shares expertise and good practice and has a shared vision and responsibility for school improvement.
• A happy, caring and supportive school, with children who respect and care for each other and have a thirst for learning.
• An ambitious curriculum, which aims to give every child a love for learning and enriching opportunities.
• A Governing Body who are committed and passionate about our school and ensuring our children reach their potential and are committed to providing support on all matters including more sensitive or difficult issues, this includes the wellbeing of all staff members.
• Support from the Local Authority and a dedicated staff team.

If you feel ready to be our next Headteacher and you can bring your experience, enthusiasm, commitment and energy to deliver our vision to our children and motivated staff, we would love to hear from you.

For more information about this wonderful opportunity, how to apply and job description and person spec please visit our dedicated campaign site - https://bit.ly/30gf6e9

For an informal, confidential conversation about the role please call Grant Hopkins on 07971837589 or email grant.hopkins@northyorks.gov.uk. Grant has been engaged to support us with recruitment to this key role.

Key dates:

• School visits by appointment only – Please Telephone Grant Hopkins to make arrangements
• Application closing date: Sunday 12th December
• Shortlisting: Thursday 16th December
• Interviews: Thursday 6th and Friday 7th January