Headteacher
Harry Gosling Primary School
Tower Hamlets
- £75,732 - £86,391 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- L18-L24 negotiable dependent upon experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 20 March 2023
Job overview
Harry Gosling is a successful, vibrant and welcoming primary school located in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Our motto is “Learning to shine in everything we do”, and we put our children at the centre of all we do.
We aim to equip our children with the knowledge and skills to be motivated, confident and successful global citizens, and leave Harry Gosling ready to be a force for good and to make a positive contribution to the world. At Harry Gosling Primary School, achievement is not just about academic excellence, it’s about personal growth too. It’s about how we treat each other, what we value and how we contribute to our surroundings and community.
Our staff are a cohesive team who work together really well. We pride ourselves on developing staff members and offer all great career progression within our teams.
We are a two form entry school and are very lucky to have the support of The Tower Hamlets Partnership (THEP) as well as a tight knit group of local schools who support, educate, and improve each other as part of the Stepney Partnership.
Over the years we have worked hard to build excellent relationships with our wider community which makes exciting and valuable contributions to school life.
We are seeking a leader who will embrace our strengths, build on these and inspire colleagues and pupils alike to achieve their highest standards.
Harry Gosling offers:
- a friendly and supportive ethos which celebrates the diverse and inclusive nature of the school
- an enthusiastic and inquisitive group of children who enjoy learning and display excellent behaviour
- an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and dedicated staff team, supported by its parents/carers and community
- high standards of learning and teaching
- a commitment to creative approaches to the curriculum, with exciting cross-curricular learning opportunities
- a rich mix of families who strongly support the school
- an exciting school environment, both inside and out, with high quality resources
- an effective governing body, which positively supports and challenges the school
Our new Head Teacher will:
- be passionate about children’s learning and keen to see all children inspired to succeed
- be able to motivate the whole school community
- be able to build upon the current achievements and continue to raise standards
- have a vision for inclusive, primary education in the 21st Century
- have a commitment to the highest standards of teaching.
- have the ability to nurture a ‘love of learning’ and have a vision for continued professional development throughout the school.
- have excellent management, interpersonal and communication skills with a dynamic strategic leadership style, a strong character and good sense of humour.
- have vision, commitment and high expectation, leading by example
Interview dates: Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th March 2023 (Candidates to be notified of attendance by 23rd March 2023)
A visit is essential and can be booked by contacting Sima Miah via email at recruitment@harrygosling.towerhamlets.sch.uk or by calling on 0207 481 1650.
If you have any questions or to have an informal chat with our adviser, please call Andrew Best on 07917 080201.
Please read the instructions for your application carefully in the pack. The pack is also available on the school’s website.
Please email your completed application and any other attachments directly to andy.best@fsed.co.uk
Harry Gosling Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
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About Harry Gosling Primary School
INFORMATION ABOUT HARRY GOSLING PRIMARY SCHOOL
Harry Gosling is a two-form entry school with approximately 450 pupils, from Nursery to Year 6. 82% of pupils have a language other than English as their first language and 91 % live in households where another language is spoken.
There are four things that make our school so special, and, we feel, somewhere so rewarding to work:
Our children
Our children are, quite simply, fantastic! Behaviour at Harry Gosling is excellent and the pupils enjoy coming to school and are excited by their learning. This good behaviour makes a strong contribution to their learning. Inclusion is at the heart of what we do at Harry Gosling. We include children with a wide range of abilities and needs, including those who are exceptionally able and those who have additional learning needs and EHCPs.
Our staff
Our staff is a mixture of people who have worked in the school over an extended period, as well as those who are recently appointed. Staff members are lively, friendly, supportive and committed and between them have an impressive range of skills and a great sense of humour.
The school offers excellent Continuous Professional Development for all staff in all roles. We are very much a learning community, and we are only looking for staff who are like-minded and seek to better themselves and embrace new ideas and new challenges. This is not a school to stay still in. We encourage staff to take on initiatives and to try new things. We have very high standards, and our staff is expected to be ambitious and determined to excel, both for themselves and for the children they support. We offer ITE through our London-Exeter Partnership and are part of THEP (Tower Hamlets Education Partnership).
Our community
Harry Gosling is a thriving school serving a wonderful community. We are a school committed to inclusion and respect and our ethos pervades everything we do. We have high expectations of our pupils both in terms of attainment and behaviour. We respect and welcome our community into the school.
Parents take an active interest in their children’s education, are in regular contact with teachers and give us a great deal of support and encouragement. This is a healthy partnership which the school encourages. There is also a lively and involved Governing Body, which is extremely supportive of the school.
Our vision
Everyone at Harry Gosling shares our vision for excellence. We have a clear statement of aims (which you will find on our website), and we have one simple, clear motto, shared by us all. Every day at Harry Gosling, we are all ‘Learning to shine in everything we do’. Everything that we do is underpinned by our four core values of Excellence, Teamwork, Responsibility and Equality.
We are proud of the creative approach we take to providing pupils with meaningful, exciting learning opportunities, both through our curriculum and through the pedagogical approaches we adopt. We are well provided with resources for teaching across the curriculum. We have invested considerably in creating an exciting learning space for all children, both inside and outdoors. Visits to a wide range of local venues and those which are further afield are frequently made in order to support learning across the curriculum. A range of clubs are offered to all children, so that they can develop their talents and interests. Likewise we invite visitors from such venues to the school.
You can find out more about our school by visiting our website at www.harrygoslingprimary.co.uk
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