Headteacher

At St Matthew’s Bloxam Church of England Primary School (StMB) in Rugby we are committed to ensuring a caring and inclusive environment within a strong Christian ethos, where children from Nursery to Year 6 are happy, safe and secure and thrive in everything they do. ‘We are Family’ is our school motto.

Following the promotion of the current Headteacher, we are seeking to recruit a new leader who will:

• Be a highly motivated, energetic and successful leader with an exemplary track record in leading with integrity, creativity and resilience;
• Be an enthusiastic, passionate practitioner, with QTS and at least 5 successful years classroom experience;
• Continue to drive a compelling and inspiring vision with strategic leadership to progress the school from good to outstanding;
• Make decisions with the best interests of the children at heart;
• Have a positive impact and influence on children, colleagues and the wider community, generating a contagious passion for achieving high standards in learning and delivering outstanding teaching for all;
• Have a restless curiosity and eagerness to learn and develop new knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the best way forward for the school;
• Develop and empower colleagues to bring out their best, whilst holding them to account for delivering against clearly defined expectations and standards;
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Have successfully led a whole school development initiative which has had demonstrable impact on pupil progress and achievement.

We will provide:

• Delightful and exceptionally well behaved children who enjoy coming to school;
• A well-established school where the Headteacher, Senior Leaders and Governors work well together;
• A strong senior leadership team with an appetite to move from good to outstanding;
• A highly effective and involved Governing Body who are committed to excellence;
• Deeply rooted Christian values of trust, compassion and honesty that facilitate reflective practice and development in this distinctive church school, in a multi-ethnic area, in close cooperation with St Matthew’s and St Oswald’s (M2O), Rugby;
• A partnership with more than five local schools, including a special school and local secondary school, which has provided an opportunity to become a Local Leader of Education for our previous Headteacher.

Additional Information:

We welcome applications from aspiring Deputy Headteachers and experienced Headteachers as well as other senior leaders who can demonstrate the required skills and experience.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children. The appointment is subject to a successful DBS check.

Applications should be made online – please use the application form linked to this advertisement or send for an application pack to helen.gibson@covcofe.org

Within your application please demonstrate how you meet the criteria for this role. Please also answer the following questions;

1. how you would take StMB from Good to Outstanding in all aspects of the school, recognising that we are a one form entry primary school in a multi-cultural environment;
2. how you would lead the school forward to form stronger ties with other local schools.

(No more than two sides of A4 for each question please)

Closing Date: 17 February 2017 at 9.00am
Interview Dates: Provisionally 6 and 7 March 2017

St Matthew’s Bloxam Church of England Primary