What skills and experience we're looking for
Dear Applicant,
It is my privilege to introduce you to our amazing school located in theheart of the growing village of Haughley, near Stowmarket in Suffolk.We are a Church of England School with a strong vision and values.We take pride in fostering a warm, welcoming, supportive, andinclusive environment to ensure every child is cared for.
Our staff are a strong team who work well together to care for andchallenge our children, families and each other to be the best that wecan be.
Our new Headteacher will be joining us at an important time. Our schoolcontinues to grow and our children are thriving. We need to continue tofocus on the development of learning to ensure all children achievetheir best and they feel empowered to make a difference to the worldaround them.
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational and dynamic leader withvision, passion and drive, who is ambitious for our pupils, our staff andour school community and who can continue to lead us into a future.
We will be pleased to receive applications from candidates who arecurrently Deputies or Senior Leaders in education.
James Day, Chair of Governors
What the school offers its staff
The Tilian Partnership is a high performing primary MAT based inSuffolk. We are centred around the three key themes of Autonomy,Integrity and Partnership.
Because of this, our schools remain in control of their curriculum,finances and other major decisions when taken for the bestinterests of their pupils. We involve our Heads in MAT decisions sowe provide the services that schools truly need. We believe that allschools are entitled to high quality School Improvement. Wetherefore have a dedicated team to support school improvementand utilise expertise from our schools and external practitioners tohelp Heads develop their schools.
We understand that Headteachers are vital to the success of aschool and we also know the pressures on them. We havetherefore prioritised Headteacher well-being through supportservices such as confidential, half-termly, coaching sessions with anindependent and trained coach as well as the creation of a new rolefocused on ongoing support for heads (once again completelyconfidential). We are also fully supportive during inspections,before, during and after to give heads and staff additional support,guidance and back-up.
Andrew Berry, CEO of the Tilian Partnership
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows "Keeping Children Safe in Education" and Safer Recruitment Training guidance. Offers of employment are subject to the following checks (where relevant): Childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Online and social media Prohibition from teaching Right to work Satisfactory references Suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.