Primary School Headteacher - Budbrooke Primary School, Warwickshire
Salary: Group Size 2, Headteacher range L15 – L21, (£70,293 - £81,441 per annum) plus an additional £5,240 per annum, in recognition of your role as a Professional Peer Coach
Membership: Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Closing Date for applications: 2.00pm, 28th February 2025
Start Date: Flexible
We have an exciting and rare opportunity to appoint an experienced primary senior leader to the role of Headteacher at Budbrooke Primary School. Our ideal candidate will be an existing and talented senior leader with a proven track record of leadership impact, which includes securing outstanding outcomes for all and demonstrating a real ambition and drive to continue improving the life chances of pupils, in line with our trust's vision and values.
The successful candidate will also have a wider influence within our trust as a fully trained professional peer coach (training is given for this role).
About Budbrooke Primary School
At Budbrooke, all the children and staff are "super learners" and do their best. We encourage all the children to achieve and celebrate their learning journey. We are proud of our school and the children.
Extensive school grounds, good quality resources, and dedicated, hardworking pupils and staff all contribute to the sense of pride and belonging within the school community. The school has high standards and expectations of our pupils. This, alongside high levels of parental support, ensures that the children achieve the very best they are capable of.
In addition to our standards of attainment and achievement, we place a huge importance on our pastoral care. Daily assemblies and a very detailed programme of Personal, Social and Health Education are in place within the school. These all play a vital part in our daily lives and put the children at the centre of everything we do.
We are part of Community Academies Trust, who value all children in our care as individuals and are focused on ensuring excellence for all.
We wish to hear from you if you really want to make a difference and are:
1. An enthusiastic, energetic, and ambitious school leader with a track record of success at primary level
2. A motivational and inspirational leader with high expectations of staff
3. Confident and able to communicate a clear vision for the school
4. Able to develop children to reach their full potential regardless of background or circumstance
5. A strong leader with excellent interpersonal skills, keen to work with staff across the school and the trust to ensure wide success
6. Able to establish and develop excellent relationships with the community and other stakeholders
7. Have an excellent working knowledge and understanding of safeguarding
What we can offer you:
1. An additional allowance per annum, in recognition of your role as a Professional Peer Coach (subject to experience)
2. Highly effective trust-led school development support
3. Access to training, resources, and opportunities through membership of the trust’s ‘Institute of Education’
4. Trust funded professional networking, conferences, and residential opportunities to support strategic thinking and joint working with other Headteachers within the trust.
We actively encourage candidates to have a conversation about the role before making a formal application. You can arrange this with our Director of Schools (Primary), Allyson Brown, by emailing Rebecca Shakespeare rshakespeare@catschools.uk. Visits to the school are highly recommended and you will be warmly welcomed. These can be arranged with Rebecca following your conversation.
The full application pack and process is available via our careers page here.
Visits to school: Monday 24th and Thursday 27th February 2025
Closing date for applications: Friday 28th February 2025 (2.00pm)
Shortlisting date: Monday 10th March 2025 (pm)
Visits to shortlisted candidates’ schools: Monday 17th March 2025 and Tuesday 18th March 2025
Interviews and assessment activities: Thursday 20th and Friday 21st March 2025
Community Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks, online checks, and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flow from Community Academies Trust vision and values.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offender Act 1974.
The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
For queries on the application process, please contact a member of the Community Academies Trust Human Resources team on 01827 702 216.
Community Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.
Community Academies Trust Company Registration No. 0747273-6
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