What skills and experience we're looking for
• Lead and manage the school effectively and efficiently ensuring the highest possible quality of education and range of educational opportunities for all pupils.
• Provide clear vision and positive, incisive, and purposeful leadership with strategic direction to ensure high standards of achievement and attainment for all.
• Motivate and develop others to create an effective school climate and shared culture.
• Promote the ethos, vision, and values of NPAT and Lings Primary School and contribute positively to wider school improvement initiatives across the Trust.
• Ensure that resources are used efficiently and effectively to achieve the school’s aims and objectives.
• Evaluate the school’s performance to identify the priorities for continuous improvement and raising standards.
• Develop an ethos and process for managing behaviour that enables pupils to achieve their potential, including the management of pastoral care, pupil welfare and anti-bullying procedures.
• Maintain and monitor outstanding safeguarding practices.
What the school offers its staff
Abington Vale primary school provides every child with outstanding education and personal development, leaving school having reached their full potential, with positive memories of their primary education. A school where pupil success is facilitated by engaged and vibrant staff to create an open culture of learning - our school is the school to work in. A school where staff and children have the best resources to reach their objectives, continually improving facilities and first-class information technology.
At Abington Vale Primary School, we value and celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of all our children. Our school community shares our vision to develop well rounded, confident and responsible individuals who aspire to achieve their full potential. We do this by providing a welcoming, happy, safe, and supportive learning environment in which everyone is equal, where opportunities are for all, and all achievements are celebrated.
Our school
Abington Vale Primary School is a modern primary school across two sites. Although both primary school sites are very different in appearance, both share the same ethos, values and dedication to high standards. In March 2018, the Pavilion Pre-School became part of Abington Vale Primary school and is located close to Park Billing Road.
Park Campus (the original Abington Vale site) was built in 1968, it is an attractive building surrounded by extensive grounds, which provide a stimulating environment for both learning and play for our 210 pupils.
Stirling Campus (located in Cliftonville) was completed and opened in September 2013. It is a fabulous office block conversion providing a unique and exciting learning opportunity for 210 children. Its modern and dynamic design is based upon Scandinavian school principals with large collaborative spaces.
Pavilion Preschool the Preschool was established in 1979 and moved to its current location 25 years ago. Since March 2018, the Pavilion Preschool is now part of the Abington Vale community.
Further details about the role
Abington Vale Primary School is part of Northampton Primary Academy Trust which founded in August 2012 and was built on the vision of five Headteachers to bring together like-minded schools to provide quality-first teaching and learning to all children across member schools, delivered and supported by passionate personnel of the highest professional calibre. Our member schools come in many shapes and sizes from small to large, splitsite primaries and covering a diverse geographical range and socio-economic mix.
NPAT schools all share a common vision and are committed to the NPAT values, whilst retaining the freedom to innovate and develop their own identity and character.
The Trust is built on the principle of synergy; that a collaboration of vibrant and successful schools can achieve collectively more than a single school could achieve alone. NPAT improves its schools' using teamwork and innovation through partnership working that brings together children, parents, teachers, governors, and school leaders.
From the original five schools we have seen progressive growth, with fourteen schools currently on board. Whilst we grow in size, the Trustees and Executive Team are keen to ensure that we retain the values, ethos, and moral purpose upon which our Trust was originally built.
Joining our Trust will mean that you will benefit from excellent opportunities to learn and further your career through strong collaboration and good career progression opportunities across our school network, and you will have great fun along the way.
We are on an amazing journey, and we would be delighted to welcome you on board to be an integral part of it.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical 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.