What skills and experience we're looking for
• Have a passion and drive for everyone to flourish.
• Have the drive and resilience to lead continuous school improvement.
• Display integrity in dealing with the school community.
• Challenge and empower staff to be the best they can be.
• Will develop and sustain a learning culture and for all across our school.
• Will foster young people’s enjoyment of learning whilst ensuring high levels of achievement and academic rigour, both in the mainstream and resource base.
• Will continue to develop the respectful and inclusive ethos of our school.
• Have a proven track record of showing swift impact against improvement priorities.
• Will recognise changing vulnerabilities and priorities in a school and do what needs to be done to support them and ensure pupil’s and colleagues succeed.
• Have consistently high expectations to improve outcomes for all our children and colleagues.
• Are honest, approachable, adaptable, resilient, patient, motivated and an excellent communicator who can demonstrate that they work with integrity and respect for all.
• Have excellent organisational skills and enjoy the challenges faced in a primary school.
What the school offers its staff
• A commitment to national teacher terms and conditions under the Burgundy Book.
• The opportunity to work with our amazing pupils in a fantastic local community and be part of a wider group within a locality based and well-regarded Trust.
• A commitment to the professional development of every colleague.
• No performance related pay and access to a personal development appraisal process with the single objective of every colleague being able to ‘flourish in their role’.
• Partnership working with a strong Central Team providing expertise in school improvement, HR, operations and finance.
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Scheme.
• Vouchers for flu jabs and eye tests.
• A realistic and compassionate understanding that all our colleagues are balancing home and professional lives.
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.