What skills and experience we're looking for
Warden House Primary School are looking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced Headteacher. You will be part of our thriving community and will work with us to achieve our mission of irresistible learning for all. We are driven to provide high quality learning aligned to our values of inclusion, innovation and inspiration.
You will be a transformational leader with a proven track record of school improvement. Leading by example, you will ensure our people are committed to high standards for every child.
Warden House is part of Veritas Multi Academy Trust, our school to school support model commits to collaborative working. You will embrace this in your leadership.
As an experienced leader you will be able to demonstrate how you enable people to be the best versions of themselves: to inspire, motivate and embed continuous professional development.
Are you ambitious, visionary, innovative, positive and determined to make a difference to the life chances of our children and community? Do you have the passion, dedication and ability to continue to build on our school’s excellence and success and continue its journey of improvement?
Do you believe education makes a difference? Do you have the enthusiasm to instil this in others? Do you have a desire to work in a forward-thinking school that is part of Veritas Multi Academy Trust? If so, we would love to hear from you.
In alignment with our values, the Trust is committed to supporting inclusion and diversity in our recruitment. We actively seek to ensure that we are representative of our diverse communities.
Veritas Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants will be subject to recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasize the Trust’s commitment to the safeguarding of its pupils and staff. Posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, two satisfactory references, an adequate pre-employment health check, and verification of the right to work in the UK. Please note as part of “Keeping Children Safe in Education” requirements, Veritas Multi Academy Trust will carry out online searches for all shortlisted candidates.
What the school offers its staff
The Veritas Multi Academy Trust acknowledges the duty of care it has towards all of its people and recognises the importance of prioritising wellbeing within the workplace in its many forms.
Our mission is to make learning irresistible for all. This can only be achieved by the combined commitment of our people. The Trust’s pledge is to ensure that our people are valued, fairly remunerated, supported in their professional learning and development, supported when life is challenging and support each other to be the best version of selves. Everyone pledges to make wellbeing their priority, looking after each other and looking after ourselves. Why is Wellbeing in the workplace so important?
• Increases our resilience
• Reduce sickness absence
• Boosts morale and engagement
• Positively impacts on retention
• Supports recruitment by promoting a positive approach to wellbeing for our people
Our 10 Pledges
1. Collaboration and engagement with colleagues across the Trust, including an annual Trust Conference, with a focus on research and evidence informed practice.
2. Mentoring, coaching and supervision are available to all. Our Early Career Policy ensures that our new teachers are fully supported by highly qualified mentors who are given time to fulfil their role.
3. We listen carefully, including an annual people survey, and commit to providing support to each other to address challenges to our well-being.
4. All Schools have a Mental Health Lead to advise, and support on embedding best practice across the Trust.
5. Our Trust people development policy reduces unnecessary paperwork and has a clear focus on development and impact; including an Online Training Programme (National College) available for all.
6. Our focus on high quality teaching and learning puts professional agency at the forefront. All teaching and learning policies are reviewed to ensure workload is not adversely burdensome e.g. marking and assessment policy do not add to workload.
7. Opportunities to provide benefits are promoted across the Trust e.g. free child places in after school provision for all employees’ children, annual flu vaccination programme, membership of the Chartered College of Teaching, a free school meal to anyone who sits with children.
8. All our people have a job description which is annually reviewed, with opportunities to discuss professional development and opportunities for career progression.
9. Our pay policy is transparent as to how remuneration, and where opportunities for career development and progression are available.
10. Our Family Statement in the Trust’s absence policy makes explicit our commitment to supporting all, including flexible working, and fairly addressing and supporting absence and sickness.
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.