What skills and experience we're looking for
The Burley Oaks team is looking for a dynamic individual to lead our vibrant and high-achieving school due to the current Headteacher’s promotion within the Trust. Burley Oaks is a place where academic excellence meets creativity, and where every member of the team is encouraged to ‘belong, believe, achieve’. It is filled with happy children who eagerly embrace the many opportunities that are skilfully developed through a rich and ambitious curriculum.
We are seeking a compassionate and visionary leader who can inspire both children and staff to achieve academic excellence while fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment. The new Headteacher will lead by example, ensuring that high standards in teaching, learning, and behaviour are consistently maintained, while making sure that every child is excited about their education and valued as an individual.
Please see the Application Pack and Job description for more information:
What the school offers its staff
In return, Burley Oaks can offer you:
- a caring, vibrant school with a positive, ‘can do’ and supportive team ethos
- happy and enthusiastic children and families
-excellent facilities, expansive grounds and a healthy budget
- an incredible curriculum offer – music, IT, sports, forest school etc. providing opportunities for every child to excel
- a committed staff team who work collaboratively to deliver outstanding teaching and who are dedicated to their own professional development, always going the extra mile
- a school at the heart of a thriving village community
- wide-ranging support and strong collaboration across Moorland Learning Trust's 7 (soon to be 9) cross-phase schools
- access to Vivup, an employment benefits and wellbeing programme
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, governors and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process strictly adheres to 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.