Grade: L14 to L21 (£68,586 – £81,441)
Start date: Easter 2025
Are you a practising Catholic? Are you passionate about ensuring the best outcomes for children? Are you a creative and strong leader with the vision and ability to inspire and positively motivate a team? If the answer to these questions is yes, then our Trust would love to hear from you!
The Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership (KCSP), a multi-academy trust (MAT) established by the Archdiocese of Southwark for Catholic education across Kent, is seeking to appoint a dynamic and innovative Headteacher for St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School, starting Easter 2025.
St Augustine’s is a one form entry primary school serving the Parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Hythe and the local area. It is an inclusive school where every pupil is supported and challenged to be their very best and encouraged to grow spiritually and intellectually. St Augustine’s is graded as a ’Good’ school by Ofsted and for its Catholic Schools inspection. The school is set in the grounds of Brockhill Country Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty in Saltwood, Hythe, with classrooms enjoying spectacular views of the English Channel.
Reporting to the Area School Improvement Partner, the Headteacher will build upon and further develop the excellent work already in place at the school and will be responsible for its day-to-day leadership and management, leading a highly skilled and enthusiastic team that strives together for children under the school’s motto of “In omnia caritas”: in all things love.
The successful applicant will take the lead role in providing inspirational Catholic education based on our shared Gospel values, and will be seen by pupils, parents, carers, and the wider parish as the person directing their learning and as the school’s pastoral leader. We are therefore seeking to appoint a practising Catholic to this role.
For appointment to reserved posts in a school or academy trust, a ‘practising Catholic’ is defined as someone who has been sacramentally initiated into the Catholic Church and who adheres to life choices that do not impair them from receiving the sacraments of the Church and which will not be detrimental to the religious ethos of the school.
Visits to the school are warmly encouraged and will give you the opportunity to see all that this friendly and engaging setting has to offer. Please contact the school’s office directly on 01303 266 578 to arrange a visit.
Please click here to view the full job description and person specification for this role and to download an application form and all related documents.
Closing date for applications: 5pm on Friday 22 November 2024
Interviews to be held during the week commencing: 02 December 2024
Please send your letter of application and related documents directly to Sarah McBennett, Director of Education (Primary) at: office@kcsp.org.uk. Your letter should be limited to 1,000 words max. and outline why you feel suited to this role, what you can bring to the academy, and detail your experience, skill set, and qualifications.
St Augustine’s Primary and KCSP are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, requiring all staff, helpers, and governance committee members to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check and a section 128 check.
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