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Headteacher - Settrington All Saints Church of England Primary School

Job details
Posting date: 11 April 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 05 May 2025
Location: Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8NP
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: c9b2ed56-16a6-455b-9a3f-babf135055cd

Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our Opportunity:

This is an exciting opportunity for an inspiring leader to lead, shape and further develop our wonderful school. You will be working alongside a committed team of staff and a supportive governing body. This is also a wonderful opportunity to benefit from research and insight into education and provide top quality education thanks to our status as a Research School. The incoming Headteacher will bring new ideas for the future. You will have a have a strong desire to create a happy, successful, and safe environment for all staff and pupils through confident, strategic leadership; possess a strong moral compass; lead by example as an outstanding classroom practitioner; and demonstrate excellent communication and collaboration skills.

About You:

You will be an ambitious, strategic and collaborative Headteacher or aspiring Headteacher who will embrace our small school community and work well with the Head of the Research School to provide a curriculum that inspires our children. You will commit to improving our school’s academic performance and have the resilience to take on challenges with school budgets and the strategic vision to consider the future of the school and where that will take us.

The Headship of a village school is unique: you have the benefit of getting to know a tight-knit and caring community and can build relationships with each child. Yet the role is diverse and requires a balanced skill set. Teaching will be part of your role along with Headteacher duties and expectations. You will have strong financial capabilities, with a collaborative and proactive approach to pupil, parent and community relationships. You will successfully create and foster a strong and accountable culture to leadership and learning and find new and innovative ways to build on the existing success of the school.

What the school offers its staff

• A happy and friendly school, with delightful children who respect each other and have a thirst for learning.
• A culture which allows all staff to thrive and develop.
• An opportunity to see the huge potential that exists and the time to make Settrington Primary School a beacon of excellence in primary education.
• Significant levels of support from the Local Authority, Diocese, Governing Board and a staff team who are experienced, committed and passionate about our school.
• A Governing Body committed to providing support on all matters including more sensitive or difficult issues and including the wellbeing of all staff members.

Further details about the role

For further information about our opportunity please visit our dedicated recruitment microsite:https://nyresourcing.co.uk/settringham-coe-school-headteacher/

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.