Head Teacher
| Posting date: | 04 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2026 |
| Location: | Hereford, Herefordshire, HR2 0LE |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 44cea4f2-e4bf-491c-8996-42f57f4c657a |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
To lead Longtown Community Primary and Pre-School successfully into the future ensuring that all members of the school community are enabled to reach their full potential academically, socially and emotionally.
To lead and manage the school by:
• Developing and leading the vision and strategic direction of the school together with the governing body
• Successful day-to-day running of the school, including prudent strategic financial management
• Being a role model for professional behaviour and the public face of the school
• Being a role model for good classroom practice and positive outlook
• Leading the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and personal well-being and care of children including safeguarding procedures
• Ensuring statutory compliance and accountability for successful outcomes for children and producing appropriate data and information for external agencies
• Regular reporting to governors and working effectively in partnership with staff, parents, governors and the local community for the benefit of all children in the school.
Strategic Direction and Development
• Lead and develop a positive ethos of success for staff and pupils across the school.
• Develop and maintain a broad and balanced curriculum that enthuses, engages and educates children effectively for the 21st century.
• Maintain a safe and secure learning environment for pupils and staff
• Use data effectively and regularly to rigorously monitor the performance of pupils against agreed criteria through the setting of pupil performance levels/targets and monitor progress towards these together with class teachers
• Ensure effective day-to-day management of the school by leading key areas of responsibility and communicating effectively with pupils, staff, governors, parents and carers
• Lead the formulation, monitoring, evaluation and implementation of the School Development Plan and SEF
• Manage the school budget effectively to ensure best value
• Advise and assist the Governing Body as required in the exercise of its functions, including attendance at meetings and preparation of reports
Leadership and Management:
• Inspire, challenge, motivate and empower others to attain challenging outcomes
• Maintain a clear overview of pupil progress and take a lead role in maintaining a positive learning environment amongst all staff and pupils in which pupils can make a positive contribution, learn and thrive in an atmosphere of dignity and respect
• Establish clear expectations and constructive working relationships with parents/carers and all staff to support pupil progress and behaviour, ensuring positive staff participation and effective communication and procedures
• Maintain high expectations of staff and challenge poor performance, offering support where necessary and ensuring performance management processes are effective
• Demonstrate the highest professional standards in all aspects of leadership and management
• Develop and promote effective partnerships with parents, carers, staff and pupils so they are highly positive about the school in terms of achievement, teaching and learning, behaviour and safety
Learning and Teaching:
• Model consistently good and outstanding teaching
• Encourage innovation, the development of independent learning, new initiatives and the further use of technologies
• Work with staff to ensure a coordinated, coherent curriculum which achieves the best possible outcomes for all
• Ensure that information on pupil progress is used to improve teaching and learning and to inform and motivate pupils, to inform parents/carers and to aid governors in their future management of the school
• Use of data to contribute to the monitoring and development of learning and teaching and our commitment to continuous improvement
• Ensure a relentless focus on Outcomes & Standards through lesson observations, focus themes, coordination of data, regular reporting to staff, SLT, governors and the LA
• Co-ordinate, monitor and review interventions for all Pupil Premium pupils to ensure that they make progress in line with, or better than, their peers.
• Promote and generate high levels of enthusiasm for, participation in and commitment to learning amongst all pupils
What the school offers its staff
We believe in sparking curiosity through questions, exploration and hands-on investigation. Children learn best by wondering, experiencing and engaging with real-world problems.
We value exploration and creativity, encouraging children to play with ideas, imagine possibilities and express themselves freely. We nurture originality and build confidence to develop flexible, creative learners who believe in themselves and their own ideas.
Children are encouraged to explore and investigate, no matter how wet and muddy it may be, capturing and building wonderful lifetime experiences and memories.
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.
To lead Longtown Community Primary and Pre-School successfully into the future ensuring that all members of the school community are enabled to reach their full potential academically, socially and emotionally.
To lead and manage the school by:
• Developing and leading the vision and strategic direction of the school together with the governing body
• Successful day-to-day running of the school, including prudent strategic financial management
• Being a role model for professional behaviour and the public face of the school
• Being a role model for good classroom practice and positive outlook
• Leading the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and personal well-being and care of children including safeguarding procedures
• Ensuring statutory compliance and accountability for successful outcomes for children and producing appropriate data and information for external agencies
• Regular reporting to governors and working effectively in partnership with staff, parents, governors and the local community for the benefit of all children in the school.
Strategic Direction and Development
• Lead and develop a positive ethos of success for staff and pupils across the school.
• Develop and maintain a broad and balanced curriculum that enthuses, engages and educates children effectively for the 21st century.
• Maintain a safe and secure learning environment for pupils and staff
• Use data effectively and regularly to rigorously monitor the performance of pupils against agreed criteria through the setting of pupil performance levels/targets and monitor progress towards these together with class teachers
• Ensure effective day-to-day management of the school by leading key areas of responsibility and communicating effectively with pupils, staff, governors, parents and carers
• Lead the formulation, monitoring, evaluation and implementation of the School Development Plan and SEF
• Manage the school budget effectively to ensure best value
• Advise and assist the Governing Body as required in the exercise of its functions, including attendance at meetings and preparation of reports
Leadership and Management:
• Inspire, challenge, motivate and empower others to attain challenging outcomes
• Maintain a clear overview of pupil progress and take a lead role in maintaining a positive learning environment amongst all staff and pupils in which pupils can make a positive contribution, learn and thrive in an atmosphere of dignity and respect
• Establish clear expectations and constructive working relationships with parents/carers and all staff to support pupil progress and behaviour, ensuring positive staff participation and effective communication and procedures
• Maintain high expectations of staff and challenge poor performance, offering support where necessary and ensuring performance management processes are effective
• Demonstrate the highest professional standards in all aspects of leadership and management
• Develop and promote effective partnerships with parents, carers, staff and pupils so they are highly positive about the school in terms of achievement, teaching and learning, behaviour and safety
Learning and Teaching:
• Model consistently good and outstanding teaching
• Encourage innovation, the development of independent learning, new initiatives and the further use of technologies
• Work with staff to ensure a coordinated, coherent curriculum which achieves the best possible outcomes for all
• Ensure that information on pupil progress is used to improve teaching and learning and to inform and motivate pupils, to inform parents/carers and to aid governors in their future management of the school
• Use of data to contribute to the monitoring and development of learning and teaching and our commitment to continuous improvement
• Ensure a relentless focus on Outcomes & Standards through lesson observations, focus themes, coordination of data, regular reporting to staff, SLT, governors and the LA
• Co-ordinate, monitor and review interventions for all Pupil Premium pupils to ensure that they make progress in line with, or better than, their peers.
• Promote and generate high levels of enthusiasm for, participation in and commitment to learning amongst all pupils
What the school offers its staff
We believe in sparking curiosity through questions, exploration and hands-on investigation. Children learn best by wondering, experiencing and engaging with real-world problems.
We value exploration and creativity, encouraging children to play with ideas, imagine possibilities and express themselves freely. We nurture originality and build confidence to develop flexible, creative learners who believe in themselves and their own ideas.
Children are encouraged to explore and investigate, no matter how wet and muddy it may be, capturing and building wonderful lifetime experiences and memories.
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.