Headteacher

Teaching Vacancies; Scarborough; Presencial; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Hertford Vale CE Primary School in Staxton, North Yorkshire, is seeking a Headteacher to lead a village school with Christian ethos. The role focuses on finance, safeguarding, curriculum development, and community relationships, in a setting described as offering a high-achieving educational environment.

The incoming Headteacher will work with governors and church partners to drive excellence, foster a positive culture, and provide strategic leadership for staff and pupils in a rural Yorkshire

Qualificações

• To maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour.
• To promote effective relationships with pupils, staff, governors, parents and the local community.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and manage day-to-day school operations and staff wellbeing.
• Implement robust improvement plans based on self-evaluation.
• Monitor teaching standards, resource use and effectiveness of management.
• Lead change and work with the governing body to report school performance.
• Ensure safeguarding, attendance, finances, sustainability and health & safety are compliant.

Conhecimentos

Ethics & Professional Conduct

Leadership & Management

Curriculum & Assessment

Behaviour

School Culture & Ethos

Descrição da vaga

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ethics and Professional Conduct

• To maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour and develop a culture of staff professionalism.
• To promote effective relationships with all pupils, staff, governors, parents, other schools, the local community, the local authority and other external bodies to enhance the positive image of the school and the development of the education system as a whole.

School Culture and Ethos

• To treat everyone fairly and equitably, with dignity and respect, so as to create and maintain a shared school culture and positive climate which motivates pupils, staff and all other members of the school community.
• To nurture success in all children and staff.
• To create a culture of high expectations and aspirations that lead to an excellent education for all pupils.
• To demonstrate an uncompromising drive for excellence in all aspects of the school’s life so that all pupils achieve the highest levels of learning and personal development.
• Working with all stakeholders, including York Diocese, to create a vision for the school that provides direction for all aspects of the life of the school.
• To ensure that parents, pupils, staff and governors are committed to the school’s vision of excellence.
• Establish effective curriculum leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of relevant expertise with access to networks and communities.
• To establish a positive ethos throughout the school so that pupils take pride in their school, their work and their behaviour.
• To provide support, professional development, guidance and challenge to all staff, embracing opportunities to engage critically with educational research in order to provide the very best for all pupils.
• To ensure that staff have access to high-quality professional development opportunities that align to individual needs and that of the whole school development planning process.

Leadership and Management

• To be responsible for the day-to-day management, organisation and administration of the school, modelling effective work-life balance and managing the workload of others.
• To ensure the rigorous implementation of well-focused improvement plans, based on robust self-evaluation.
• To monitor and evaluate standards of teaching, learning, resource usage and management effectiveness and implement appropriate strategies for change.
• To lead and manage change effectively.
• To work with the governing body to enable it to meet its responsibilities and present to it, on a regular basis, an accurate account of the school’s performance.
• To establish and maintain the policies and procedures that ensure the safety of all pupils, staff members and visitors to the site.
• To ensure that the school fulfils all statutory duties, including those relating and not limited to attendance, safeguarding, finances, sustainability, curriculum, equality and health and safety.

Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment

• To ensure that statutory requirements for the curriculum are met, that curriculum provision is appropriate and relevant to the needs of all pupils and provides equal opportunity for all.
• To ensure that the curriculum is ambitious, promotes and sustains a thirst for knowledge and understanding and a love of learning.
• To ensure that excellent teaching within a broad and balanced curriculum, accompanied by effective provision for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, assists all pupils to prepare for life in modern Britain.
• To understand what good and outstanding teaching and learning looks like and to be able to communicate this effectively to all staff and governors.
• To ensure that assessment is appropriate and proportionate, and that assessment information is used effectively by leaders and governors to improve teaching and the curriculum.
• To ensure that parents and carers are regularly provided with sufficient information to understand how well their children are doing and what they can do to help improve learning.

Behaviour

• To be responsible for establishing and maintaining the processes and policy that secure the safeguarding and welfare of every child.
• To maintain a culture where respect for others and courtesy are the norm.
• To confidently articulate, live out and promote a vision for the school rooted in distinctively Christian values.
• To articulate a Christian vision that impacts positively upon standards of achievement, the distinctively Christian character of the school and the well-being of the whole school community.
• To work closely with the local Churches and the Diocese to promote an understanding of the Christian faith and respect for other faiths and cultures.

What the school offers its staff

Why Come to Hertford Vale CE Primary School

Located at the base of the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds, Staxton is a charming, peaceful village that offers the absolute best of rural community life combined with excellent modern connectivity. For an incoming Headteacher, the area provides a spectacular backdrop for both a rewarding professional career and an exceptional quality of life.

Here is what makes our corner of North Yorkshire such a wonderful place to live and work:

Coast, Countryside, and Culture

• Stunning Natural Beauty: Staxton sits on the edge of the scenic Vale of Pickering, right where the rolling hills of the Wolds meet the countryside. It is a haven for walking, cycling, and outdoor education.
• The Yorkshire Coastline: We are just a 15 minutes drive from Scarborough, Filey and the dramatic Yorkshire coast, offering easy access to sandy beaches, historic coastal towns, and beautiful seaside cliff walks.
• Historic Nearby Hubs: The historic market town of Malton (known as Yorkshire's food capital) is just 15 minutes away, and the beautiful city of York is easily reachable in under 45 minutes for shopping, culture, and rail links.

Seamless Travel & Commuting

• Excellent Road Links: The village is perfectly positioned at the intersection of the A64 and the A1039. This provides an easy, direct commute from Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington, Malton, and York.
• Public Transport: Nearby rail stations in Seamer and Malton offer direct, fast train services to York, Leeds, and Liverpool, keeping you connected to major northern cities.

A Deeply Supportive Local Community

• A Warm Village Ethos: Staxton and its neighbouring villages form a tight-knit, proud community. The local area boasts excellent amenities, including village pubs and restaurants, local shops and active sports clubs.
• A Safe, Family-Friendly Environment: The region is renowned for being an exceptionally safe, friendly, and affordable place to raise a family, featuring highly-regarded secondary schools within the local catchment area.

Choosing Hertford Vale means more than just taking on a leadership role; it means becoming a key figure in a proud, supportive village community surrounded by some of the most beautiful landscapes in the United Kingdom.

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.

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