Head Teacher

Burton upon Stather Primary School
Flixborough Road
Burton upon Stather
North Lincolnshire
DN15 9HB

HEAD TEACHER Required for January 2025
L13 – L19 (£63430 - £73509) 

The Governors of Burton upon Stather Primary School are looking to recruit an approachable, collaborative, inspirational leader with a clear and distinct vision for the future of our highly respected village school. 

We are seeking to appoint a proven excellent leader who will further develop our school’s curriculum to take full advantage of the wonderful environment and facilities the school offers and who can develop and support staff at all levels to deliver high-quality education to prepare all children for their next steps.
The successful candidate will not only be able to build on our current success but also bring new ideas and work closely with families to benefit our school community.

The school is at the heart of a small and thriving village in North Lincolnshire and our engaged community plays an active part in life at the school.  Children at Burton upon Stather Primary School are confident and creative, enthusiastic and hardworking. Our staff are committed professionals with a passion for continued improvement and a love of teaching. We have high expectations, and a culture of kindness, resilience and respect. 

The successful applicant will further develop the school’s broad and balanced curriculum with a focus on developing the emotional intelligence, resilience and well-being of pupils and staff.  You will work with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure consistent application of effective school systems and processes to maximise school attendance and ensure that our children are able to take full advantage of everything the school offers every day. You will use your experience and innovation to drive forward school improvement to ensure that no child is left behind.

If you are a passionate, tenacious and ambitious leader with a proven track record of driving effective improvement in schools and who is ready to lead our school through the next phase in its development, we invite you to come to our school to see what a fantastic opportunity to work with our wonderful school community this position offers.

The staff, governors and children would like the opportunity to show you our school and encourage you to visit.

 Please contact the School Business Manager, Mrs Julie Balderson on 01724 720394 or businessmanager@burtonstatherprimary.com for an appointment. Visits will be held week commencing 9 September.  

We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the whole school community. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check and participate in a safer recruitment process. 

Closing date 12 noon Wednesday 18 September 2024
Shortlisting date Friday 20 September 2024
Interview dates. Wednesday 25 September 2024 and Thursday 26 September 2024
 

Why join us?

We offer:

Competitive salaries

Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 18.5%

Generous annual leave and Bank Holiday entitlement

Flexible and agile working

A modern workplace with access to great technology

Salary sacrifice schemes- ie the option to purchase additional holidays or a bike to cycle to work

Family friendly policies supporting fostering, adoption and caring responsibilities

Our values and culture

We stay true to our values:

Equality of opportunity so everyone can have a good quality of life.

Striving for excellence and high standards.

Using our resources wisely and with integrity.

Promoting self-responsibility and people having choice and control over their own lives.

Our organisational goals are to be:

Progressive and enabling in our approach.

Financially and environmentally sustainable.

Safer recruitment

As an employer, we will:

· Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers.

· Commit to the recruitment of a diverse workforce to best meet the needs of our customers.

· Ensure that recruitment decisions are based on reasonable and objective criteria, free from bias or unfair discrimination.

· Provide training for recruiters to ensure they are fully equipped with the skills to recruit the best people.

· Make reasonable adjustments to any aspect of the process to meet individual need, where known.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.