Headteacher
Post: Head Teacher
Contract: Full Time
Salary: L15 - L21 Outer London £70,368 - £80,944
Start date: January 2025
The Governors at Barn Croft Primary School are looking to appoint a dynamic, driven and inspirational leader, with a proven track record of rapid school improvement.
Barn Croft is a one form entry school with a nursery class. We are a maintained school within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Leader, ideally with prior experience in the role of interim or associate headteacher, who has an extensive and successful background in raising achievement, improving quality of teaching and developing middle leaders.
You will build on the local reputation of Barn Croft as a caring and inclusive community school. The successful applicant should be committed to offering a warm, friendly, and purposeful setting for all our students to flourish. We have a significant number of pupils with complex special needs and you will have experience of working with Local Authority officers in the SEN team and other external providers.
We are looking for a leader who is articulate with strong communication skills, has a sound understanding of budget and school finance and strengths in inspiring, motivating and performance management of staff at all levels.
You will provide professional vision and leadership for the school, ensuring high quality education for all our pupils and demonstrating a passion for continual improvement and achievement.
You will lead by example, holding and articulating clear values along with moral purpose, integrity, drive and determination. You will have the ability to inspire the confidence of students, parents and colleagues through enthusiasm and commitment to the role.
ABOUT BARNCROFT
The school motto is “Hand in Hand to Success” and everyone at Barn Croft believes that only by working together will we secure the best possible future for our children.
Everything we do is centred in our values of COURAGE, LOVE, EXCELLENCE – the courage to stand up for what we believe and to challenge ourselves even when we find things hard or difficult; that love is being compassionate and nurturing towards each other and caring for everyone and the world around us; that through an attitude of striving for excellence in all we do we can reach for the stars and achieve our dreams!
Barn Croft Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Please note that you will only be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview.
Application Closes: Noon Friday 13th September 2024 and should be returned to SchoolsHR.Helpdesk@walthamforest.gov.uk
Interview Process: Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th September.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Two visit days are available for potential candidates on Wednesday 11th or Thursday 12th September. Please email Louise Constantine with your preferred date to receive an appointment time on SchoolsHR.Helpdesk@walthamforest.gov.uk
Equal Opportunities
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy
How to apply
Email address for return of applications: SchoolsHR.Helpdesk@walthamforest.gov.uk