Head of School - Thornford CE Primary School

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About The Role

We are looking to appoint an exceptional Head of School with energy and enthusiasm to lead the day-to-day management of the school from September 2024. Working closely with the executive headteacher, the successful candidate will embody and inspire the ethos and culture of the school. You will also establish and ensure a safe and secure environment for learning and teaching that empowers both staff and children to achieve their highest individual potential, whilst giving due regard to teaching, leadership, and management needs of the school.

Core Purpose of Role

Working closely with the Executive Headteacher, the Head of School embodies and inspires the ethos and culture of the school. The Head of School establishes and ensures a safe and secure environment for learning and teaching that empowers both staff and children to achieve their highest individual potential, whilst giving due regard to teaching, leadership and management needs of the school.

Key priorities

The Head of School will:

• Ensure the distinctive Christian vision underpins all aspects of school life
• Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct
• Under the leadership of the Executive Headteacher, develop the quality of teaching & learning, curriculum and behaviour in the school
• Ensure that pupils achieve their potential and make strong progress
• Ensure that all pupils' needs are met
• Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community
• Serve in the best interests of the pupils
• Take responsibility for their own continued professional development, engaging critically with educational research

Further Information

We can provide you with:

• Supportive, experienced school team of staff
• The chance to make a difference and contribute to the school's future development
• High quality CPD and networking opportunities
• The opportunity to work within SAST, a forward-thinking and growing multi-academy trust who support the school with central services teams including School Improvement, HR, IT, Estates, Finance and Marketing.
• Support and collaboration with other schools across the Trust.

Should you wish to arrange a visit to view the school, please do not hesitate to contact Louise Heath, School Administrator by emailing [email protected]

SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of saferrecruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children.As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on theappointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevantand of concern.

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such asadministering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis.SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staffand volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification andthe post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children's Barred List check. Thepost is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975,2013 and 2020.

Sherborne Area Schools' Trust (SAST) recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed tobuilding a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from allstaff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free fromdiscrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under theprovision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment processwhich is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, genderreassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion orbelief, sex or sexual orientation.

This role is UK- based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process

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