Head of School - Full-time

Halfway Houses Primary School, Sheerness

• Ref:KCC886-5220-98L
• Posted:27/03/2024
• Pay:L14-L20 £65010-£75331
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:21/06/2024 at 12:00
• Interviews:4th & 5th July 2024

Advert

The Island Learning Trust are looking to recruit an experienced deputy headteacher or existing Head of School. We are looking for a Head of School who will be committed to the aims, values and ethos of our Trust and work in partnership with parents to ensure they are responsive to their aspirations for their children

 Is it you we are looking for?

• Are you ambitious, visionary, innovative, positive and determined to make a difference for young learners?
• Are you enthusiastic and able to demonstrate an unshakeable belief in the power of connection?
• Do you demonstrate high levels of emotional intelligence and have the passion, dedication and ability to continue to build on our school’s successes so far and ensure it continues along its journey of improvement.

You will be a leader with a proven track-record of school improvement, a passion for ensuring pupils flourish personally and academically. You will be values driven and able to lead by example, you will ensure the whole school team maintain consistently high standards and hold the highest of expectations for what every pupil can achieve- You will encourage every child and member of staff -

‘to be the best they can be’

 You will have a strong pedagogical knowledge and a good understanding of the primary curriculum. You will embrace the sharing of staff expertise, responding to the needs of the Trust and jointly find solutions. 

You will possess finely tuned people skills, have previous experience in leading teams and have the ability to recognise and utilise and develop their key skills and strengths. 

 What we can offer: 

 A Leadership role within a growing Multi-Academy Trust

• The support and expertise of a highly effective Trust Leadership Team
• An experienced mentor
• High quality school improvement support
• A modern, purpose built school
• A focus on CPD and career development with the Trust

Halfway Houses is situated in an area of economic challenge; the 46^th most deprived school in Kent. It has just had an Ofsted Section 8 Monitoring visit that confirmed the school remains good.

If you are interested in this position please email Hayley Chambers at recruitment@tiltrust.org to arrange a time and date to visit Halfway Houses. 

The Island Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding.  The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across the Trust which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates.  All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

*The Island Learning Trust reserves the right to withdraw this advert if a suitable candidate is appointed prior to the closing date*

Information about the school

TILT is a local, high performing Trust that is invested in raising aspirations for children and families in Swale. The Island Learning Trust promotes and achieves excellence. It recognises the importance of outstanding teaching and learning by actively encouraging creativity and innovation, whilst having consistent standards of behaviour and attendance. Treating everyone as equal, whilst celebrating diversity, is a non-negotiable; protecting all through safeguarding, health and safety and welfare is paramount. The Trust's core mission is to drive transformation in eductional standards for all pupils; accelerating progress, raising standards of education achieved and the aspirations of the children and families we serve, developing high performing, outstanding schools for the future.

Staff have a responsibility to be positive in their relationships with pupils and supportive of each other. We have a responsibilty to ensure every moment a child is in our school will be spent productively. Through thorough use of evidence we will enable all children to make excellent progress. Our motto is "...to be the best we can be..." We maintain a relentless focus on raising standards of achievement so that all pupils have opportunites to achieve their full potential.

We expect all staff to maintain the highest professional standards at all times. We put children first. Staff are prepared to go the extra mile to provide the best possible education for their pupils. Our aim should always be to provide for the pupils of our school what we would want for our own children. In order to do this we maintain a rigorous focus on: accelerating and improving attainment and progress, improving the quality of teaching and learning so that it is at least strongly good, effective leadership and accountability structures and ensuring consistent application of agreed systems and processes throughout all TILT schools.

The Island Learning Trust was established on 1st November 2016. The MAT was comprised of Minster Primary and Halfway Houses Primary, both schools are on the Isle of Sheppey, an area of high deprivation and socio economic challenges. These two founding schools are both Ofsted rated good schools. The outcomes at Minster Primary are outstanding. Sunny Bank Primary School in Sittingbourne joined TILT in February 2020 under a sponsorship arrangement and significant all round improvement has been made with the support of the MAT.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Hayley Chambers
• Address:Danley Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3AP
• Telephone: (01795) 662875
• Email: hhoffice@tiltrust.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Child Protection Policy
• Job desscription
• Headteacher Standards