Headteacher - Selling Church of England Primary School - Full-time

Selling Church of England Primary School, Selling

• Ref:KCC886-3112-87L
• Posted:06/05/2025
• Pay:Leadership Scale 6-12
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:15/05/2025 at 08:00
• Interviews:19/05/25

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Are you ready for your first headship post? Would you like to be part of an enthusiastic and committed staff team within a highly collaborative and nurturing Trust? If ‘yes’ is the answer to all these questions, then Selling CEP School might be the right place for you!

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Headteacher who will also benefit from collaboratively working with leaders across the Trust. We are looking for a dedicated individual who will be empowered to develop their practice to enhance the learning for all the children in our care. It is important you have high expectations and can inspire all children to achieve.

You will be part of an enthusiastic and dynamic team which works closely together to provide an engaging and exciting curriculum in order to make a difference to the children, the wider school and community at large. Please have a look at our website to see what we are all about.

We are able to offer you an exciting professional opportunity which is supported by the Trust, parents, members of the Local Monitoring Council (LMC) and the local community.

You will be able to offer:

• Dynamic leadership to a successful school.
• A proven track record of successful whole school leadership and management
• Expertise to continue to develop the highest standards of teaching and learning.
• A commitment to promoting and developing the inclusive ethos and values of the school including maintaining strong partnerships with parents, governors and the community.
• The skills, vision and determination required to secure further improvement for our effective school.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Applicants are warmly invited to come and look around the school too. Please contact the school office to arrange this.

Job Contact Information

Name: Emma Rannard

Telephone: 07591 203165

Email: emma.rannard@ocmat.org.uk

Information about the school

Our nurturing and inclusive school is in Selling, a small village situated between the historic market town of Faversham and the village of Sheldwich in Kent. It benefits from good access from Faversham, Canterbury and Ashford. Equally, we are lucky to be surrounded by orchards and beautiful views of The Downs which further enrich our curriculum and pastoral offer. We seek to offer our children a holistic, rich and exciting learning experience which encourages them to grow into independent and curious learners.

Selling C of E Primary School is part of Our Community Multi Academy Trust which means we are able to share expertise with our other schools, including best practice and resources, allowing us to raise achievement and standards.

Our school vision statement: ROOTED IN VALUES, READY FOR LIFE

Our nurturing and inclusive school follows Jesus’ example by knowing and celebrating every individual and serving our local community. Our holistic, rich and exciting learning experience promotes reflection and challenge through exploration and questioning, enabling all to flourish and grow to become outward looking, respectful and compassionate citizens of the world.

Our values:

We aim to teach our Christian values; Perseverance, Compassion, Forgiveness and Umunthu ('i am because we are', 'you are human just like I am') throughout the curriculum and as part of our everyday school lives. All Christian values are promoted and celebrated and our pupil Christian Ambassadors help lead and model them throughout the school.

Selling C of E Primary is a calm, friendly and happy place where we aim for all children to enjoy learning and achieve great things.

As a school, we have high expectations for all our pupils. We are adaptive and inclusive and support our pupils in becoming responsible for their learning. We are fortunate to have Forest School experiences off site for all our pupils.

All posts are subject to 2x satisfactory references in line with KCSIE, one of which must be your most recent employer and/or most recent childcare setting and an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. We may also seek references before interview.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Laura King
• Address:The Street, Selling, Kent, ME13 9RQ
• Telephone: (01227) 752202
• Email: office@selling-faversham.kent.sch.uk

Fax: (01227) 752906

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Staff Benefits
• Recruitment Pack including Job Description & Person Specification