Vacancy

Employment type: Full-time
Salary: £49,088 - £64,221
Close date: 19 February 2016 at 9.00am
Date of Interviews: 7 March and 8 March 2016
Position start date: September 2016

An exciting and unique opportunity for an aspiring or experienced Headteacher has arisen at our school due to retirement.  We seek an innovative leader who will guide us into the future and strive for excellence and progress with an enthusiasm and passion for learning.

Not only will this role further develop you as a school leader, it will give you the opportunity to coach and inspire our fantastic, skilled staff to ensure teaching is outstanding and to work with our linked junior school and other local schools to drive standards in attainment and progress.

Riverhead Infants’ School is an exceptional 3 form entry school, set in beautiful grounds. We are very proud of our award winning, state of the art building which provides a stimulating and enabling environment.  We deliver outstanding results, with a challenging, modern and wide-ranging curriculum which our new Headteacher will have the opportunity to develop and enhance.  We value teachers and teaching and we take action to continuously improve, through challenge, analysis and self-evaluation.  We are supportive of teachers seeking excellence and provide opportunities for all staff to develop.  We prioritise equality and diversity in everything we do.  Our school community is creative, independent and confident.  

We look forward to welcoming a new Headteacher into our wonderful school community and invite you to come and visit the school so you can see for yourself what a unique opportunity this is.

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.