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Thank you for your interest in Amotherby Community Primary School's Headteacher Opportunity

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for taking the time to find out more about the role of Headteacher at Amotherby Community Primary School. At Amotherby, we recognise the significance of the role of the Headteacher in shaping the future of our school. We understand the impact that the Headteacher has on the quality of teaching, the achievements of the pupils and the role of the school in our community. The outgoing Headteacher and the team around her have created a purposeful and fun learning environment where everyone is valued, expectations are high, and the children are provided with quality teaching within a broad and engaging curriculum.

Our new leader will foster a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where pupils feel valued and encouraged to express themselves. They should prioritise the well-being of both pupils and staff, creating a positive school culture that promotes academic excellence but also social and emotional development.

Effective leadership and focus on school improvement have enabled the school to make substantial progress.  This has helped us develop an excellent staff team, creating a warm and supportive environment for teaching and learning, and we are consistently challenging ourselves to find further ways to improve.  We are proud of the standards we have set and the results we have achieved and wish to build on this momentum for improvement.

In February 2019, Ofsted rated the school as ‘Good’, and inspectors recognised “There is much to celebrate at this improving school” and “you have successfully created an environment in which pupils of all ages live up to the school’s motto of ‘active, aspire and achieve’”.

The school has well established values, which the children helped to create. These values provide the strong framework in the behaviour exhibited by the children, and in the expectations and commitment of our staff.

The school has an excellent reputation in the local community.  To ensure that the school continues with this and its well-deserved success, the Governing Body is looking for a Headteacher who has compassion, adaptability, a strong vision, can demonstrate determination, imagination and commitment to continuous improvement. The Governing Body, although small, is committed to the future vision, success and financial stability of the school through the continuing development of a challenging but supportive relationship with a new Headteacher.

For an informal, confidential conversation about the role please call Helen Poole on 07890 055186 or email helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk. Julie has been engaged to support us with recruitment to this key role.

We would encourage you to come and visit in advance of your application and see for yourself the enthusiasm that our pupils have for their education. Such a visit is not part of the selection process, and whether or not applicants have visited will not influence the final outcome. To arrange a visit, please contact us via the details in the advert.  We would also encourage applicants to have a look at the school website to get a feel for our school.

I hope you find the information provided useful and informative and that it will encourage you to apply.  On behalf of the governing body, thank you again for your interest in Amotherby Community Primary School.

Yours faithfully

Stewart Morris
Chair of Governors

Learn more about Amotherby Community Primary School's Headteacher opportunity

Amotherby Community Primary School, Malton, North Yorkshire

Post: Headteacher

Number on Roll: 192

Commencing: April 2024

Salary: L13 £63,430 – L19 £73,509

Contract Term: Permanent

Amotherby is a friendly, welcoming, child-centred, forward thinking village school, situated near the market town of Malton in North Yorkshire. We provide a safe and purposeful environment, within which each pupil is valued and motivated to strive for excellence. At Amotherby we see the diversity in our community as a strength of the school and we aim to ensure that every pupil is challenged and supported to achieve.

Our Opportunity: 

We are looking for an experienced school leader who has compassion, adaptability, and a strong vision, including high educational standards to enable every pupil to achieve their full potential.

Our new leader will foster a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where pupils feel valued and encouraged to express themselves. They should prioritise the well-being of both pupils and staff, creating a positive school culture that promotes academic excellence but also social and emotional development.

The successful candidate will be adaptable and forward-thinking, confidently navigating the continually changing educational landscape whether in curriculum, technology, or teaching methods.

With the ability to manage resources effectively and innovatively you will ensure investment is value for money and well planned. You will also be a dynamic communicator, confident and proactive in developing relationships with parents, the wider community, Local Authority, and other key stakeholders.

As an innovative leader, you will inspire staff to deliver high quality teaching and embrace new ideas, ensuring that the school continues to improve and provides pupils with a well-rounded education that prepares them for the challenges of the future. By combining a compassionate approach with adaptability and a visionary mindset, our new Headteacher will create an environment where both pupils and staff thrive.

About You:

You will be someone who will actively model and promote the school’s values, EDI and Amotherby’s collective determination that no child should be ‘left behind’.

In particular, we are looking for a Headteacher who will; 

  • Be a committed leader with excellent interpersonal and communication skills who can motivate and manage all stakeholders, effectively shaping and delivering the strategic plan. Willing to roll their sleeves up, is resilient and able to deal with the complexity and challenges of school leadership.
  • Be someone who is capable of and confident in making difficult decisions and asking challenging questions in order to seek the best possible outcome for our school.
  • Have a continuing drive to reflect, learn and strive for positive development, for themselves, their staff team, the children and our school as a whole.
  • Have strong experience of managing collaborative approaches to lead and manage the curriculum, building on recent improvements.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of young people, social, physical and emotional alongside educational needs, and ensure that the school provides a rounded provision to nurture them.
  • Have a strong understanding of removing the barriers for disadvantaged learners; the skill of ensuring that the more vulnerable children make strong progress in their learning.
  • Be collaborative and outward looking, developing partnerships for the benefit of the school and the wider educational community.
  • Have a proven ability to analyse and communicate complex data and written information
  • Be someone who recognises the importance of maintaining the school’s existing values while instilling their own leadership and identity.
  • Have a thorough understanding and experience of school self-evaluation and school improvement planning
  • Be an outstanding teaching practitioner able to set and achieve ambitious goals, continually seek to raise standards by developing staff and ensure quality of teaching and learning and to develop a clear vision to move the school towards excellence and continue its further improvement.
  • Develop staff by offering guidance and support, modelling best practice and sharing up-to-date knowledge, theory and practice and by encouraging opportunities for continued professional development.
  • Consider and shape how we can adapt our practices innovatively to promote and enhance the wellbeing of our staff team.
  • Be able to review our financial resources and look at how we invest in our school.
  • Maintain excellent safeguarding arrangements, and a strong focus on children’s wellbeing and resilience.

We can offer you:

  • A happy, caring and supportive school, with dedicated staff, supportive families, and support from the local authority.
  • Delightful children who respect each other, have a thirst for learning new things and a staff culture which allows new members to thrive and develop.
  • An opportunity to see the huge potential that exists here and with clear support, tenacity, energy and the time to make Amotherby Primary School a beacon of excellence in primary education.
  • A school that is committed to continuous improvement through its ethos to maintain its high academic performance.
  • An excellent opportunity to provide strategic leadership and direction, working collaboratively and constructively with the governing body to achieve this.
  • A governing body that are committed to providing support on all matters including more sensitive or difficult issues - this includes the wellbeing of all staff members – and who are experienced, committed and passionate about our school and ensuring all children reach their potential.
  • A thriving PTA who actively support the school, and parents who engage with the school and their children’s learning.
  • Support will also be available from peers as part of the I THRIVE group of schools and the Ryedale Heads group.

If you feel ready to be our next Headteacher and you can bring your experience, compassion, enthusiasm, drive, commitment, and energy to deliver our strong vision for our wonderful children and motivated staff, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal, confidential conversation about the role please call Helen Poole on 07890 055186 or email helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk. Julie has been engaged to support us with recruitment to this key role.

Key dates:

School Visits: School visits are invited, to arrange a visit by appointment only please contact – Clare Swift admin@amotherby.n-yorks.sch.uk  alternatively they can call the school on 01653 693675.

Application closing date: Midnight, 7th January
Shortlisting: Thursday 11th January
Interviews: Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th January

When applying please take into account the following:

Supporting Documents:
Person Specification
Job Description
Application guidance, including policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders 

The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.

References

When completing your application, please provide two employment referees.

Safeguarding

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

 Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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