Kingsleigh Primary School

Start date: September 2024, or earlier if available

Salary: Leadership Scale L25-L31 - 85,146 - 98,616

Contract term: Permanent

Contract type: Full-Time

The Directors of Kingsleigh Primary School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, passionate Headteacher to lead our unique school and inspire us to continue to improve and raise pupil attainment.

If you want to be a part of a forward-thinking, successful school

Pupils are happy and proud to attend. They know staff care about their well-being. OFSTED 2023

If you want to lead a group of enthusiastic children and dedicated staff

then please come visit us and see if this could be the job for you!

Kingsleigh Primary is a large warm and welcoming school which has worked hard to build a strong reputation and is very much a part of the local community. The school is a thriving and fun place to work and learn and we would love to have the chance to show you around our fabulous facilities.

We Are Looking For a Headteacher Who Will

• Have experience in leadership across the primary phase.
• Value every child and strive to ensure that both pupils and staff have high aspirations for achievement.
• Be a positive role model, with the ability to motivate both children and staff alike, inspiring all to reach their full potential.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to further develop the leadership team.
  
  

Demonstrate the drive, experience and creativity to build on our current high standards of teaching, through continuous school improvement.

• Facilitate and inspire the continuation of a vibrant, stimulating and memorable curriculum whilst continuing to maintain high expectations of achievement for all pupils.
• Want to continue to establish and build strong links beyond the school and in the local community.
• Care for and want to nurture the development and well-being of children and staff in their school.
  
  

In Return We Can Offer

• A genuinely happy and friendly school with a true family feel - come and visit us if you think it sounds too good to be true!
• Devoted and flexible staff who are always willing to go the extra mile.
• Spirited, kind and eager children who love their school and work hard.
• A supportive and committed Board of Directors, and an engaged and enthusiastic parent community.
• A school that is in a strong position with a firmly rooted foundation for someone to lead from.
• A brilliant part of the country to live in with glorious beaches a stone s throw away in one direction and the New Forest in the other.
• A fun place to work where there really never is a dull moment - have a look at our website kingsleighprimary.co.uk , YouTube channel or Instagram to see what we mean.
  
  

Please note: we are looking for a Headteacher who is willing to work with the Directors as we are currently exploring the possibility of joining a multi-academy trust in the future, therefore we would wish for the successful candidate to be part of that process.

If you are ready for this challenge, we want to hear from you.

How To Apply

Please visit us so that you can see the school for yourself.

Contact our Acting Headteacher, Tony Maguire, on 01202 528893 or via email tony.maguire@kingsleighprimary.co.uk to arrange an appointment.

Our application pack, application form and further recruitment information can be downloaded

below. Please send your application to Kim Bainton, School Business Manager, at the school address or via email kim.bainton@kingsleighprimary.co.uk .

Application closing date: Midday, Monday 19 th February 2024

Shortlisting date: w/c 19 th February 2024

Interview dates: w/c 4 th March 2024

Kingsleigh Primary School

Hadow Road

Kinson

Bournemouth

BH10 5HT

www.kingsleighprimary.co.uk

Kingsleigh school values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected , so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.