Creative and Inspirational Head of School, London SW4
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an inspirational school leader, looking to join a highly committed and enthusiastic leadership team in our supportive, dynamic and vibrant school?
Clapham Manor Primary School seeks an experienced senior leader to work in partnership with the Executive Headteacher to take the school to its next level of development, enhancing the lives of all those who are part of the school community and federation.This crucial role offers an opportunity to take a strategic lead on whole school development in a school which places inclusivity and the celebration of diversity at its centre. Energy, optimism and enthusiasm are essential as well as a passion for ‘growing brighter futures’!
You will join a talented and hardworking staff team, supported by an Executive Headteacher and Governors who are committed to fostering a culture of teamwork, collaboration and professional growth.
The successful candidate will:
- Be an outstanding and experienced school senior leader
- Have strong academic and pastoral credentials
- Be ambitious for our children and staff, with the imagination to put an inspiring vision into practice
- Have a real belief in inclusivity and the fact that all children can be supported to be successful
- Have an understanding of recent and pending changes in education
- Be adaptable and resilient to the changing landscape of modern pedagogy
- Be passionate about education in a school deeply rooted in the local community
- Be outward facing and have a desire to want to work in partnership with others
- Have a commitment to their own professional development and to have completed (or be willing to work towards completing) the NPQH.
- Wonderful pupils in a diverse and inclusive school with a real commitment to the community
- An enthusiastic and highly skilled staff and leadership team
- A powerful ethos based on improving children’s lives through an excellent all round education
- An imaginative curriculum which emphasises the importance of all aspects of a child’s development
- An exciting teaching and learning environment
- A deeply committed staff and Board of Governors, constantly striving for improvement and excellence
- Opportunities to collaborate with federation colleagues to share ideas and best practice
- Active and engaged parents and carers
- Excellent support via an experienced Executive Headteacher and an opportunity for half termly external coaching and supervision sessions
- Regular, dedicated strategic leadership 'thinking time’ away from the school building
- A commitment to on-going professional development to further flourish your career
Further details about the role
For an application pack, please email our HR Officer, Susan Riggs, to whom your completed application should also be sent: hr@clapham-manor.co.uk
Visits to the school to meet our Executive Headteacher are essential and may be arranged by contacting Susan Riggs as above or by telephone 020 7622 3919
Commitment to safeguarding
Clapham Manor Primary School and Sudbourne Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.