Head Teacher

Thank you for your interest in Frogwell Primary School. I hope this pack will strengthen your interest in what you can bring to this school. Frogwell Primary School is in the historic and now fast-growing town of Chippenham, in north Wiltshire, well-connected by a fast railway and a major motorway a few miles away. An 80-year-old school, it is in the west of the town.

We serve an increasingly diverse community and aim to enable pupils to develop themselves as people and academically. The school has a relatively high proportion of SEND pupils, and we are committed to including and developing all pupils. Frogwell has a Complex Needs Resource Base on site, which provides an individualised curriculum for all children, linked to their Educational Health Care plan and advice from professionals involved with their children.

We believe the school has significantly improved in the past two years, with a doubling in the number of parents who would recommend the school. While Ofsted’s Requires Improvement in two areas was disappointing, we are committed to improving the school so it gets Good. We would encourage potential applicants to read the report, available on our website, where many positives are also noted. We are all committed to further improvement.

This is an exciting time for the school, with new buildings being planned on our extensive site, which will strengthen the school and the Resource Base. Our staff are dedicated and capable and the Governing Body is genuinely engaged.

We want a passionate and inspirational leader who can continue our journey of rapid improvement. We will want you to bring your experience, knowledge and research with you to enable the school and community to work together so each child at Frogwell makes great progress and that all needs are met through creative and inspirational provision and an aspirational curriculum. The school is committed to working with the Local Authority’s school Improvement team, as well as working alongside other schools as part of the Hub model. We want you to hold the children in the heart of everything you do, and through your leadership bring the whole school community along with us in this exciting journey. We expect you to care passionately about each of our pupils and their well-being and learning. Staff and Governors have the desire and the capacity to support you, and we invite you to bring your vision, passion and determination to this role.

I look forward to showing you round Frogwell School.

Nigel Linacre BEM, Chair of the Board of Governors