Headteacher
Lovelace Primary School
Chessington
- £68,749 - £93,155 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary negotiable depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 11 March 2024
Job overview
Headteacher
Grade: Headteacher’s pay range is L14 – L27 (The individual school group pay range for the academic year 2023-2024 is Group 4)
Responsible to: The Governing Body of Lovelace Primary School
After a decade of expansion, transformation and success, Lovelace Primary School is looking for a new headteacher. Often described as ‘a hidden jewel’ on the edge of the greenbelt in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, our school has good transport links, and is set in beautiful grounds that are the envy of many schools. These grounds enhance the wonderful learning opportunities we offer our children and they enjoy a woodland trail, a forest area to explore, an allotment and orchard, an outdoor amphitheater where plays, presentations and assemblies are held, and sports fields. Lovelace also has an indoor swimming pool where every child is offered the opportunity to learn to swim. Lovelace prides itself on being at the heart of community, and being a school with a huge heart.
We are looking for a headteacher who will lead, inspire and motivate; set high standards and forge strong relationships across our diverse and thriving school community. They will have a vision for continuous improvement in an environment that is creative, stimulating and enabling - leading our staff to deliver the best for every child.
Some Responsibilities:
• establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction in partnership with those responsible for governance and through consultation with the school community
• create a culture where children experience a positive and enriching school life
• uphold ambitious educational standards which prepare children from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
• ensure teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines or specialist domains.
• ensure effective use is made of formative assessment.
• establish effective curricular leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of relevant expertise with access to professional networks and communities.
• ensure that all children are taught to read through the provision of evidence-informed approaches to reading, particularly the use of systematic synthetic phonics in schools that teach early reading.
• ensure the protection and safety of pupils and staff through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of the duty of care
• be the Designated Safeguarding Lead for Lovelace Primary School, taking lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection (including online safety)
• manage child protection referrals, passing information to the relevant authority
• work with staff (or case manager) on matters of safety, safeguarding and welfare (including online and digital safety); when deciding whether to make a referral by liaising with relevant agencies; and as a source of safeguarding support, advice and expertise for all staff
Lovelace is proud to be a maintained school and enjoys excellent links with our local authority.
You are invited to contact our Chair Of Governors for an informal discussion about the role, and you are strongly encouraged to visit our beautiful school - contact details are listed in our attached recruitment pack documents.
Key Information:
Contract type: Full-time/permanent
Salary: Headteacher’s Pay Range L14 – L27, negotiable depending on experience.
Application Closes: 12 noon, Monday 11th March 2024
Shortlisted Candidates notified: Thursday, 14th March 2024
Interviews: Monday 18th March 2024 & Tuesday 19th March 2024
Start Date: 1 September 2024
Attached documents
About Lovelace Primary School
I am delighted that you are interested in joining us.
Lovelace Primary School opened in 1954 and we have been educating children in the localities of Hook & Chessington for nearly seventy years. Situated in the south west of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames on the very edge of the greenbelt, we benefit from an extensive and beautiful school site.
We are a large school with a BIG heart! Currently we are a school with three forms of entry and a 52 place nursery. Our children, teachers and numerous support staff members ensure a vibrant and buzzing learning environment. There is a full range of extended services provided by our Sunrise and Sunset provisions (breakfast and after school care) from 8am until 6pm.
Originally an infant & junior school, the school amalgamated in the 1980s and whilst some of the buildings date from the fifties, many are more recent including our purpose built Nursery class and our ‘North Wing’ comprising of four state of the art environmentally friendly classrooms.
The school grounds are attractive and spacious comprising of a woodland walk, bird hides, a wildflower meadow, a large amphitheater. There are attractive landscaped lawns in the front of the school and a large playing field at the rear, together with generous, hard play areas. In addition, we have allotments and an orchard and a beautiful Estonian redwood pine outdoor science & nature education centre – we call this the ‘Dolly Lee Lodge’ named after our very first headteacher!
Our learning environment is very well resourced. We have two large halls used for assemblies, dance, drama & sport. We have a large ICT suite plus extensive facilities for computing, a large library, a nurture room, a family kitchen and our very own covered swimming pool.
We employ people who are passionate about ensuring that our children have the best possible experience at school irrespective of their contexts or starting points to maximize their achievement and progress. We are also a learning community and want all school staff to continue their professional learning with us be it through our extensive range of professional development in school, through Education Kingston or through our links and networks with neighbouring teaching schools. Our governors also take care of the well being of our staff recognizing that they are our most important resources for example, our school staff are enrolled in the Benenden Healthcare scheme.
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