Headteacher

Grove Road Primary School, Harrogate

Post: Headteacher

NOR: 335

Commencing: January 2024 or September 2023 if possible

Contract Type: Full Time 

Salary: L16 - £64,225 – L22 - £74,283

Contract Term: Permanent

Our school is a thriving school with a warm, family atmosphere and ethos. We aim to create a secure, stimulating environment where the needs of each child can be met and where learning is seen as both an enjoyable and a rewarding experience.

The children, staff, parents, our governing body and our community are proud of our school. The children are engaged in their learning and, despite the recent pandemic, are enthusiastic learners with the potential to make rapid progress. We are an inclusive school with an excellent reputation for supporting and championing children with SEND in both mainstream classes and as part of our targeted mainstream provision; we are looking for a new Headteacher who will allow the school to build on its many strengths and achievements.

Our Opportunity

This is a rewarding yet challenging Headship; where you will be able to lead our school on to the next stage of its journey, shaping and developing what this journey will look like. You must exhibit confidence, resilience, fairness and be an engaging communicator who displays empathy, inclusivity and has a clear focus on continuing to build a healthy workplace culture to benefit the wellbeing of staff and pupils. 

This exciting opportunity gives a new Headteacher the scope to shape how our school moves forward. The future of our school requires a strong democratic leader with a clear vision, who has the ability to communicate that vision to others and to make an instant impact on driving the school towards excellence. 

We are looking for a Headteacher who; 

• Has experience of a senior leadership role within a primary school.
• Recognises the importance of maintaining the school’s existing values and aims while instilling their own leadership style and identity.
• Has the skills as a passionate leader to make a difference, to enhance teaching and learning, enriching the personal development of our young children and ensuring everyone - staff, governors and pupils - achieve their potential, whilst raising aspirations in the community.
• Understands all SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) needs and the difficulties around the financial implications that come with some needs. Willing to challenge if provision if it is not correct for certain pupils.
• Has strong leadership and the ability to develop the school team, to be their best and to work together as one team for the benefit of the children and whilst still keeping a strong bond as a staff team within the school and having the ability to challenge robustly and constructively. 
• Possesses a good understanding of school financial planning, being able to look and recognise the strengths of staff across the school and make strategic decisions to safeguard the future of the school. Have the experience, motivation and resilience to move the school forwards and embrace any further challenges. 
• Is committed to creating a safe, caring environment where pupils can thrive socially, emotionally, intellectually, creatively, morally and physically. 
• Is a committed leader with excellent interpersonal skills, who can motivate and manage all stakeholders, effectively shaping and delivering the strategic plan. 
• Understands that a thriving school can be the beating heart of a community and that their success or otherwise affects the wider community. 
• Forms effective relationships and communications with parents, carers, individuals and organisations with significant responsibility for pupils’ welfare and well-being to achieve a common goal of ensuring all pupils have the opportunity to reach their full potential
• Is able to further develop and foster the excellent home/school relationships in place and explore new ways of engaging and supporting the school’s more vulnerable parents 

About you:

• You will be inspirational with an impressive record of accomplishment of school improvement 
• Demonstratively be a positive role model for pupils, staff, and the wider community 
• You will be committed to providing support on all matters including more sensitive or difficult issues; this includes the wellbeing of all staff members
• You will have an understanding or be a member of the new DFE (Department for Education) Education staff Health and Well-Being charter
• Be an approachable, effective and confident communicator with all stakeholders 
• A leader who will lead by example and can inspire others 
• A hard worker who will set the highest standards
• Enable relationships to be positive and constructive with all members of the school community 

 We can offer you:

• An excellent opportunity to provide strategic leadership and direction while building upon the high standards already in place.
• An opportunity to build a Leadership Team and further develop our culture of high expectation and ambition for the school.
• A happy, caring and supportive school, with children who respect and care for each other and have a thirst for learning.
• An ambitious curriculum, which aims to give every child a love for learning and enriching opportunities.
• A Governing Body who are committed and passionate about our school and ensuring our children reach their potential and are committed to providing support on all matters including more sensitive or difficult issues, this includes the wellbeing of all staff members.
• Support from the Local Authority and a dedicated staff team.

 If you feel that you can bring your knowledge, skills and experience, to Grove Road as our new Headteacher, we would, love to hear from you.

For more information about this wonderful opportunity please visit https://groveroad.n-yorks.sch.uk/job-vacancies/headteacher

 To arrange a school visit and for an informal, confidential conversation about the role, please call Debbie Pitt 01423 506060 or email d.pitt@groveroad.n-yorks.sch.uk

Key dates:

• School Visits: Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th April. Please contact Debbie Pitt to book an appointment.
• Application closing date: Sunday 7th May
• Shortlisting: Thursday 11th May
• Interviews: Thursday 18th and Friday 19th May