Headteacher

Due to the retirement of the current Headteacher, Trustees are seeking to appoint a dynamic and ambitious Headteacher to lead Holden Clough Community Primary School. Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all staff roles are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

The role will involve taking responsibility in developing the Trust vision for education within the Academy. The Headteacher will be responsible for leadership and management of the Academy with a focus on promoting the Academy both internally and externally with stakeholders across the community it serves.

Key objectives of the role will include:

• Providing dynamic leadership and management to the pupils, parents and staff at the Academy to ensure its long-term success.
• Providing inspirational leadership with a can-do approach to the Academy and the Trust to enhance the overall culture of the Trust.
• Responsibility for the performance management of the leadership team within the Academy.
• Commitment to continuous improvement both within the Academy and through collaboration across the Trust.
• Setting and maintaining high teaching standards within the Academy with the senior leadership team to ensure that all pupils receive a high-quality education within the Trust.
• Developing a culture of high expectations within the Academy.
• Monitoring, challenging, supporting and, where necessary, intervening to ensure outstanding provision.
• Providing direct CPD to staff at the Academy and to other Trust academies.
• Managing staff, including annual PM reviews and monitoring and evaluating the quality of the Academy’s teaching and learning standards.
• Accountability for standards and reporting to the Local Governing Board and the Trust Board as appropriate.
• Liaising closely with the CEO and Trust Central Team on all matters relating to the Academy and the Trust.
• Appropriate use and deployment of Trust support services to academies, including HR, finance, ICT and estates.
• Performing other such related tasks as shall be required from time to time by the CEO of the Trust.

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details about the role and Holden Clough Community School please see attached Holden Clough Headteacher Recruitment Pack and for more information about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Information Pack

The role is permanent and is to start 1st September 2024.

Salary - Leadership Scale L14 – L18.

The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:
• Applications close at 9am Friday 17th May 2024
• Observation and Interview dates Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd May 2024

Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed, please ring Helen Thomas on 0161 830 6964 to arrange.

If you have any queries about the Trust, the roles or about the completion of the application form please e-mail Michelle Schofield on mschofield@victoriousacademies.org. The application form should be completed and returned electronically via e-mail to mschofield@victoriousacademies.org.

Job Description and Person Specification