Primary Headteacher
The Mill Academy
Oxfordshire
- £67,626 - £78,352 per year
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- L15 to L21
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 13 May 2024
Job overview
Location: Queen Emma’s Primary School (NOR: 194) and Finstock Church of England Primary School (NOR: 26), Oxfordshire (Group 2)
Employer: The MILL Academy Trust
Salary: L15-L21 (£67,626 - £78,352)
Contract type: Full Time
Contract Term: Permanent
Posted: 26th April 2024
Closing Date: 12 noon Monday 13th May 2024
Job Starts: 1st September 2024 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Queen Emma’s and Finstock Church of England Primary Schools are part of The MILL Academy Trust, which is a multi-academy trust consisting of three schools located within the same geographical area in West Oxfordshire. The vision of our Trust is “to transform lives and to enable individual schools to grow, develop and serve their communities, whilst also ensuring a strong ethos of support, challenge and collaboration across our Trust.”
This is a hugely exciting time for our family of schools as a unique opportunity has arisen for an inspirational leader, committed to the benefits of working collaboratively within a multi-academy trust, to join us as the Headteacher of Queen Emma’s Primary School and Finstock Church of England Primary School.
Our new Headteacher will:
- Be passionate about improving the life chances and aspirations of all children
- Use their educational expertise and management skills to focus the efforts of all staff on improving the quality and impact of teaching and learning
- Understand the role of research and other sources of evidence in the decision making of senior leaders in schools
- Raise the profile of each school within their community to enable their continued growth and prosperity
- Play a key role in our Trust family of schools
We will provide you with:
- An exciting opportunity to lead teaching and learning across two schools
- A committed staff team, passionate local committee and a Trust Board who lead with moral purpose
- Well behaved and hard-working children who are enthusiastic about their learning
- Professional development opportunities that are ‘Gold Standard’
- A contribution towards the cost of relocation expenses may be available for the right candidate
You are very welcome, and encouraged, to visit the schools on Thursday 2nd May at 11am, Tuesday 7th May at 11am or Thursday 9th May at 1pm. We will provide a minibus to move between the two school sites with the visit starting at Queen Emma’s Primary School. Please allow up to 2.5 hours for the visit to both sites.
This appointment is supported by ASCL’s Leadership Appointment Service. If you feel inspired to discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or would like to arrange a visit to the school please contact Jo Corrigan on 07557 114082 or email Jo.Corrigan@ascl.org.uk
For more details and to download an application form please visit the Trust website HERE.
Closing date for applications is: 12 noon on Monday 13th May 2024
Interviews will be held: Thursday 23rd May 2024
The post is available from 1st September 2024
The Mill Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are made subject to receipt of a completed application form, satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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About The Mill Academy
The MILL Academy was established in October 2015. We are committed to ‘transforming lives through inspirational education’. We are based in the beautiful and historic town of Witney in West Oxfordshire.
The MILL Academy is an exciting place to work and learn. We are committed to providing education that transforms lives and we are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence. All of our academies work collaboratively together and, by joining us, you will be assured of truly exceptional professional development.
This is a hugely exciting time for our schools as we are presented with a rare opportunity to make a real difference to the lives and life chances of so many young people.
The MILL Academy is a family of three schools, The Henry Box School, Queen Emma's Primary School and Finstock Church of England Primary School. All of our schools are rated "good" by OFSTED and our ongoing vision is to enable each of our individual schools to flourish whilst remaining integral to the communities they serve.
The MILL Academy Values:
Motivate - raising aspirations
Inspire - celebrating distinctiveness
Learn - learning together
Lead - consistency of expectations
Our schools benefit from a highly skilled and flexible central support team, which provide finance, HR, Health, Safety and Wellbeing, ICT, premises and marketing services so our school teams can concentrate on teaching our children and young people.
To learn more about us please visit our website www.millacademy.co.uk or the websites of our schools.
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