Our Mission is, “To build great learning communities where children flourish.” To accomplish our mission, we keep our 3 core beliefs at the heart of everything we do: Courageous Optimism, Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion. We support our schools to deliver excellent pupil outcomes, create vibrant, exciting environments and offer rewarding careers for employees. To help us with this, we are looking to appoint a new Head of School at Dr Walker’s Church of England Primary School.

You will:

·  Share our commitment to building great learning communities for our pupils

·  Have a commitment to supporting the Christian distinctiveness of a Church school in line with Diocese guidance and the Church of England vision for education

·  Inspire pupils with a passion for learning

·  Understand specific learning needs/styles to differentiate support to pupils

·  Be able to plan effectively to enable multi-tasking

·  Have a desire to help all pupils succeed

·  Demonstrate compassion towards the needs of the pupils

·  Be able to share verbal information clearly and sensitively with pupils and adults

·  Be able to work with a range of colleagues

·  Work collaboratively across the schoo

The successful candidate will be part of a positive environment, with dedicated and supportive colleagues who strive for excellence.

In return we can offer you:

·  A stimulating and welcoming learning environment in a fantastic school community

·  Strong links with the church, diocese and community

·  High quality continuous professional development

·  An all-inclusive and supportive Senior Leadership Team & Multi-Academy Trust

·  Access to the Schools Advisory Service (SAS) the Trust’s employee well-being support and medical programme. This includes 24 hour a day access to a GP helpline for you and those in your household, a counselling service, stress management and weight loss programme, physiotherapy, menopause support and much more

·  Retail discounts

If you would like a confidential conversation to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Neil Massie, our recruitment partner at Academicis on 07818 875514 or via nmassie@academicis.co.uk