Our school is proud of its nurturing environment, teaching standards, and well experienced staff at all levels. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to our continued success, championing high-quality teaching and learning and shaping the future of all our pupils ensuring that they fill their God-given potential.

Belonging to a partnership of schools in Romero, provides a wealth of opportunities for leaders; our goal is for all our teaching and support staff in our school to be the best version of themselves, so they in turn, enable all our pupils to flourish and be who God calls them to be.

Our leaders work collaboratively across schools and with our central team to ensure the very best professional development is offered to all. Furthermore employee wellbeing and workload is at the heart of our commitment to staff with shared planning and curriculum to ease teacher workload but more importantly share expertise so pupils receive the highest standard our school can offer.

Is this something that is of interest to you?

If so, this Leadership role at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School may be right for you.

We can offer:

• A warm and welcoming atmosphere
• Excellent CPFD opportunities within school and across the Romero network and training
• Opportunities to grow within the school and the academy
• Supportive parents and a Local Governing Body who are passionate about the school
• Enthusiastic, well-motivated and excellently behaved children
• Shared planning and curriculum easing workload and sharing expertise across year groups and subjects
• A package of benefits, discounts, and a cash back healthcare plan
• A family friendly, wellbeing focussed employer committed through a Romero Charter for all staff

The successful candidate will:

• Be a practising Catholic
• Be committed to promoting the Catholic ethos of our school
• Be a dedicated professional with the ability to inspire children
• Set high standards for themselves and others
• Work successfully in partnership with parents and parish communities
• Be a team player with good interpersonal skills and able to multi-task in a busy environment
• Be highly motivated, enthusiastic and caring
• Be able to show excellent organisational and communication skills with both children and colleagues

If you have any questions regarding the role, or would be interested in a school visit, please contact Alex Thomas, Head of HR on 07894939684.

The Romero Catholic Academy operates a refer a friend scheme of £200 for the referrer. If you have been referred to this vacancy by a current employee, please highlight this within the section headlined "Where did you first hear of this vacancy?" on the application form. All rules relating to the referrals are provided within the TRCA Refer a Friend Policy on our website. 

We are committed to safeguarding children. As part of the pre-employment process, an enhanced DBS Check, Prohibition Checks, Childcare Disqualification (where appropriate) and Online/Social media screening will be undertaken in addition to other relevant background checks.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Safeguarding is our top priority, and we encourage all applicants to review our safeguarding and child protection policy which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our students.