Vacancy for Headteacher at Sawtry Junior Academy

Required from: April 2025/September 2025

This is a full-time Headteacher post.

Salary: Leadership: Band 8 (Point 15-19) with consideration given to skills, experience and previous track record.

You will be supported in your role by an Executive Principal team.

We are looking for a leader who is dedicated, hardworking, passionate and can inspire and lead our school. Sawtry Junior Academy provides a high quality of education for the children in its catchment area – it has a proven track record of excellent attainment and offers a rich and varied curriculum. We have a strong reputation in the local community and we are committed to providing the best education for the children in our school. You will be working with a very talented and hard-working team of staff who are all dedicated professionals – a key part of our ethos is collaboration and we enjoy working together to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children. 

As a Headteacher at Sawtry Junior Academy, we can offer you:

•       Motivated, friendly staff and children in a popular trust with a dynamic community presence.
•       The support and guidance of an experienced Executive Principal along with a core team of Executive Principals in addition to the sharing of good practice with fellow Headteachers within the Trust.
•       The expertise and support from the wider trust network of advisors and access to informal and formal professional development.
•       The chance to develop the next generation of teachers through our work with our ITT providers and Teaching School Hub.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a school where we are passionate about sharing expertise, innovative practice and resources and have benefited greatly from being part of a multi-academy trust. We are looking for someone who is keen to not only lead a strong team of staff at our school but also be committed to working collaboratively alongside other schools in the new Trust.

The successful candidate will have:

• A track record of leading and developing with impact for our children and staff.
• A passionate and uncompromising commitment to the further development of children and staff.
• Experience of converting vision into continuous school improvement.
• People skills which enthuse and develop staff and communicate effectively with parents and the wider local community.
• Evidence of partnership working and wider impact.
• Integrity, warmth and compassion – in all, a great role model for our children, staff and wider school community

Closing date for application forms: Monday 27^th January 2025 at 09:00am

Interview dates: Thursday 6^th February 2025

Please note that we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The 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 will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.