Our Motto: "Play. Learn. Achieve."                              

Kirkheaton school’s core business is academic excellence. This is a given. Alongside this, we want school to be somewhere children are allowed, encouraged and shown how to experience the magic of being a child. We want to provide an inspiring and nurturing environment which gives our pupils a safe space to be children, feeds their curiosity and which fosters a love of learning.  We want this happy childhood to sow the seeds for a positive and contented adulthood.

We want them to play, to explore, to discover, to succeed, to try, to grow and to flourish. To be themselves and respect the right of others to be a different kind of self. We want each individual to know that they are valued and loved for who they are and for who and what they aspire to be but we also want to build resilience for when things don’t go as they would wish.  We want school to be somewhere our children feel confident enough to make mistakes and learn from them. We want to challenge them to do new things, learn from new experiences and to cultivate their own ideas without fear. In this way, we enable them to discover their own strengths and passions. We want them to feel proud of themselves, their peers, their school and their community and most of all, we want them to be happy.  Because happy children grow into happy, rounded adults who are able to find a place in our ever-changing world.

All the adults in our school acknowledge the need to act as good role models for the children. ‘Children are great imitators. Let’s give them something great to imitate’.

Our school converted to an academy in February 2021 and we are now under the governance of South Pennine Academies.  Our staff work incredibly hard to give our children a magical experience of childhood whilst developing their academic abilities.

We have a strong emphasis on becoming ‘the best me’ where children are given the tools and understanding to become positive and engaged citizens.  Respect, resilience, rights and responsibilities are all key drivers for our child development.  We want to develop children who know how to look after each other, themselves and our planet.  We serve a community which is supportive, ambitious and secure.  We want to develop a sense of responsibility in our children to use their privilege to help others in their community and across the world.

Applicants for any of our roles should be:  

·       Enthusiastic and committed to their role  

·       Willing to learn new skills 

·       Resilient when faced with challenges  

·       Innovative and creative – developing procedures to gain the best results

·       Committed to the safeguarding of children  

·       Happy and calming and a positive influence 

·       Able to work to deadlines and under pressure

·       Enjoys the challenge of serving everyone in our school and multi-tasking every second of every day!

·       Able to share a sense of humour and help us through our busy days.