Headteacher

• Headteacher - Whitehall Academy Independent SEN Primary School in Rochdale

  Contract Type: Permanent

  Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm

  Qualifications Required: Qualified teacher status (QTS), A degree level qualification or equivalent, further relevant professional and/or academic study, and evidence of CPD

  Salary: Competitive salary

  Starting Date: 1st of January 2025

  Whitehall Academy seeks to appoint an exceptional and inspirational leader who is highly inclusive and ambitious for all children.

• Essential Skills and Experience:

• At least three years of proven strong, successful leadership and management experience in a school.
• Evidence of demonstrating a strategic leadership style that is characterised by integrity, creativity, resilience.
• Experience in implementing, managing, and evaluating change in a collaborative way.
• Experience of raising standards that have impacted positively on pupils and teaching and learning.
• Significant experience of evaluating and using data to plan and improve pupil outcomes.
• Experience of making effective use of funding and other resources.
• Strong financial planning and management skills.
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to listen to, understand and work effectively.

• Essential Knowledge:

• An understanding of the 'Independent School Standards'

• An understanding of how to empower pupils and staff to excel.

• A clear understanding of what makes good and outstanding teaching through a deep understanding of how pupils learn,the ability to develop a culture where striving for outstanding teaching and learning is central to the school's work.
• An understanding of how to create whole-community accountability systems and implement them with the support of the SLT to combine data from a range of sources to maximise the achievement of pupils.
• A clear understanding of and commitment to promoting safeguarding pupils.
• Knowledge and understanding of the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour.
• Be able to build positive relationships rooted in mutual respect.
• Have a commitment to valuing, supporting and encouraging the professional development of all staff.
• Be able to build and nurture a strong, positive, and collaborative team culture that enables all staff to carry out their roles to the highest standard and for all staff to work together to deliver school improvement.
• Be committed to building and maintaining effective and positive relationships with parents, proprietors, and the wider school community.
• Be able to inspire and influence others, within and beyond the school, to believe in the fundamental importance and value of education in young people's lives.
• Be able to foster an open, transparent, and equitable culture and deal effectively with difficult conversations and conflicts at every level.
• Show tolerance and respect for the rights of others, recognising differences andcultural diversity, while upholding fundamental British values.
• Ensure that their personal beliefs are not expressed in ways that exploit their position, or pupils' vulnerability or might lead to pupils breaking the law.