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Welcome, and thank you for your interest in The Dringhouses Primary School's Headteacher opportunity

Dear Applicant,

Welcome, and thank you for your interest in our exciting Headteacher opportunity at Dringhouses Primary School. As Chair of Governors, I am delighted to provide you with more insight into our warm and welcoming school and invite you to consider joining us in this pivotal leadership role. We hope that the information we have provided encourages you to make an application for this position.

Dringhouses Primary School was built in 1904 and is a co-educational school for children aged 4+ to 11 years with 315 pupils on roll across 11 classes. We are a warm and welcoming community, where our staff, families and children feel valued, looked after and where learning is inclusive. We want our children to become great people – to succeed academically, socially, and to find things that they love to do.

We are deeply committed to instilling our strong character values across our school and as part of the wider community: Curiosity, creativity, confidence, collaboration, and community-mindedness. We always look to ensure equity of opportunity for all of our children and see kindness as a fundamental value of our school. Our ‘Dring 50’ highlights 50 experiences we believe all children should have an opportunity to do while they are with us at Dringhouses Primary School. These trips, hands-on experiences, visitors to school, and in some cases very basic childhood experiences are a way of making sure that our children are provided with the experiences that every child deserves to have, regardless of their home background.

This is an exciting opportunity for a talented senior leader to join a school where our warm community fosters an inclusive and stimulating education environment for our pupils. As such, we welcome applicants interested in Co-Headship as part of a job-share.

For an informal, confidential conversation about the role please email Helen Poole, who has been engaged to support us with recruitment to this key role, or call on 01609 532254. We would encourage you to come and visit in advance of your application and see for yourself the enthusiasm that our pupils have for their education. Such a visit is not part of the selection process, and whether applicants have visited will not influence the outcome. We would also encourage applicants to have a look at the school website (opens in a new tab) and our school newsletters (opens in a new tab) to get a feel for our school.

I hope you find the information provided useful and informative and that it will encourage you to apply. On behalf of the governing body, thank you again for your interest in Dringhouses Primary School.

Yours faithfully,

Matt Boxall

Chair of Governors

 

 

 

 

Learn more about our Headteacher opportunity

Post: Headteacher

Number on Roll: 315

Commencing: 1st September 2025

Salary:L14-L20 £68,586 - £79,475

Contract Term: Permanent

Our Opportunity:

Dringhouses Primary School is a delightful, thriving school with happy pupils and a dynamic curriculum provision. This is an exciting opportunity for an established leader to take the school to the next level in its journey and build upon the excellent relationships and reputation that it has built up and develop these further in our continual pursuit of excellence.

About You:

We are seeking to appoint a principled and reflective Headteacher to further shape our thriving school in the next phase of its development. You will build on a collaborative and values-driven culture that will see our children develop, grow, and contribute an active part in today’s society, with confidence, creativity and courage.

We are looking for a proven senior leader with excellent teaching skills and the ability to develop our small, dedicated team whilst maximising achievement. An excellent communicator, you should have a thorough knowledge of curriculum and pedagogy and possess strong networking skills enabling you to maintain and develop future partnerships. You will be an outstanding teaching practitioner able to set and achieve ambitious goals for all pupils with a variety of needs; continually seek to raise standards by developing staff and ensuring high quality and depth of teaching and learning, and develop a clear vision to move the school towards excellence and continue its further improvement.

Our new leader will foster a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where pupils feel valued and encouraged to express themselves. You will maintain and build upon our strong sense of community and be an ambassador who leads by example and is not afraid to have difficult conversations. You will be an accomplished communicator with a passion for education and thrive on driving a positive school culture that promotes academic excellence but also social and emotional development.

We can offer you:

  • A happy, caring and supportive school, with dedicated staff, supportive families, and support from the local authority.
  • An excellent opportunity to provide strategic leadership and direction, working collaboratively and constructively with the governing body to achieve this.
  • An opportunity to see the huge potential that exists and the time to make Dringhouses Primary School a beacon of excellence in primary education.
  • A governing body that is committed to providing support on all matters to ensure our school thrives and all children reach their potential.
  • A strong, committed community who work cohesively and collaboratively.

For an informal, confidential conversation about the role please call Helen on 01609 532254 or email. Helen has been engaged to support us with recruitment to this exciting opportunity.

Please note the Governing Body are open to consider applicants interested in a Co-Headship job share. Should you wish for your application to be considered as part of a Co-Headship, please outline this and your FTE preferences in your supporting statement.

Key dates

Visits

We strongly recommend that you visit us so we can share with you why we are so proud of our school, and you will have the opportunity to see what we have to offer.  If you would like the opportunity to visit, please email Helen.

Application closing date: 11:59pm Sunday 9th March 2025

Shortlisting: Wednesday 12th March

Interviews: Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th March

Information About Our School

Information About Application and Guidance

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection and safeguarding policy. and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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