Headteacher Applicant Information Pack
Old Basford School
Percy Street
Old Basford
Nottingham
NG6 0GF
Tel: 0115 9785505
Fax: 0115 9791861
website: http://oldbasford.weebly.com
email: [email protected]
Headteacher Applicant Information Pack
Contents
Letter from the Chair of Governors
Vacancy Advertisement including
arrangements for visits
Vision Statement
Awards
Our Wishes – Children
Our Wishes – Staff
Our Wishes – Parents
Data 2015/16
Job Description & Person Specification
Old Basford School
Percy Street
Old Basford
Nottingham
NG6 0GF
Tel: 0115 9785505
Fax: 0115 9791861
website: http://oldbasford.weebly.com
email: [email protected]
January 2017
Dear Applicant,
Thank you for showing an interest in becoming our new Headteacher. This is an exciting time to join
our happy and successful school and we look forward to receiving your application.
Visitors to Old Basford including children, professionals and parents, present and prospective, are
impressed by the warm and welcoming environment as they walk in to school.
Old Basford is a PROUD school, with a set of embedded values evident in our
children’s behaviour. Safeguarding is central to everything we do.
We have an outstanding, committed, stable staff team, who strongly support
each other and the school. There is an amazing range and variety of extracurricular clubs and activities including sports, dance, music, science and
cookery which the staff enthusiastically make available. Governors and staff
are determined that children go on from Old Basford as rounded individuals
confidently ready to enter their secondary education.
Governors have supported the school’s programme of refurbishment and new builds over the last
three years. We are now at the point where we have an impressive environment totally fit for purpose
in providing an inspiring place to learn for children and for staff to work in.
We are a very active member of the Primary 6 Partnership, a well-established locally based group of
schools (academy & community) committed to school improvement with a strong teaching and
learning focus. The partnership includes a supportive but rigorous element of peer review as well as
wider curriculum development and enrichment experiences. More widely we are also supported by the
Transform Teaching School Alliance.
Old Basford is a popular, over-subscribed school in the heart of the community.
encourage visits to the school, arranged at a mutually convenient time.
Yours faithfully,
David Lawson
Chair of Governors
We warmly
Old Basford School
Percy Street
Old Basford
Nottingham
NG6 0GF
Tel: 0115 9785505
Fax: 0115 9791861
website: http://oldbasford.weebly.com
email: [email protected]
Headteacher Vacancy
to Commence September 2017
Salary Range L18 to L24- £57,520 - £66,623
Due to the retirement of our current Headteacher, Old Basford School is looking to appoint an
inspirational successor to lead the school and its future development.
We are an academy with a proud tradition of outstanding teaching and learning and we are looking for
someone to provide the inspirational leadership qualities which will build upon this tradition. Have a
look at our video at http://oldbasford.weebly.com/2016-promo-video.html which will give you a flavour
of the school directly from the people who work and learn there.
You will have:
 Leadership qualities that will inspire children, staff and parents
 An excellent track record in raising aspirations, expectations and attainment
 A commitment to meeting the needs of each child in our school community and a desire to make
a difference to the lives of our children
 A clear vision for the future of our school, maintaining its special ethos and the happy, caring
atmosphere that exists
 A track record of positively contributing to wider system development through collaboration and
fostering excellent external relationships
In return we can offer you:
 A positive and welcoming atmosphere
 An outstanding, dedicated and highly motivated team, who have very positive relationships with
pupils and parents alike
 A school with a strong reputation across the City of Nottingham for its commitment to inclusion
and attainment
 An enthusiastic and supportive governing body
 Strong existing partnerships to sustain an outward focus for development
Old Basford School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and
young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Prospective candidates are strongly encouraged to visit the school prior to application. School visits will
be hosted by the Chair of Governors and will take place as detailed below. To arrange a visit please
contact Julie Dimaline, Business Manager, on 0115 9785505.
For further information on this vacancy please contact Helen Anderson, Resourcing Consultant,
Nottingham City Council on 0115 8764714.
For an application form, please email: [email protected]
Assessments will take place on Wednesday 22nd February and Thursday 23rd February.
Closing date 30th January at 5pm
Applicant visits – dates and times:
Tuesday 10th January at 11:00am
Wednesday 18th January at 9:30am
Thursday 26th January at 9:30am
If none of these dates are convenient, please call Old Basford School Business Manager, Julie
Dimaline on 0115 9785505 to arrange a mutually agreeable date and time.
Old Basford School – Vision Statement
Old Basford is an outstanding, inclusive school that is dedicated to
its community and aims to ensure each child can flourish, is
successful and reaches their full potential.
To ensure that Old Basford School is a happy and thriving
environment, that pupils, parents, staff and governors are proud
to be a part of, our vision is:
 To create an enriching, broad and engaging
curriculum that stimulates creative learning;
 To promote a safe and welcoming place, where each
individual feels valued, equal and fairly treated;
 To celebrate individual and whole school success
and achievements;
 To be independent, ambitious, and adventurous
whilst striving to fulfil personal goals;
 To give pupils the confidence and determination
needed for the next step in their education.
Awards for Old Basford!
ROCKET SCIENTISTS
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Rocket Scientists, who
after taking part in a nationwide science experiment won a
fantastic opportunity to meet British ESA Astronaut Tim Peake
at the Principia Schools Conference, held at the University of
York.
NATIONAL ANTI-BULLYING COMPETITION WINNERS
Old Basford School won the school entry prize for key stage 1
and 2 in the official Anti-Bullying Week 2015 competition. They
had tickets to see the amazing musical Wicked in the West End in
London. See the video at https://youtu.be/td0AZPPvITc
ATHLETICS
Congratulations to the Year 5/6 athletics team who won the
overall athletics Nottingham City Finals competition at
Harvey Haddon. Each member of the team was a credit to
our school. The sportsmanship, athleticism and team spirit
was OUTSTANDING!
CRICKET
The 2016 School Cricket Season ended when we took part in
the HIGH SCHOOL TEN10 Tournament. The sun shone all day
and the team managed to secure 3rd place at the end of the
day, returning to School with their Bronze medals.
GYMNASTICS
Congratulations to both of our Year 5/6 Gymnastic Teams (A
& B) who competed at the Nottingham City Finals and
finished 3rd with a bronze medal and 1st with a gold
medal!!!!!
!! What wonderful achievements !!
Well Done !! We are very PROUD of you !!
Our Wishes – Children
We would like our new Headteacher to:
kind, helpful and
be kindencouraging
organised and full
be fun
of energy
make the
school better
be sort of
strict, but fair
listen to the
School Council
keep
everyone safe
help us to
learn
laugh with us
Our Wishes – Staff
We would like our new Headteacher to:
Our Wishes – Parents
We would like our new Headteacher to:
be a
Approachable
good with good
communication skill
listener
be
approachable
be passionate
get kids ready
for big school
be tolerant
be
understanding
be a good
communicator
get great
results
Old Basford School
FFT Value Added KS2 2016 Overview
Old Basford School
FFT Value Added KS1 2016 Overview
Also see:
https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/138740
Old Basford School Headteacher
Job Description and Person Specification
Job Purpose
To provide strategic leadership, educational excellence and operational
management for Old Basford Primary School, building on the strong foundations that
are in place in order to maintain and further improve all aspects of the school’s
standards and quality.
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To provide visionary leadership
To raise standards for all across the school
To deliver a continuous programme of development
To achieve the job purpose, the Headteacher will work in partnership with staff,
governors, parents, children and the wider school community to:

Inspire the whole school community, providing effective vision, leadership and
direction.
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Create and maintain an environment which promotes and secures outstanding
teaching, effective learning, and high standards of achievement, behaviour and
a passion for learning.
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Promote excellence, equality and high expectations of staff and pupils.
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Create a safe and productive learning environment that is engaging and fulfilling
for all staff and pupils.
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Evaluate the
development.
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Deploy resources to achieve the school’s aims and priorities within the limits of the
school budget.
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Carry out short- and long-term planning and organisation of the school to achieve
the above.
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Positively contribute to and lead wider system development through collaboration
and fostering excellent external relationships
school’s performance
and
identify
priorities
for
continuous
Old Basford School Headteacher
Person Specification - Key Areas
The key areas are grouped into three domains:
Educational Excellence: The Headteacher of Old Basford School has the leadership of teaching at
the heart of their work: they can lead effectively in a self-improving system to deliver high quality
outcomes for all pupils and students.
Strategic Leadership: The Headteacher of Old Basford School has a strong sense of direction: they
have a vision for the school and a clear sense of how to achieve their vision. They can lead successfully
in a highly autonomous and accountable system.
Operational Management: The Headteacher of Old Basford School has very effective systems and
processes that are consistently applied by all staff: they manage the school to ensure efficient and
effective use of all resources and achieve a ‘fit for purpose’ organisation.
Strategic
Leadership
Educational
Excellence
Operational
Management
Self-awareness and selfmanagement
Delivering continuous
improvement
Efficient and Effective
Personal drive and
accountability
Modelling excellence in
teaching
Analytical thinking
Resilience and emotional
maturity
Learning focus
Relationship
management
Conceptual thinking
Partnership and
collaboration
Holding others to
account
Future focus
Organisational and
community
understanding
Developing others
Impact and Influence
These key areas form the basis of objective assessment during the selection process and it is expected
that applicants at interview will be able to provide behavioural examples to demonstrate their
competence in the above key areas.
Key Areas Summary
Strategic Leadership
1. Self-awareness and self-management
The Headteacher of Old Basford School is aware of their personal strengths, weaknesses and areas for
future development and understands how their own leadership behaviour impacts on others and
manages this effectively. They have knowledge of their own emotional triggers, ways to manage them
effectively and behave consistently in line with professional and personal values and vision.
2. Personal drive and accountability
The Headteacher of Old Basford School is driven and focused on improvement. They are results
orientated and seek to achieve the highest standards within their role through setting and striving to
achieve their goals. They are self-motivated, energetic and willing to take on new challenges to
improve their performance. They are decisive, work for the best interests of pupils and account for
their performance to the governing body and other stakeholders.
3. Resilience and emotional maturity
The Headteacher of Old Basford School is resilient, focused and tenacious when faced with the
demands of the job and continually challenging circumstances. They are able to respond positively
when managing uncertainty and adversity. They remain focussed on personal and organisational
values, and adhere to these, even in difficult, long-term situations.
4. Conceptual thinking
The Headteacher of Old Basford School is able to identify patterns between potentially unrelated
concepts and draw on past experience to make sense of underlying issues and understand a situation.
They take a broader view and utilise additional information to create new ways of and approaches to
doing things, and to come up with highly innovative ways of solving problems. They are able to
simplify complex issues for others.
5. Future focus
The Headteacher of Old Basford School is continually looking ahead and identifies/ capitalises on
opportunities that are likely to arise, as well as managing day to day challenges, and taking action to
resolve these. They embrace the opportunities for change and are well able to engage others,
including the governing body, to successfully bring change about and to evaluate its impact.
6. Impact and Influence
The Headteacher of Old Basford School has a positive impact on pupils, colleagues and the wider
community through inspiration and persuasion to their perspective. They know when they need to
negotiate to a solution. They communicate effectively, understand others’ perspectives and priorities
and tailor their communication to suit their audience. They lead others and bring their governing body
and communities on board by articulating a compelling vision and uniting them around shared goals
and objectives.
Educational Excellence
1. Delivering continuous improvement
The Headteacher of Old Basford School has a clear vision of the central importance of leading teaching
and learning in terms of driving and sustaining school improvement and creating improved life chances
for pupils, their families and their community. They use their skills to quickly gain a full understanding
of the overall performance of the school and make a judgment about what requires improvement.
They work with the governing body and other stakeholders to successfully identify, strategically plan
for and lead delivery of the necessary and appropriate improvement strategies.
2. Modelling excellence in teaching
The Headteacher of Old Basford School has a deep understanding of the characteristics of
excellent/outstanding teaching informed by current research and is able to articulate this effectively to
others. They have a systematic approach to monitoring, make sound judgements about the quality of
the teaching and learning across the school, and develop and deliver a wide range of improvement
strategies.
3. Learning focus
The Headteacher of Old Basford School is passionate about learning and embeds a culture of learning
for all members of the school community and fosters equality of access. They have an unswerving
belief that schools have a crucial role to play in changing lives and improving life chances and monitor
learning systematically to ensure progress.
4. Partnership and collaboration
The Headteacher of Old Basford School is able to work collaboratively with a range of people in
schools, governing bodies and the wider community, to build a culture of cooperation and raise
achievement through partnership working. They are open to different perspectives and viewpoints as
well as being able to achieve agreement on common goals and objectives and the contribution to be
made across the education system.
5. Organisational and community understanding
The Headteacher of Old Basford School has a good understanding of the power relationships in their
own organisation, including the governing body, other organisations and the wider community with
which they work. They are able to identify and engage with the major influencers and decision makers
within the community. They can predict how new events or situations will affect individuals or groups
within the community.
Operational Management
1. Efficient and effective
The Headteacher of Old Basford School ensures that all systems and resources, including financial,
human and environmental resources, are used efficiently and effectively to achieve the school’s goals
and in a manner that maximises performance and secures value for money. They are attuned to
opportunities that increase the resources available to the school and improve the way the school
functions. They monitor the implementation of plans and the effectiveness of organisational structures.
They take corrective action where necessary to secure required outcomes and account to the
governing body and others for the school’s performance. They have a broad understanding of the
legal, political and technical knowledge that affect the running of a school and keep up to date with
major changes.
2. Analytical thinking
The Headteacher of Old Basford School collects information and data systematically from a wide
variety of sources. They confidently analyse complex information and data and understand the
connections between issues through breaking down opportunities and challenges into their constituent
parts. They are able to break down a problem in a systematic way and establish causal relationships
between issues that may or may not be obviously related, to better enable a solution to be found.
Their analytical skills enable them to prioritise issues and to plan how to implement the actions
necessary to achieve change and improvement.
3. Relationship management
The Headteacher of Old Basford School is able to develop and sustain appropriate internal and external
relationships, manage individuals and lead effective teams. They know about the impact of behaviour
and emotions of relationships, use this knowledge to understand why others behave the way they do
and take this into account when communicating and working with others.
4. Holding others to account
The Headteacher of Old Basford School holds others to account by clearly communicating expectations,
and gives constructive and specific feedback. They ensure goals or objectives are achieved by getting
others to do what is asked of them even if it involves tough or unpopular decisions. These choices or
actions will always be instigated with the best interests of pupils/students and the school in mind.
5. Developing others
The Headteacher of Old Basford School develops others so that they develop leadership potential
where possible. They ensure succession planning is in place and learning and development needs are
addressed. They continually seek out opportunities to support and develop colleagues so they perform
at their best.
Old Basford School Headteacher
Personal Specification – Method of Assessment
App – Application Form
Doc – Documentation
Ex – Exercise
Ref – References
Int – Interview
Education, Training and Qualifications
Qualified Teacher Status
Essential
•
Educational Management training or qualification (NPQH or working towards
NPQH)
Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional and personal development
Experience
Desirable
App, Doc
•
App, Doc
App, Int,
Doc
•
Essential
Assessed
Desirable
Assessed
Successful experience of leadership in at least one primary school
•
App
Experience of successful teaching within the primary age range
•
App
Experience of teaching in more than one school
•
App
Experience of a range of responsibilities covering different aspects of school life
which have had demonstrable outcomes for children
•
App
App, Int,
Doc
App, Int,
Doc
App, Int,
Doc
Experience of successfully leading and managing whole school change initiatives
•
Successful experience of raising achievement
•
Successful experience of monitoring and evaluating teaching and learning
•
Successful experience of developing relationships with professional partners
outside the school and relationships within the wider community
•
App
Experience of managing budgets successfully
•
App, Ref
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Assessed
Understanding of the environment within which the school operates at both
national and local level
•
Int
Knowledge of relevant statutory requirements relating to schools
•
Int
•
Int
•
App, Int
Sound up to date knowledge of developments in education, teaching and learning
and best practice
Understanding of how high quality performance management for all staff is linked
to school improvement
Up to date knowledge and experience of safeguarding requirements and an ability
to put this into practice
Understanding of equal opportunities and able to put this into practice including
the need to prepare pupils for life in a multicultural society
Knowledge of the principles of financial management in schools
Basic knowledge of health and safety and employment law
App, Int,
Ref
App, Int,
Ref
•
•
•
Int
•
App, Int
Other Requirements
Essential
Desirable
Assessed
Satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check
•
Doc
Satisfactory references
•
Ref
Competencies
Essential
Desirable
Assessed
Strategic Leadership:
Self- awareness and self-management
•
Int, Ex
Personal drive and accountability
•
Int, Ex
Resilience and emotional maturity
•
Int, Ex
Conceptual thinking
•
Int, Ex
Future focus
•
Int, Ex
Impact and Influence
•
Int, Ex
Delivering continuous improvement
•
Int, Ex
Modelling excellence in teaching
•
Int, Ex
Learning focus
•
Int, Ex
Partnership and collaboration
•
Int, Ex
Organisational and community understanding
•
Int, Ex
Efficient and Effective
•
Int, Ex
Analytical thinking
•
Int, Ex
Relationship management
•
Int, Ex
Holding others to account
•
Int, Ex
Developing others
•
Int, Ex
Educational Excellence:
Operational Management