Headteacher (Primary) x 2 posts

Are you passionate about transforming children’s lives through a world-class, Catholic education? 

The Board of Directors of St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust is looking to appoint two excellent and ambitious primary Headteachers for out Trust. The vacancies are at:

Holy Spirit Catholic Academy in Bootle https://holyspiritcatholicprimary.co.uk/

The Trinity Catholic Academy in Liverpool https://thetrinityprimary.com/

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a strong Catholic primary academy. Reporting to the Director of Primary Education, you will focus your leadership skills on both the Catholic life of the school and improving standards of teaching and learning

At St Joseph CMAT, world-class professional development is at the heart of our offer, which you can hear about directly from our dedicated teachers here: https://sjcmat.co.uk/about-us/world-class-professional-development/

Each successful candidate will:

•be a practising Catholic with a strong faith commitment, who embraces the development of the Catholic life and mission of the academy as a core leadership responsibility.

•be a confident and visible leader with a clear vision for Catholic Education and ensure that the example and teachings of Jesus Christ are at the centre of all that we do

•have a strong understanding of evidence-informed school improvement and a proven track record of successful leadership with the vision, drive and energy to initiate, lead and manage improvement strategies in line with the Trust’s improvement strategy

•have an excellent understanding of the Ofsted and Catholic Schools inspection framework, be able to horizon-scan and continually strive for excellence in all aspects to ensure that each pupil fulfils their unique potential

•be able to build relationships with staff, pupils, parents, governors and others working in St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust and a wide variety of external partners

•work closely with the St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Governors and the Senior Leadership Team to develop a compelling faith-centred vision for the school that acts as the focus of all activity and drives improvement

•be able to inspire the whole community, build and maintain successful teams and work collaboratively with with others to achieve success

•be able to respond and adapt effectively to changing circumstances, maintaining high levels of performance

•actively listen and effectively communicate to a wide range of audiences

•place safeguarding at the heart of all decision-making

In return we can offer you:

•enthusiastic and ambitious children who are keen to learn

•a highly supportive, effective and ambitious Local Governing Body

•an academy which is staffed by a dedicated teaching and support team, committed to supporting the academy and its pupils

•excellent professional development opportunities

•high performance coaching and Headteachers’ residential conferences

•being part of a strong network which includes support from headteacher colleagues within St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust

•high quality support for school improvement and operations from the St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust central team

To request an application pack please contact Lisa Kelly at recruitment@sjcmat.co.uk

For an informal discussion, please contact Amy Fidler (Director of Primary Education) on email at afidler@sjcmat.co.uk

St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Where the post is engaged in regulated activity, and/or an opportunity for contact with children the position will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.

Closing Date: 9am Monday 21st October 2024

Shortlisting: Monday 21st October 2024

Interview Dates: Thursday 24th and Friday 25th October 2024