Head of School – Floreat Wandsworth Primary School – Earlsfield, Wandsworth

Salary: up to £61,131 plus an allowance of 5% of the FTE salary (up to £3,057 per year) in addition to the basic salary described.

“Intelligence plus character: that is the goal of true education” Martin Luther King

Floreat Wandsworth Primary School, which opens in September 2015, is looking for an inspirational leader. You will share our core values of honesty, perseverance, curiosity and serving others, and have a passionate desire to help create an extraordinary school. You will play a key role in leading the school and, as the school grows, become the Headteacher.

Your virtues will include:

Effective leadership style that builds collaboration among and confidence of staff.
Vision-aligned with Floreat’s high aspirations and explicit virtue and knowledge conception.
Curiosity to always question the status quo and to visit, read and learn from others.
An understanding of how to establish and instil consistently high standards of behaviour and a scholarly culture in an inner city school.
Ability to lead, coach and motivate staff within a performance management framework.
Motivation to help Floreat staff through day-to-day challenges whilst maintaining an underlying focus on developing their capacity to deliver the Knowledge and Virtue School Model.
Genuine belief in the potential of every child to be knowledgeable and virtuous.
Appreciation of the value of data to identify weaknesses and inform continual improvement.
Drive and perseverance continually to evaluate, improve and learn.
Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils.
Excellent organisational skills and ability to delegate.
A strong ethos of service and the desire to work collaboratively with partner stakeholders, agencies and peers within and beyond the Floreat network.

We will offer you:

A unique preparation and development programme – which we call Teacher Flourishing – including 15 days training before you start in September, a study trip to the US during the Summer half term, and 25% more planning, preparation and assessment time than normal.
A unique opportunity to be a founding school leader and help us build our innovative family of schools.
Support from a highly skilled executive and education team, including your Executive Principal who was previously head at an outstanding Camden primary school.
An opportunity to pioneer an exciting new curriculum with the support of Floreat’s own educational team.
The opportunity to grow and excel as a leader, and become Headteacher designate of Floreat Wandsworth in September 2017.

Potential candidates are invited to attend our information session on 25th February, which will enable you to meet the team and exercise your curiosity by asking any questions before applying for the role. Otherwise please feel free to pick up the phone (07808 967464) or read more on our website.

Application forms (also available on our website) should be addressed to Mr Paul Campbell and sent in hard copy to Floreat Education, Centro 3, 19 Mandela Street, London, NW1 0DI, or electronically to paul@floreat.org.uk

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