Headteacher - Nine Acres Primary School

Job Posted: 7 February 2025

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Arreton, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: Leadership Scale L16 – L22 (£72,162- £83,464)
• Industries: Education

Relocation allowance available (subject to criteria) of up to £8,000. Details available on request. 

For full information on this opportunity, the school, the role and how to apply, visit our campaign page: 

www.iow.gov.uk/nineacreshead

This is a unique and challenging opportunity to make a real difference to the education of children on the Isle of Wight.

Nine Acres Primary School, located in Newport, attracts pupils from across the Island and we are now looking for an innovative, inspiring leader to become our next Headteacher.

We have an outstanding staff team working with our children who have a love of learning.

We are very proud of our most recent Ofsted, where we were judged to be Outstanding in all areas:  Nine Acres Primary School - OFSTED

Are you the right candidate, with the vision and passion, to take our school even further

If you'd like an informal chat with the Chair of Panel, Ross Burroughs, or a visit to the school, these are warmly welcomed.  Please contact Isle of Wight Council Human Resources who will organise this for you: [email protected] 

HOW TO APPLY 

Ensure you fully read the 'Headteacher Information Pack', prior to application. This has the full Job Description, Person Specification, and key details about our school.
We encourage you to visit our school website and familiarise yourself with our school: Nine Acres Primary School - Home

Our application form is an electronic form, please complete all sections and ensure there are no unexplained gaps in employment. Any gaps in employment will require explanation.

IMPORTANT:  Ensure the 'additional information' section on the application form includes your personal statement,  ideally in 700 words or less to give us a clear idea of how your skills match our requirements set out in the person specification section of the recruitment pack.

Closing date: Wednesday 26 March 2025, by noon.

Shortlisting: Wednesday 02 April 2025 (successful applicants informed the following day.)

Interviews: Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April 2025

Proposed start date: Monday 01 September 2025

 Nine Acres Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.  All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks, including online searches/checks.

PLEASE NOTE: Not all school staff are employed directly by the Isle of Wight Council, you can ask on application who the employer for this role will be.

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via [email protected] if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.