Fierté Trust

Job Title: Headteacher           

Trust area of accountability: Violet Way Academy    

Grade: L15-L22

Working Pattern: full-time                         

Working Hours: School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).             

Responsible to: The Trust Board, Executive Leaders, and the Local Governing Board                   

The Fierté Trust has a family of seven schools in Tamworth and Burton and is sponsoring Anker Valley Primary Academy, a new 210-place free school opening in September. Violet Way Academy is an infant school in Burton upon Trent with 263 pupils, feeding into, and working closely with Edge Hill Junior Academy, also part of the Fierté Trust.

We welcome applicants wishing to be part of our team and willing to engage with all stakeholders to secure the ‘outstanding’ judgement. You will be encouraged by an ambitious, forward thinking Trust with a determination for excellence and a drive to ensure that Violet Way pupils reach the highest standards of achievement and personal success. If you are at a stage in your career when you feel ready for an exciting challenge, we would love to hear from you. We have an expectation that applicants will visit the school.

Please either contact Mrs Kacey Gretton, Central Support Team, regarding any queries or questions relating to this post. (01283 248542) or email k.gretton@fierte.org

Key Information:

Closing date for applications: Monday 22^nd February 2021 at 9.00am.

Interviews will take place: Thursday 4^th and Friday 5^th March 2021.

To download an application pack please visit: www.fierte.org

Return the completed application forms to: k.gretton@fierte.org

The Fierté Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced disclosure check will be a requirement of the post.

Duties and Responsibilities

See Job Description / Person Specification

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.