SUCCESSFULLY APPOINTED: Head of School - Our Lady of Pity R.C Primary

SUCCESSFULLY APPOINTED: Head of School - Our Lady of Pity R.C Primary - Merseyside

L14 - L18 + Relocation support - Catholic - Head/Principal
Ref: 122 Date Posted: Wednesday 20 Jul 2022

Head of School

Salary: L14 - L18 + Relocation support
School: Our Lady of Pity R.C Primary
Location: Greasby, Wirral
Contract Type: Full Time
Contract Term: Permanent
Start Date: Negotiable

Our Lady of Pity is a unique and wonderful two form entry school that sits within a thriving parish community located in Greasby on the breath-taking Wirral, a short distance from Liverpool city centre.

Our Lady of Pity is part of the Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust, a forward thinking, growing and supportive MAT currently comprising five schools (3 primary). HFCMAT has recently been designated as the lead organisation for Inspire Learning Teaching School Hub that covers Liverpool and Wirral – offering world class development programmes for teachers and leaders.

The Head of School role offers an exciting opportunity for an existing or aspiring senior school leader to embark upon their next leadership challenge and (due to the central Trust support in place) focus on what matters most – a high quality education that will inspire and transform our children into lifelong learners.

We are interested in having preliminary, confidential conversations with Catholic school leaders who have the gift for leadership and believe profoundly in the transformative role of Catholic education to improve the lives of others and how to make that a reality.

For a Deputy Head within a small or similar school environment, this could be your next challenge… equally, for a capable and experienced Assistant Head with still yet untapped potential, this might be the right opportunity for you. Either way, you will be ably supported by a highly capable Executive Headteacher and MAT team.

A requirement of the post is that applicants must be practising Catholics.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a school and MAT which believes in the power of education and a mission to develop individual excellence, embrace opportunities and build strong communities with Gospel Values at its heart.

For further details or to have an informal discussion, please contact Liam Dowds, our Emmaus Leadership Advising Consultant who is assisting us with this assignment, in complete confidence, on 01737 652 043 or ldowds@emmausleadership.me BEFORE APPLYING.

We would encourage you to come and visit us and see us at work.

Our school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. DBS check required.

"Thank you for everything you did to successfully support our recruitment of an outstanding Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher. Using Emmaus Leadership to manage the recruitment to the post was much debated and was the subject of intense scrutiny by our Governing Body who were somewhat reluctant to use a leadership recruitment specialist. However, their confidence was reinstated as a result of your professional approach, your insightful knowledge and the resulting candidate pool produced for both appointments. I have no hesitation in recommending Emmaus to other schools."

Annie Sutton - Executive Principal, St Joseph's RC Specialist School and College

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Jacqui Feely, Chair at All Hallows Catholic College, Macclesfield

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Michael Tennant - Chairman of the Board, St Edward's School

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Dan Pickard, Headteacher, The Bishop’s CE Primary School - Thetford

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Canon Bob Baker, Chair of Governors,The Bishop’s CE School - Thetford

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Fr David Gibbons, Chair of Governors & Parish Priest, Archdiocese of Southwark

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