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Dr Walker's Primary School

Head of School

Salary: L8 - L12 (£61,534 to £67,898)

Location: Essex

Hours : 32.5 hours per week (19.5 Head of School + 13 Teaching)

Closing date for applications:Friday 10th July 2026 at 9.30am

We reserve the right to shortlist and interview earlier than the stated closing date, should an appropriate application be received.

Shortlisting:Friday 10th July 2026

Interviews: Wednesday 15th July 2026

Our Mission is, "To build great learning communities where children flourish."To accomplish our mission, we keep our 3 core beliefs at the heart of everything we do: Courageous Optimism, Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion. We support our schools to deliver excellent pupil outcomes, create vibrant, exciting environments and offer rewarding careers for employees. To help us with this, we are looking to appoint a newHead of Schoolat Dr Walker's Church of England Primary School.

You will:

• Share our commitment to building great learning communities for our pupils
• Have a commitment to supporting the Christian distinctiveness of a Church school in line with Diocese guidance and the Church of England vision for education
• Inspire pupils with a passion for learning
• Understand specific learning needs/styles to differentiate support to pupils
• Be able to plan effectively to enable multi-tasking
• Have a desire to help all pupils succeed
• Demonstrate compassion towards the needs of the pupils
• Be able to share verbal information clearly and sensitively with pupils and adults
• Be able to work with a range of colleagues
• Work collaboratively across the school

The successful candidate will be part of a positive environment, with dedicated and supportive colleagues who strive for excellence.

In return we can offer you:

• A stimulating and welcoming learning environment in a fantastic school community
• Strong links with the church, diocese and community
• High quality continuous professional development
• An all-inclusive and supportive Senior Leadership Team & Multi-Academy Trust
• Access to the Schools Advisory Service (SAS) the Trust's employee well-being support and medical programme. This includes 24 hour a day access to a GP helpline for you and those in your household, a counselling service, stress management and weight loss programme, physiotherapy, menopause support and much more
• Retail discounts

If you would like a confidential conversation to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Neil Massie, our recruitment partner at Academicison 07818 875514 or vianmassie@academicis.co.uk

Information about the School

Are you the one we are looking for? If so, then don’t delay in applying!

Dr Walker’s Church of England Primary School is a small village Voluntary Controlled community school, in the heart of Fyfield, Ongar. We might be small, but have a lot to offer!

We are a creative school, where pupils are supported to become the best they can be. Pupils access the curriculum through additional fun activities such as dressing up days, hatching ducks, circus workshops, visiting zoo, residentials, initiatives, etc. and where appropriate participation in sporting events with local schools. Our school website evidences all our fun activities in the weekly newsletters (do have a look at how we are having fun, whilst learning!).

Our school aims to be An Exceptional Place to Flourish, where we work together to grow, progress, achieve and develop to become well-balanced British and global citizens; aspiring to live a life in all its fullness and to succeed. Our associated Christian Values aligned with the fundamental British Values.

The school has had a number of improvements over the last few years, inclusive of: • The building of two new classrooms (with aircon) • new playground multi-sports markings • multi-sports goalposts • an adventure trail • classrooms have been re-decorated • new access to KS2 classrooms • EYFS has had a make-over (inside and out!) and • new fencing to secure the school’s main entrance.

Why consider working at Dr Walker's? • We have smaller than usual class sizes and host year groups in mixed classes. • We seek excellence by ensuring a safe, dignified, and respectful learning environment, where diversity, differences, talents, and interests are celebrated. • We pride ourselves in our amazing, friendly and well-behaved pupils. • We believe that every school day counts and that every child is valued, nurtured and cared for. • Being affiliated with the Church of England, we preserve and develop its Christian ethos, principles and character and work in partnership with the local church (St Nicholas) and the Diocese of Chelmsford. • We emphasise the importance of dignity, respect, honesty, kindness, courtesy and consideration. • We have a very supportive Governing Body. • We place a high premium on staff well-being and teamwork. • We have a creative, highly motivated, passionate and hardworking group of staff. • We offer CPD opportunities through accredited training.

Please note that we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expect all those who work with us to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertake a DBS Enhanced Clearance check (Disclosure and Barring Service).