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St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School,
Ponders End, Enfield
Headteacher Recruitment Pack
St Matthew’s CE Primary School
South Street, Ponders End,
Enfield, EN3 4LA
www.stmatthews-enfield.co.uk
Tel: 020 8804 1666
Email: smichael9.308@lgflmail.org
Contents
3 Letter from Chair of Governors
5 Our Christian vision and values
6 Curriculum and school environment
7 Contextual information and KS2 results 2019
8 Qualities our whole school community would like to see in our new
Headteacher
11 Headteacher Job Description
14 Headteacher Person Specification
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St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School, Ponders End
Welcome from the Chair of Governors
Witnessing to Christ with our lives and our learning
Our Christian Values:
Forgiveness, Peace, Friendship, Truthfulness, Courage and Thankfulness.
Dear Applicant,
Welcome and thank you for your interest in the opportunity to become our Headteacher at
St Matthew’s Primary School, Ponders End, in the London Borough of Enfield.
Our current Headteacher is retiring at the end of the Summer term 2022. We are proud of
what the school has achieved under her leadership. We are eager to appoint a new
Headteacher who will build on this success and continue the trajectory of continuous
improvement and development, motivated and empowered by our Christian vision and
values.
Our Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) in December 2021
confirmed St Matthew’s to be a Good school and the report drew out key strengths. Our
inclusive Christian vision is a ‘golden thread’ and the whole school is proud to live by our vision
and values. Pupil behaviour is exceptional. Parents value the care and dedication of staff in
achieving the best for their children. The safe and secure learning environment gives our
children the confidence to embrace high expectations and thrive in response to our inclusive,
creative and skills-based curriculum.
Our vision and determination to ‘run the race ahead’ and overcome any obstacles in our way
is shared by the whole school community of pupils, parents, staff and governors. We are
excited about what new heights the school will reach under your leadership.
We are conscious of some priorities to unlock further success, such as developing our Early
Years Foundation Stage and building capacity in the use of technology. We will welcome your
fresh perspective on these and other opportunities you will identify, alongside your
commitment and ability to sustain and harness our existing strengths.
The Headteacher job description and person specification reflect our context as a single form
entry school within a diverse community, where many families are living through challenging
circumstances in their daily lives. Empathic and strengths-based commitments to diversity,
equality and inclusion, with a track record of follow-through, will stand you in good stead for
becoming our Headteacher.
You will be working with passionate, flexible, generous and extremely hard-working
colleagues. We achieve results through a team approach and are seeking a Headteacher who
is an exemplary team-player with strong team leadership and management abilities.
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We would be delighted to welcome you to St Matthew’s for a visit so you can see, hear and
feel our school environment for yourself and find out more about the opportunity we are
offering you. Please contact Sue Michael, our Office Manager by ringing 020 8804 1666 or
emailing smichael9.308@lgflmail.org to arrange your visit.
Please apply by completing the London Diocesan Board for Schools Application Form and
by submitting your personal statement. As the Person Specification makes clear, in your
personal statement you are welcome to demonstrate your ability through transferrable skills
and informal experience where you have not yet had the opportunity to gain direct,
formalised experience of undertaking particular functions.
We look forward to receiving your application and to welcoming you to our school.
Best wishes
Amanda McIntyre
Chair of Governors
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Our Christian Vision:
Witnessing to Christ with our lives and our learning
Such a large crowd of witnesses is all around us!
So we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially the sin that just
won’t let go. And we must be determined to run the race that is ahead of us.
We must keep our eyes on Jesus, who leads us and makes our faith complete.
Hebrews 12 v1-2
Our Christian Values:
Forgiveness, Peace, Friendship, Truthfulness, Courage and Thankfulness
At St Matthew’s we share a journey where the support and unity of everyone in the school
community is paramount to achieving an environment where learning takes place without
fear of making mistakes.
Our vision was decided and implemented in September 2018 by our children and staff
working closely with our parish priest at the time. The children chose Hebrews 12 v 1-2 as
their inspiration and emphasised to us that the whole text of these two verses was meaningful
and important to them. Our Christian vision and values are intertwined, as the children and
the whole school community see the values as key in equipping us to fulfil the vision.
Here are some of the ideas expressed by children with different faiths, over the past few
years, about how they understand and live out the vision and values:
‘This means to me that Jesus died on the cross to save our sins and simply telling others what
we have personally seen and experienced of the Lord Jesus’ - Year 3 pupil
‘This means to me that you should try your best at all times because God is always with us,
even if your religion is not the same as others’ - Year 4 pupil
At St Matthew’s we believe we should all work together no matter if we are or look different’
- Year 4 pupil.
‘The school vision means to me that Jesus Christ will always be with us, no matter what we go
through in our lives and our learning’ - Year 6 pupil
‘Like Jesus, I should be a peace-maker, not an argument maker’ - pupil talking to SIAMS
Inspector, December 2021
We ‘take what we have learnt from school, and this helps us to be a witness to Jesus and a
good person’ - pupil talking to SIAMS Inspector, December 2021
‘The whole school community is enabled to flourish, as pupils and adults become stronger
witnesses to Christ within the context of a fully inclusive vision at St Matthew’s. Successful
outcomes for pupils are driven by a determined staff, who are guided by the school’s vision
and associated values.’ SIAMS Inspection Report, December 2021
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Curriculum
We have designed a skills-based, broad, balanced and inspirational curriculum, tailored to our
school context, which engages children as learners and gives them a sense of belonging,
ownership and knowledge.
‘The curriculum is built on the framework of big questions. This is developed from the model
of the RE curriculum. It enables the school’s vision to be woven into every subject. Revisions
to the curriculum are made to reflect the context of the school. For example, Black role models
are celebrated in learning. The curriculum gives access to a rich learning journey that enables
pupils to flourish academically’ SIAMS, December 2021
‘The quality of the wider curriculum enables pupils to develop a range of skills to make good
progress and achieve well across a range of subjects’ OFSTED, 2018
‘School leaders have drawn up detailed action plans and employed a wide range of strategies
to support disadvantaged pupils. For example, staff have designed their own subject plans to
develop pupils’ reasoning skills and understanding in mathematics. Similarly, staff have
introduced more interesting activities to help motivate pupils to improve their reading and
writing. To support higher-attaining disadvantaged pupils, the school has been promoting
thinking skills through carefully planned tasks and challenging questions.’ OFSTED, 2018
School environment
The learning environment and pastoral support we offer the whole school community is a
great strength, as we work hard to remove barriers to learning so that nothing gets in the way,
aligning with our vision.
‘The safe and secure learning environment enables pupils to ask the big questions of life, in
the knowledge that they will be listened to and respected’ - SIAMS, December 2021
‘St Matthew’s Christian vision is fully inclusive. Pastoral care for vulnerable pupils enables
them to flourish. Provision for wellbeing and mental health ensures no child is left behind’-
SIAMS, December 2021
‘Pupils said that they feel safe in school and their parents confirmed this…Pupils described the
school as being a caring school – OFSTED 2018
‘Parents talk of the ‘close knit family feel’, at St Matthew’s’ – SIAMS December 2021
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Contextual information
School status Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary
Address South Street, Ponders End, Enfield, EN3 4LA
URN 102054
School size Single form entry, from Reception to year 6
Staffing • 12 teaching staff – 6 full time, 6 part time
• 27 support staff – teaching assistants, breakfast/after
school club, office administration, site manager, cleaner
Ethnicity of pupils Diverse school population; largest ethnic group is Black
Nigerian (22%)
Other demographic Above national average percentages of pupils who:
information
• Are entitled to Pupil Premium funding
• Are entitled to free school meals
• Have special educational needs and/or disabilities
OFSTED Inspections 2018 Short Inspection – rated Good
2014 Inspection – rated Good
SIAMS Inspection December 2021 Inspection – rated Good
Attainment: Key Stage 2 results 2019
% of pupils meeting expected St Matthew’s CE London Borough England - all
standard at end of KS2 Primary, Ponders End of Enfield schools
Reading 80 73 73
Writing 90 80 78
Mathematics 83 81 79
Grammar, punctuation and 86 80 78
spelling
Combined reading, writing 80 67 65
and mathematics
% of pupils achieving at a St Matthew’s CE London Borough England - all
higher standard at end of KS2 Primary, Ponders End of Enfield schools
Combined reading, writing 20 11 11
and mathematics
Reading 27 28 27
Writing 37 21 20
Mathematics 40 29 27
Grammar, punctuation and 47 40 36
spelling
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Qualities our school community would like to see in our new Headteacher
Pupils ask for someone who:
• We can talk to • Will listen to our • Can give us good advice
opinions
• Is kind • Is ‘a bit strict’ • Is fair to the children
• Has self-belief and is • Is a role model for us • Can stand up for themselves
honest about their views and for the school
• Knows how to lead • Understands children • Has experience and wisdom
Pupils also say, ‘we need some male leadership in school’ (not necessarily a male
Headteacher, though someone who will seek to increase male adult presence in school)
Pupils would not like their new Headteacher to be someone who:
• Makes rules for the sake • Is judgmental • Is argumentative
of it
Parents ask for someone who:
• Is passionate about • Has children’s • Will show personal leadership
raising standards and wellbeing as the top of and commitment to the
attainment priority school’s Christian vision
• Is dynamic and • Can understand and • Is not afraid to take risks /
ambitious for the school respond to the needs make changes to drive up
of the local community standards
• Is visible and makes • Communicates well • Uses various ways to provide
themselves known with parents feedback on pupils’ progress
• Maintains support for • Is able to utilise limited • Is tech savvy
pupils with extra needs resources
• Is fun and encourages • Involves parents with • Maintains and expands after-
fun in the classrooms fundraising / develops school and extra-curricular
PTA activities and sports clubs
• Is not afraid to speak up • Is resilient • Has strong leadership skills
when it matters
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Staff ask especially for someone who:
• Has empathy towards • Is encouraging and • Has an open and honest
pupils, parents and staff supportive towards attitude, transparent about the
families decisions made for the school
Staff also ask for someone who:
• Embraces and builds on • Is prepared to take on • Values experience and is able
our success and vision challenges to continue building the team
• Values and understands • Intervenes early when • Values importance of family
needs of each key stage issues and challenges for pupils, parents and staff
arise
• Wants to be part of a • Is consistent and fair, • Leads by example – only asks
close-knit team, makes with respect for pupils others to do what you would
all staff feel part of team and staff be prepared to do yourself
• Is visible to pupils and • Has sense of humour, • Is a good listener, calm and
staff, active around can laugh and joke to caring, shows understanding to
school, open door policy help keep morale high pupils, parents, staff
Staff see it as important that your leadership and your teamwork together with them:
• Sustains and harnesses • Secures a successful • Enables children to catch up on
our Christian vision and transition of leadership lost learning during COVID-19
values - progress with unity and protects their wellbeing
• Maintains a happy, safe • Celebrates and • Builds on skills-based and
and clean environment acknowledges diversity creative curriculum, keeps
of school community innovating, strengthens EYFS
• Develops our use of • Sustains commitment • Makes best use of staff time
technology to inclusion, including (efficient administration) and
in resource allocation knowledge (e.g. their faith and
culture, past training/work)
• Supports staff CPD to • Continues the positive • Develops engagement with
help drive school and active relationship parents and wider community
improvement with governors (including fundraising)
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St Matthew’s CE Primary School, Ponders End - Job Description
Our Christian Vision: Witnessing to Christ with our lives and learning
Our Christian Values: Forgiveness, Peace, Friendship, Truthfulness, Courage, Thankfulness
Job title: Headteacher
Responsible to: Governing Body
Salary scale: Leadership L15 to L21 (extendable to L24 for an exceptional candidate)
2021/22 figures: £62,696 - £72,383 (extendable to £77,643 for an exceptional candidate)
The Headteacher carries out duties in line with the conditions of employment as set out in
the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document, drawing on the Headteachers’
standards guidance and its domains of culture and ethos, curriculum and teaching and
organisational effectiveness, underpinned by the governance and accountability domain.
Core purpose
• To provide strategic, operational, collaborative and personal leadership for St Matthew’s
CE Primary School, Ponders End, focused on securing an outstanding education for all our
children, developing their skills to be successful in their future lives and providing a
learning environment that motivates them to be life-long learners
• To uphold and sustain our school’s inclusive Christian vision and values as the golden
thread woven through the life of our school, embraced by the whole school community
CULTURE AND ETHOS
School culture
The Headteacher will:
• Sustain and harness the ethos of St Matthew’s as a caring and close-knit school,
underpinned by our Christian vision and values
• Take forward and implement a clear strategic vision and development plan, tailored to
our school, in partnership with the Governing Body and the whole school community
• Uphold ambitious educational standards, nurturing confidence and high aspirations in a
safe, secure and happy environment, enabling every child to achieve success
• Ensure all pupils experience a positive and enriching school life, appreciating the diverse
family backgrounds, languages and religions within the school and the local community
Behaviour
The Headteacher will:
• Define and sustain exemplary behaviour, developed around the Christian vision and
values, that effectively supports the character and moral development of pupils
• Implement consistent, fair and trauma-informed approaches to managing behaviour
through the school’s behaviour policy and in interactions with pupils, parents and staff
• Ensure that all adults within the school model exemplary behaviour and personally be an
inspirational role model and witness
• Ensure the school models and teaches the behaviour of a good citizen
11Professional development
The Headteacher will:
• Align professional development to balance the priorities of individual and team needs,
school improvement, capacity building and support for succession planning
• Lead a collaborative learning culture, drawing on expertise and knowledge within school
and actively engaging with other schools to build effective learning communities
• Ensure effective planning, delivery and evaluation of professional development, including
through external courses and national standards and frameworks
TEACHING AND CURRICULUM
Teaching
The Headteacher will:
• Sustain and grow high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases, built on an
evidence-informed understanding of effective teaching and how pupils learn
• Ensure a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on pupils’ achievement, and how
to improve it, using formative and summative data and benchmarks to monitor every
child’s progress
• Maintain high expectations, rigorously assess the quality of teaching, provide skilful
support and challenge to drive excellence and take corrective action when necessary
Curriculum and assessment
The Headteacher will:
• Ensure the design, delivery and evaluation of a curriculum attuned to our vision and our
pupils’ needs and motivations, building their skills, knowledge, curiosity and creativity
• Build and sustain effective curricular and key-stage leadership, developing leaders with
high levels of relevant expertise with access to professional networks and communities
• Provide and extend strong leadership of an ambitious religious education curriculum,
inspirational and invitational collective worship and opportunities for spiritual growth
• Ensure the curriculum contributes effectively to equipping children to keep themselves
safe, care for their wellbeing, maintain healthy relationships and engage in social action
Inclusion, equality, additional and special educational needs and disabilities
The Headteacher will:
• Promote equality and empower children and their parents to overcome obstacles,
including through pupil premium and support where English is an additional language
• Ensure the school is ambitious for all pupils with additional and special educational needs
and disabilities and enables them to access the curriculum and learn effectively
• Ensure the school works effectively in partnership with parents and carers, and external
professionals, to identify the additional needs, special educational needs and disabilities
of pupils, providing support and adaptation where appropriate, securing external
resources and fulfilling its statutory duty with regard to the SEND code of practice
12ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Organisational management
The Headteacher will:
• Ensure the protection, safety and safeguarding of pupils and staff, fulfilling duty of care
• Allocate financial resources astutely, maintain sound financial management and ensure
efficiency, effectiveness and probity in the use of public funds
• Ensure staff are deployed and managed well, paying due attention to workload and
wellbeing, prioritising effective teamwork and intervening early when problems arise
• Manage and oversee systems, processes, policies and premises, so that the school runs
efficiently and effectively and risks are rigorously identified, managed and mitigated
Continuous school improvement
The Headteacher will:
• Lead a whole-school determination to achieve continuous improvement, identify the
goals and address whatever limits effectiveness, drawing on our Christian vision
• Develop evidence-informed and proportional improvement strategies, plans and
processes and embed and evaluate them carefully to achieve sustained improvement
• Tailor priorities and plans to the school’s context, for example developing of Early Years
Foundation Stage and building capacity in the use of new and emerging technologies
Working in partnership
The Headteacher will:
• Sustain exceptional teamwork within the school through skilful leadership, management
and communication and by being an exemplary team player
• Be empathic, fair and clear with parents and carers, building their commitment and
confidence in supporting their children’s outcomes, wellbeing and school environment
• Foster relationships and develop opportunities for partnership working with the school
community of parents and carers, the church and local community
• Sustain and develop teamwork with other schools, the London Diocesan Board for
Schools and the London Borough of Enfield, valuing mutual challenge and support, and
develop relationships across wider public services to improve outcomes for children
GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
The Headteacher will:
• Understand and value effective governance, upholding obligations to give account and
accept responsibility, including as an ex officio member of the school’s Governing Body
• Harness the support and challenge of the Governing Body and support it to work
effectively with London Diocesan Board for Schools and the London Borough of Enfield
• Ensure that staff know and understand their professional responsibilities, are held to
account and work appropriately with Governors to fulfil the school development plan
• Ensure the school operates effectively and efficiently within the required regulatory
frameworks and meets all statutory duties
13St Matthew’s CE Primary School, Ponders End
Person Specification – Headteacher
Our Christian Vision: Witnessing to Christ with our lives and learning
Our Christian Values: Forgiveness, Peace, Friendship, Truthfulness, Courage, Thankfulness
Criteria will be assessed at one or more of application, references and interview. Please
address the aspects under the headings below in your supporting statement of no more than
3 A4 pages (font size 12). You may demonstrate ability through transferrable skills and
informal experience where you do not have direct, formal experience of specific functions
Personal attributes and ethos
Appetite and ability to lead and demonstrate a passionate commitment to our E
school’s inclusive Christian vision and values
Strategic ability to build, communicate, embed and sustain a coherent vision E
through various mechanisms, engaging colleagues and stakeholders
Commitment to high expectations and support for every child to achieve their best E
Ability to build a safe, secure, empathic and happy school environment, where E
children feel confident to grow and their concerns will be heard and acted upon
Evidence of clear values and moral purpose, lived out with fairness, accessibility, E
transparency and empathy towards children, their families and staff
Appreciation and understanding of the value and needs of a diverse community, E
including sensitivity and respect for the needs of families in difficult circumstances
Commitment to and understanding of the ethos of a Church of England school E
Member of a Christian Church D
Relationships, teamwork and partnerships
Ability to demonstrate personal behaviour that leads by example, forges positive E
relationships, attitudes and communication towards and between pupils and staff,
and with parents, governors and members of the local community
Ability to lead by example and create a shared commitment and responsibility to E
the school through teamwork, distributed leadership and professional reflection
Ability to encourage and support parents to play their part in their child’s learning E
Willingness to accept support from others including colleagues, governors, other E
schools, Diocese and Local Authority
Qualifications and experience
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) E
Successful experience as a Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher in a Primary School E
Holder of National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) *not essential, D
though any applicant is asked to be prepared to complete it if not already holding it.
14Evidence of professional development in school leadership and management E
Record of successful class teaching, substantial primary school teaching experience, E
and experience and knowledge of children’s needs at more than one key stage
Experience of teaching in more than one school across the whole primary age D
Experience of leading or teaching in a small school within a diverse community D
Experience of taking a leading role in the safeguarding of children E
Teaching and curriculum
Proven commitment to a truly inclusive curriculum that is effective and relevant to E
the needs, learning styles, motivations and wellbeing of all pupils
Evidence of leading innovative approaches to learning, such as use of technology E
Experience of setting and achieving challenging goals and targets for staff and E
pupils, so as to impact positively on pupil outcomes
Evidence of using pupil performance data and benchmarks to impact positively on E
the outcomes for individual children and cohorts of pupils
Knowledge and understanding of how to maintain and raise the quality of teaching E
and learning across the school and a proven track record for doing so
Experience of developing a consistently high quality of teaching through rigorous E
assessment, monitoring, evaluation and feedback
Ability to develop all staff professionally into effective and motivated practitioners E
Ability to challenge underperformance in teaching and to support improvement E
Organisational effectiveness, school improvement and good governance
Excellent organisational skills which maintain the smooth running of the school E
whilst maintaining a focus on the long-term vision
Indicators of ability to manage the school efficiently and effectively on a day-to-day E
basis, such as experience of responsive management and deputising
Ability to manage people, including indicators of ability to conduct staff E
performance reviews, act on any associated issues and value excellent practice
Evidence of input to designing/refining and managing processes and resources for E
school effectiveness/improvement (e.g. development plan, data, finance, premises)
Active commitment to the principles and practice of school self-evaluation and E
ability to identify priorities for improvement
Experience of building mutually beneficial and supportive relationships with other E
schools, agencies and groups, to enhance opportunities for staff and pupils, so as to
secure school improvement and excellent pupil outcomes
Knowledge and experience of mechanisms for working productively with the E
governing body and an understanding of its statutory duties
15St Matthew’s CE Primary School
South Street, Ponders End,
Enfield, EN3 4LA
www.stmatthews-enfield.co.uk
Tel: 020 8804 1666
Email: smichael9.308@lgflmail.org
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