Headteacher

Full-time post from 1 September 2025.
NOR: 460
L18–L24 National Leadership Scale.
Closing date: Tuesday, 21 January 2025.

Hillside is a popular two-form-entry primary school with Nursery, where our school values are at the heart of our bespoke curriculum. We are proud of our diverse community and are ambitious for our children to achieve their full potential.

We seek to appoint:

• An inspirational, highly motivated leader, with a successful record of leadership in a primary setting.
• A leader who will be empathetic, dynamic, courageous, resilient and resourceful in continuing to develop the school and its staff.
• Evolution rather than revolution. A demonstrable commitment to the highest level of pastoral care will be expected.
• A qualified teacher with, or working towards NPQH

Our children come from a diverse range of backgrounds across a wide catchment and we pride ourselves on being inclusive to all. Our values sit at the heart of everything we do and are reflected through our curriculum, as well as the behaviour and aspirations of our pupils.

Hillside staff are highly dedicated and motivated and, as noted in our recent Ofsted inspection, “committed to helping our pupils achieve their best”.

We have an active Governing Body who encourage this vision whilst ensuring Hillside is a happy, safe place to learn and work. Staff wellbeing and support is high on our agenda.

Hillside currently holds Academy Orders to join the Orchard Learning Alliance (OLA), further enhancing this support, enabling us to share resources whilst focusing on continuing excellence in teaching and learning.

Please feel free to visit the school on one of the following mornings: Tuesday 7th, Monday 13th or Wednesday 15th January 2025, where you will be warmly welcomed and shown round by a member of staff or a school governor. Please contact Jo Morsman at finance@Hillside.wokingham.sch.uk to arrange a visit.

An application pack is available on our school website: www.hillside.wokingham.sch.uk

Closing date for applications: 21st January 2025.
Interview dates: Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th February 2025.

Hillside Primary School
Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Reading RG6 4HQ
Tel: 0118 975 5771  Fax: 0118 975 8389
Email: admin@hillside.wokingham.sch.uk

Hillside is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This position requires an enhanced DBS disclosure.