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Appointing Headteachers

Diocesan resources:

  • Booklet for governors - Revised September 2023
  • Diocesan insert for School Information Packs
  • Collective Worship - Observation form for interview days
  • Reference request pro forma

DfE resources:

  • DfE Staffing and Employment Advice for Schools (Oct 2021)
  • DfE ‘Recruiting a New Headteacher’ (Dec 2017)
  • ‘NGA Headteacher Recruitment Toolkit’ (Dec 2017)
  • DfE Headteachers' Standards (Oct 2020)

Headteacher Recruitment Information Example Packs

Below are two WORD template Information Packs for you to customise

  • Style 1 - Template File
  • Style 2 - Template File

Qualities and behaviours for leaders of Church Schools

  • National College and Diocesan Advisers - A Framework of qualities and behaviours for leaders in Church Schools
  • A self evaluation questionnaire based on the farmework above
  • WORD version of section 1 of the questionnaire
  • WORD version of section 2 of the questionnaire
  • WORD version of section 3 of the questionnaire
  • WORD version of section 4 of the questionnaire

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