Headteacher
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Near Crewe, CW4 8PE |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 2 Nov 2026 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Headteacher who will:
- Share our values and lead with integrity, warmth and humility, while bringing the ambition to build on the school's existing strengths.
- Be dedicated to giving every child the best possible start and ensure that support is consistently effective across all subjects and year groups, with inclusion, SEND provision and safeguarding at the centre of their practice.
- Bring successful experience of strategic leadership at Assistant Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher or Headteacher level in a primary school, together with classroom experience across the full primary age range and a strong track record of leading school improvement.
- Work alongside our committed staff and governors to shape a clear direction for the future, translating priorities into measurable improvement and leading confidently through technological and regulatory change.
- Maintain high standards in learning, attendance and behaviour, using data, management information and self-evaluation to identify priorities, monitor impact and drive improvement.
- Communicate openly and warmly with pupils, staff, families, governors and local partners, and ensure governors receive clear, timely and evidence-based information to support effective challenge and assurance.
- Stay up to date with current thinking in education and ensure the curriculum and teaching continue to develop, with particular emphasis on depth of learning, effective feedback and the purposeful use of technology.
- Oversee our budget, staffing, estate and resources effectively, ensuring that our split site and shared buildings support high-quality teaching, safeguarding and a positive experience for pupils and staff.
- Develop staff capability through purposeful professional development, while maintaining a strong commitment to wellbeing and sustainable workloads.
- Build strong partnerships with other schools, headteachers, trusts and professional networks so that the school continues to learn from, and contribute to, the wider education system.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- Friendly, motivated children who love coming to school.
- A welcoming school community with a strong family feel.
- A hard-working and caring team of teaching and support staff.
- An engaging, wide-ranging curriculum full of memorable experiences.
- Families and local community stakeholders who are actively involved in school life.
- A committed Governing Board that always puts the children first, supports the Headteacher and provides constructive challenge in the interests of continuous improvement.
- Close working relationships with local schools and networks.
- Ongoing professional development, including support with the National Professional Qualification for Headship if needed.
- A genuine commitment to your wellbeing, so that you are supported to succeed.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers, and external agencies to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and the successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check. As the post will involve regulated activity with children, it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are included on the children's barred list held by the DBS. Other safer recruitment checks including an online check for shortlisted candidates will be undertaken.