Acting Headteacher
Hambrook Primary School, Bristol, BS16 1SJ34 days remaining to apply
Job start date
9 March 2026
Closing date
8 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - One year (Fixed Term Maternity Cover) - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- L10
What skills and experience we're looking for
Hambrook Primary School is seeking an exceptional Acting Headteacher to lead our thriving, high-achieving school during the maternity leave of our current Headteacher.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead the top-performing primary school in the Local Authority for KS2 SATs results - for the second consecutive year - while continuing to drive excellence and nurture our warm, inclusive culture.
We welcome applications for this position as a secondment opportunity, provided that candidates have the prior agreement of their current Headteacher and/or Governing Body.
Our school is hugely oversubscribed, with a strong reputation for excellence in teaching, high expectations, and a warm, inclusive culture. We are immensely proud of our pupils, staff and families - and we are looking for a leader who will continue to drive standards whilst maintaining the high standards already in place.
We are looking for a leader who:
- Has the highest expectations of themselves, their team, and every pupil.
- Brings secure, evidence-informed knowledge of teaching and learning, with the ability to raise and sustain standards across the school.
- Is committed to making the right decisions, even when they’re not the easy ones.
- Has a strong track record of school improvement and can build on our current successes.
This is an ideal role for an experienced Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, or senior leader seeking to take the next step in a high-performing, forward-thinking school.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer:
- A highly dedicated, skilled and cohesive team of staff.
- Engaged, motivated pupils who demonstrate outstanding behaviour (Ofsted, 2023) and a love of learning.
- A supportive and ambitious Governing Body.
- A school community proud of its success and committed to continuous improvement.
Further information about the job
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. You will be provided by a tour from our Headteacher and Chair of Governors. Tours are available on the following dates:
Wednesday 19th November at 9.15am
Tuesday 25th November at 9am and 10.00am
Tuesday 2nd December at 9.15am
Please contact the school office at office@hambrookprimary.org.uk to book a place and request an application pack.
Closing Date: 8th December 2025 at 9am Shortlisting: 8th December 2025 Interviews: Monday 15th December 2025
Panel decision making: Tuesday 16th December 2025
Hambrook Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement
Hambrook Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hambrook Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hambrook Primary School website
- Email address
- office@hambrookprimary.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01179568933
Hambrook Primary is a highly successful community primary school situated on the beautiful Hambrook common. It is a single class entry school with 204 pupils currently on roll.
10.8% pupils with EAL (23.4% national figure)
7.4% pupils with SEND (18.3% national figure)
1.5% pupils with an EHCP (3.5% national figure)
FSM 2.9% (24.7% national figure)
Few families live in the immediate local community, instead travelling by car from other villages. This means we are a ‘choice school’, parents often choose us over their closest school. Parents choose Hambrook because of our caring ethos, our high aspirations for pupils in all areas of school life, our fantastic facilities and our strong community. Our parents at Hambrook have high aspirations for their children and their achievements at Hambrook.
One of the main strengths of Hambrook Primary is the village school ethos, which is evident even though most children do not live in the immediate local community. The safeguarding and wellbeing of our pupils - physically, spiritually and emotionally as well as academically is central to everything we do.
The distinctive aims of the school are encapsulated in our vision statement ‘Whole Child, Whole School, Whole-hearted'. The school values its members equally and is a community where everyone feels they are well cared for and encouraged to show acceptance, compassion and respect for others.
Arranging a visit to Hambrook Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@hambrookprimary.org.uk.
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