Executive Headteacher

Belleville Primary School, London, SW11 6PR

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  2 February 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  6 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £103,210.00 - £123,437.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership scale 25 to 33, Inner London

Executive Headteacher job summary

Belleville Primary School is a popular five form entry primary school in South West London, with over a thousand children. We are very proud of our school and our children.

We offer a high quality, well-resourced and carefully structured provision, with an excellent broad and balanced curriculum, high quality specialist teaching for a number of subjects, and a rich programme of visits, events and extra curricular opportunities. Children achieve very well, with attainment well above local and national averages at both the expected and higher standards, year on year. We strive to meet the needs of all children - doing ‘Whatever It Takes’ to help children fulfil their potential.

Belleville has two sites, situated just under a mile apart, either side of Clapham Common. It takes about 15 minutes to walk between them.

The school has a large, high quality staff team. Recruitment is supported by the Trust and staff members in all roles have access to a wide range of continuing professional development opportunities. Teaching staff across the Trust learn with and from one another in joint training, and work collaboratively in year group planning sessions.

Belleville has proudly retained its ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating since 2007. The most recent inspection report in 2022 noted that:

• Pupils thrive at Belleville. They are very well prepared for the next stages of their education. This is because staff consistently exemplify the school’s motto of having a ‘relentless drive for improvement, excellence and equality’.

• Pupils’ excellent behaviour extends beyond the classroom. They engage positively with their learning and show maturity when working alone or with others.

• Leaders have planned a highly ambitious curriculum. Pupils develop detailed knowledge, producing work of a very high standard.

• Staff are proud to work at Belleville. They receive extensive professional development and are appreciative of this. They feel their workload is well managed by leaders who welcome their input on how the school operates.

• The trust board and local governing body work well together. Their shared expertise and experience allow them to support and challenge leaders effectively. They have a very astute understanding of the school’s strengths and areas they want to improve further.

For many years Belleville has been very ‘outward facing’, with a track record of working with and supporting other schools locally, nationally and internationally. As part of this journey we have participated in many cutting-edge projects and gained several high-profile designations.

Belleville is located in a vibrant area of Battersea/Clapham that is very popular with families and boasts a wide range of facilities. The Webb’s Road site is close to the Northcote Road with its array of shops and restaurants. The Meteor Street site is very close to the wonderful open space of Clapham Common. We are extremely well connected in terms of public transport options. Both sites are within walking distance of Northern Line tube stations, as well as the excellent rail links from Clapham Junction which serves as a ‘hub’ for the southern rail network.

Belleville is part of the Quality First Education (Q1E) Trust. Q1E is an ambitious primary-only Trust of five schools. Our headteachers work together as an Executive Board, have individual weekly meetings with the CEO, and each receive professional leadership coaching from an external coach.

For more information about this role, the school and our Trust, please read the accompanying candidate pack, or contact Neil Massie at Academicis at nmassie@academicis.co.uk, 07818 875514.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

All posts in Q1E schools are subject to an enhanced DBS with barred list check. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children. We may carry out online searches of shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Belleville Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 1006 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Belleville Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/belleville-primary-school

We are a successful, popular, outstanding school with a focus on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children. We have two school sites (Webbs and Meteor), a fantastic staff team and a supportive parent/carer community. We are in a vibrant area of south London with excellent transport links. Our proximity to Clapham Junction gives us access to central London and across the south of England.

Belleville Primary School is part of Quality First Education (Q1E), a successful Multi-Academy Trust with four primary schools on five sites across south London. This is an exciting time for us and we want the best people to join us as we grow further.

At Q1E, we believe that “the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” (McKinsey 2007). The recruitment, retention and development of high quality teachers is our highest priority.

Staff wellbeing is very important to us. We provide clear structures, excellent resources and outstanding professional development for our staff. All teachers new to the Trust receive pre-induction training before starting in post. We are an outward facing trust and believe in learning from the best schools and systems - you will have lots of opportunity to watch outstanding practice and get involved in wider projects across our dynamic Trust as well as be supported to progress in your teaching career. There are opportunities for new teachers to take on leadership responsibilities for the right candidate.

We offer a high quality, well-resourced and carefully structured curriculum to support teacher wellbeing. High quality specialist teachers are employed to teach PE, art, computing, music and French. We strive to meet the needs of all our children – doing ‘Whatever It Takes’ to help children fulfil their potential.

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