Executive Headteacher

Great Learners Trust, Great Missenden, HP16 0AZ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  9 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L22 - L26
• Additional allowances:

  L22 - L26

Executive Headteacher job summary

Are you a bold and forward-thinking leader with the drive to create outstanding education and thriving communities?

We have an exciting new opportunity for an Executive Headteacher to lead across multiple schools at the Great Learners Trust. We are seeking a candidate with a proven track record of school improvement and improved outcomes for pupils. We are looking for someone who is already an established and successful educational leader, with the drive and ambition to ensure continued success and the vision and skills to deliver change where needed. Initially, the role will be primarily based at Bedgrove Junior School, providing focused leadership whilst supporting wider Trust priorities.

The Great Learners Trust consists of 11 awesome primary schools across Buckinghamshire. We believe that education transforms lives and live out our values of being bold, brave and ambitious. We can offer a vibrant community, which inspires everyone to achieve their full potential and empowers all to manage their future with confidence and purpose.

As Executive Headteacher, you will have oversight of strategic leadership, defining and delivering the vision and objectives of both the school and the Great Learners Trust, ensuring that each school has a robust school improvement plan with appropriate monitoring and intervention in place. Alongside this, you will oversee the implementation of a curriculum in each school that is inclusive and enables pupils to thrive, whilst upholding the highest standards of safeguarding controls. You will be committed to providing every child with an exceptional educational offer, ensuring they are supported, challenged and inspired to reach their full potential.

What we are looking for

We are seeking a leader who:

Thinks strategically and creatively about education, always keeping children at the heart of decisions

Has a proven track record of adaptive and high impact teaching and leadership

Work collaboratively with school leadership teams and the Trust Central Team to provide inspiring leadership and management to more than one school in the Trust

Ensure that the schools are delivering high-quality education and securing the best outcomes for pupils

Promote and enhance the wellbeing of staff teams, developing a distributed leadership, nurturing opportunities for all staff to learn and grow to their full potential

Raise standards and outcomes in all areas

Drive school and Trust-wide improvement priorities

If you are an inspiring leader who shares our vision, we would love to hear from you. If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Baber, CEO, on sarah.baber@greatlearnerstrust.co.uk

Great Learners Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to related online content checks, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check as well as successful completion of a probationary period.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Great Learners Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Great Learners Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/great-learners-trust

Established in 2014 in Buckinghamshire, we are now a dynamic group of 11 schools, working generously in collaboration to provide the best possible education for our children.

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