Executive Headteacher (Hub Lead)
Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S75 3JS31 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
16 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
14 December 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
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L25 (£93,424)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Dodworth St John’s CE Primary Academy is a school on a journey. We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and talented Headteacher to work with a special community of children, staff and parents to lead them in the next stage of their development.
As a Trust, we work in Hubs where schools close to each other are overseen by an Executive Headteacher. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced and ambitious leader to lead their own school whilst also leading a Hub, providing school improvement support to other schools and working with Headteachers to exploit the opportunities of close school collaboration. The successful candidate will lead our Barnsley Hub which contains 4 schools: Dodworth St John's, St Mary's, Royston St John the Baptist and St Helen's in Hemsworth.
You will have a strong track record in school improvement and leadership. Capable of developing and implementing a clear vision for excellence, your excellent communication skills will be vital in rapidly delivering a high standard of education at Dodworth St John’s and across the wider Hub.
In return, you will get that rarest of opportunities: the chance to make a significant difference and transform your own school ensuring that every element is optimised to deliver the highest level of achievement, all while leading a Hub and providing strong challenge and support to other Headteachers.
You will receive unparalleled access to support through working closely with our CEO, Deputy CEO and Director of School Improvement as part of the Trust’s Executive Team.
To find more about Dodworth St John’s and the Trust, please visit our websites:
https://dodworthstjohns.org.uk and https://enhanceacad.org.uk/
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and strongly encouraged. To arrange to visit Dodworth St John’s or for a discussion about the role please contact Mark Randall, CEO: mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk
What the school offers its staff
Some quotes from our Headteachers:
Over the past academic year, the Trust have supported our academy to continue to move forward at all levels. Up to date, relevant and well considered advice and guidance is always available and appreciated. Trust leaders ensure that views of school leaders are always valued and opportunities for personal and professional growth are actively encouraged. Our children are consistently achieving better at all phases than at any other time in the academy’s history; the Trust is a key part of that success.
When I interviewed for the Headteacher role at Horbury Bridge Academy, two key questions were posed: how could we join an Academy Trust while preserving our unique identity and ethos, and how could we retain and develop great teachers? Joining Enhance Academy Trust has been the answer to both. The Trust’s collegiate working and collaboration have led to rapid improvements while ensuring the unique character and values that define Horbury Bridge remain at the heart of everything we do. As a result, our outcomes for pupils are exceptionally strong—academically, spiritually, and holistically—ensuring every child is fully prepared to embrace the next stage of their education with confidence and ambition.
Having been a Headteacher of a Local Authority school before joining Enhance, I can fully appreciate what the Trust offers to its schools. The support, whether it be school improvement, financial, HR or estates, is second to none and helps to drive schools forward to ensure that the children get the very best. The Central Team know each school very well and understand the different contexts that our schools serve.
The support and challenge provided through visits and development opportunities from Enhance Academy Trust have been instrumental in driving meaningful change. These opportunities offer clarity on our goals and ensure that our leadership remains proactive and aligned with current national initiatives. The tailored advice and guidance empower our school to not only meet expectations, but to thrive. This invaluable partnership truly enables all schools to flourish.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a successful and forward-looking academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
As part of Enhance Academy Trust, we offer a comprehensive and personalised development program.As a Trust, we have developed a range of employee benefits. Here are some of them:
- Membership to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Physical and mental health support from a team of experienced nurses, counsellors, therapists, physiotherapists, consultants plus NHS GPs and private medical services.
- GP consultations with experienced NHS doctors are available for our employees and members of their household, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and prescriptions (which have to paid for) can be delivered to local chemists.
- Free annual flu jab
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
- A paid annual Wellbeing Day – a time for you to use the day for an activity which promotes your own individual health and wellbeing.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
All staff and leaders are committed to safeguard and promote our students’ welfare, safety, mental and physical health and guidance. The students’ welfare is of paramount importance. Our school fully recognises the contribution it can make to protect and support students by fostering an honest, open, caring and supportive climate.
Applying for the job
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About Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 117 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk
Dodworth St John’s C of E Academy
Do It, Learn It, Live it! Preparing for Our Future.
At Dodworth St John’s C of E Academy we believe everyone will flourish and enjoy life in all its fullness through excellence in educational and spiritual experiences. Our values of Friendship, Respect, Honesty, Family, Resilience and Forgiveness underpin everything we do in school and help to develop the child as a whole in preparation to make a positive contribution to the global community. This vision is reflected in our motto: ‘Do it, Learn it, Live it! Preparing for our Future.’
Arranging a visit to Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk.
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