Executive Headteacher

More than one location, St John The Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust

4 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 April 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

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: L12 - L18

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

• Be a practising Catholic with a strong personal faith and a deep commitment to Catholic education
• Have the confidence, vision and skills to lead our school on its next stage of development
• Be committed to the learning and development of every child, inspiring and enabling them to reach their full potential, within a safe and inclusive learning environment
• Be committed to ensuring the development and progression of staff
• Demonstrate excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills
• Be able to work collaboratively with the leaders and staff of both schools, sharing best practices and contributing to the common good

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Two warm, friendly schools which thrive on mutual respect and care for each other
• Welcoming, enthusiastic and well-behaved pupils who are eager to learn and progress
• Dedicated, friendly and supportive staff teams
• Extensive support from the experienced Assistant Headteacher, as well as a supportive Governing Body and Parishes
• Ongoing professional development opportunities and a commitment to staff wellbeing, including coaching and supervision offered as part of our Trust Staff Charter
• Auto enrolment to Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• The opportunity to be part of a community of Catholic schools, committed to achieving excellence through purposeful collaboration and people growth

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Executive Headteacher Recruitment Pack (St Benet's & St Edmund's).pdf - 1.93 MB (opens in new tab)

Executive Headteacher Job Description & Person Spec.pdf - 437 KB (opens in new tab)

About the schools

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: St John The Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust website
• Email address: office.stedmunds@cpswv.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-the-baptist-catholic-multi-academy-trust

We are a Catholic Multi Academy Trust with schools in Norfolk, north Suffolk and Peterborough.

School Details

St Edmund's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 82 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Edmund's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-edmund-s-catholic-primary-school-nr35-1ay

St Benet's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 77 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Benet's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-benet-s-catholic-primary-school-beccles

Arranging a visit to St John The Baptist Catholic Multi Academy Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office.stedmunds@cpswv.org.

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