Head of Primary Education

Chulmleigh Primary School, Chulmleigh, Devon, EX18 7AA

14 days remaining to apply

• Earliest start date

  20 April 2026

• Latest start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  8 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 0.6fte
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership Scale L13 – L15 (£69,596 - £73,105 pro-rata)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Chulmleigh Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a Head of Primary Education to build on the strong performance of the Trust Primary Schools and further their ambitions.

This is an exciting role within our Trust holding responsibility for the direction, standards, outcomes and quality of teaching across the three primary schools of Chulmleigh Academy Trust. Ideally, we would like the successful candidate to join the team from the spring term 2026. However, we are committed to appointing the very best candidate and will consider a September start date to achieve the right candidate.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding practitioner able to lead by example. The successful candidate will have the potential to provide inspirational and strong leadership to enable the Trust to provide every pupil high quality education which promotes the highest possible standards of achievement and flourishing. We would welcome applications from candidates who have experience as a headteacher or head of a primary school.

Main responsibilities include:

• Working with the CEO/Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team and Directors to create the strategic vision for the Academy Trust and promote the vision, values and ethos to pupils, staff, directors, parents, and wider community.
• Developing a clear way of doing things amongst and between the primary schools.
• Setting high expectations and challenging targets for behaviour in the primary schools.
• Being responsible for the direction, standards, outcomes and quality of teaching and learning across the three primary schools in the Trust.
• Ensuring the primary schools hold ambitious expectations for all pupils with additional and special educational needs and disabilities.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an outstanding teacher.
• Have experience of leadership at a senior level and can demonstrate their clear impact on the school.
• Establish excellent relationships with parents.
• Establish excellent partnerships with colleagues in the primary schools in the Trust in order to share expertise and sustain a relentless focus on excellent provision for children.
• Develop relationships with Primary Schools outside the Trust

The successful candidate will share the values of the three primary schools of our Academy:

• Inspire – to provide rich experiences to inspire and engage our learners.
• Engage - to make learning contextual to our rural schools and relevant to our children’s experiences
• Succeed - to provide a safe environment to allow our children to take risks, make mistakes and develop resilience

The successful candidate will be expected to build on the emerging positive partnership with the Diocese of Exeter, Education Team and develop the role of the Trust lead in the Exeter Flourishing Partnership Programme.

Details of the application process are contained in the Candidate Pack available on our Website. Application forms to be emailed to personnel@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk by 10 am on Thursday 8th January 2026.

Interview date: Monday 19th and Tuesday 20thJanuary 2026

What the school offers its staff

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and access for all, irrespective of age, background, race, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality. We welcome applications for employment from the whole community.

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 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.

Head of Primary Education Candidate Pack.pdf - 10.8 MB (opens in new tab)

About Chulmleigh Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 240 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chulmleigh Primary School website
• Email address: personnel@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01769580215
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chulmleigh-primary-school

Arranging a visit to Chulmleigh Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk.

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