Head of School - Wilnecote Junior Academy

Wilnecote Junior Academy, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 5LA

39 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L8 - L14

What skills and experience we're looking for

Fierté Multi-Academy Trust requires an inspirational Head of School to work collaboratively to drive a culture of high expectation at Wilnecote Junior Academy – an inclusive and welcoming large junior school within a highly cohesive community near Tamworth.

Following the current post-holder’s retirement, we seek to appoint a suitably experienced and aspirational candidate to work in close collaboration with the Executive Headteacher giving the pupils of Wilnecote the quality of education they fully deserve.

You will have a proven track record of high-quality teaching and learning. You will join an ambitious, forward thinking, and well-regarded community-based Trust. You will head a team passionate about helping children develop both personally and academically. You will lead on significant areas of school improvement.

Wilnecote Junior Academy is looking to appoint a committed and passionate Head of School to:

• Foster in all pupils and colleagues an absolute feeling of belonging, self-worth, high aspiration, and independence, alongside the self-belief that there are no limits to what they can personally accomplish.

• Deliver the school’s vision for excellence in an inclusive environment.

• Champion and live our Trust values:we care, we leave no one behind, we celebrate individuality, and we are brave.

• Advocate and live the school’s PRIDE virtues of perseverance, respect, inquisitiveness, determination and enthusiasm.

• Proactively collaborate with others in school and across the Trust - generously sharing knowledge and skills.

• Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people.

What the school offers its staff

We offer the right candidate:

• The opportunity to work with and learn from an experienced, supportive Executive Leadership Team.

• A strong Trust family of mutually supportive senior leaders.

• Professional development opportunities, including access to national professional qualifications (NPQs).

• Engagement with the Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence programme.

• A dedicated staff, deeply committed to the school and its community.

• Confident, enthusiastic, and eager pupils.

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.

Visits are strongly encouraged – we very much look forward to meeting you and sharing what we do.   To book a visit you can either email recruitment@wilnecote.fierte.org or phone the school on 01827 213875

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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 School Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 548 KB (opens in new tab)

Teacher Application Form.docx - 104 KB (opens in new tab)

Application Guidance.pdf - 767 KB (opens in new tab)

Head of School Advert.pdf - 375 KB (opens in new tab)

About Wilnecote Junior Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 306 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wilnecote Junior Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@wilnecote.fierte.org
• Phone number: 01827 213875
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wilnecote-junior-academy

Arranging a visit to Wilnecote Junior Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@wilnecote.fierte.org.

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