Head Teacher

Eatock Primary School, Bolton, Lancashire, BL5 2ER

14 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
13 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 December 2024

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: L15 - L21A

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our Head Teacher will:

have a collaborative approach to leadership and be able to challenge and inspire others to excel;
be committed to working in close partnership with parents and community;
ensure the importance of academic progress is accompanied by opportunities to develop social, creative and sporting skills;
ensure that staff members are valued and promote their continuous professional development;
rigorously enforce safeguarding and promote the welfare and well-being of every child;
be an approachable individual with a good sense of humour.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

an exciting opportunity to lead a successful school with hardworking, well-behaved children who have a love of learning;
a diverse cohort of children and a wonderful community culture;
a rich and creative curriculum that provides opportunities for pupils to learn a wide range of skills to a high level;
a team of professional, dedicated staff members committed to the highest standards; a supportive Governing Body who will work with you to achieve your aspirations.

Further details about the role

St George’s Avenue

Westhoughton

Bolton

BL5 2ER

Tel: 01942 634672

Email:office@eatock.bolton.sch.uk

HEAD TEACHER APPOINTMENT SEPTEMBER 2025

Group: 2 ISR 10

Salary: L15 – L21A - £70,293 to £80,634

Eatock Primary School is recognised as an Outstanding School where all are equally valued and respected. Children lie at its heart. Our warm and friendly, educational community is fully inclusive, serves the local community, and has a strong ethos of respect for each other. We have supportive parents, and an active Governing Body.

Mindful of the forthcoming retirement of our successful and popular Head Teacher, the Governors are looking to appoint a highly motivated Head Teacher with excellent leadership and management skills who can build on our achievements and continue to build further on the excellent foundations already established.

Our core mission is to give children ‘wings to fly’ and enable them to achieve their ambitions and transition successfully to secondary school.

Visits to the school are encouraged and welcomed on 16th December (10-11am) and 9th January (4-5pm). Please contact Stephanie Moyle, Business Manager via email on office@eatock.bolton.sch.uk to arrange. Please submit your application to: Sam Tremblen, HR Lead for Childrens and Schools at sam.tremblen@bolton.gov.uk

Closing Date: 13th January 2025 at 10.00 a.m.

Shortlisting: 21st January 2025

Assessment centre and interviews: 30th and 31st January 2025

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practices and all appointments are subject to successful DBS checks and references.

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.