Headteacher
St John and St Francis Church School, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5BP37 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
22 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 January 2026
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
Full-time equivalent salary
- £75,049 - £86,803
Pay scale
- L16 - L22
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an experienced senior leader who:
- Is excellent at building relationships with pupils, staff and the parent community
- Able to drive improvement in an already successful school, using a breadth of evidence to identify strengths and areas for development
- Strikes an effective balance between strategic leadership and the practical application of initiatives on the ground
- Has a strong understanding of distributed leadership, able to support other leaders to be the best versions of themselves
- Values collaboration and trust-wide working
What the school offers its staff
- Engaged and motivated pupils who are rightly very proud of their school
- An excellent staff team of dedicated professionals who are committed to the school and its community
- An involved and supportive parent community who want the best for their children
- Excellent support from an effective MAT and collaboration with other trust schools
- High-quality CPD to develop your leadership
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
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About St John and St Francis Church School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 413 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St John and St Francis Church School website
- Email address
- hr@bwmat.org
- Phone number
- 01278 456918
St John and St Francis is a vibrant successful school that has made rapid progress in its improvement journey over the past few years.
As a school, we aim to create learners for life who care, understand, respect all and are guided by our core values of friendship, kindness, perseverance, forgiveness, peace and thankfulness. We are inspired by Corinthians 13:7: “Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes and always perseveres.” From this vision and these values, we enable all our children to become the best versions of themselves both academically and personally.
St John and St Francis Church School is part of the highly successful Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust, which provides plentiful opportunities for collaboration, sharing of good practice and lots of professional development for staff in all roles.
Arranging a visit to St John and St Francis Church School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@bwmat.org.
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