Headteacher

Alexandra Junior School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7JG

37 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 February 2025

Job details

Job role: Headteacher
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 2
Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours Mon, Tues, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: Between £65,286 - £72,162
Pay scale: L12 - L16

What skills and experience we're looking for

The New Guild Trust are seeking to appoint a permanent Headteacher at Alexandra Junior School who shares the Trust’s values : Ambition, Compassion, Collaboration, Equity and Resilience ..

Alexandra Junior School is a two-form entry junior school in Stoke-on-Trent, within The New Guild multi academy trust. We are extremely proud to embody a fully relational approach across our trust.

The school prides itself on delivering a rich, balanced curriculum that challenges and nurtures in equal measure. The school’s 5 E’s approach empowers children to become independent learners with the highest of expectations for achievement.

Following a long period of successful leadership, our current Headteacher will retiring at the end of the Summer term 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to build on the excellent foundations in place and continue to develop the school.

If you are an exemplary, compassionate and inspirational leader who shares our values and vision, we are looking forward to receiving your application.

The ideal candidate will have:

A strong track record of positive impact working as part of a senior leadership team securing the highest expectations of children and staff, their achievements and personal development.
Demonstrate a proven commitment and evidence of success in the delivery of a fully inclusive education that addresses the needs of all children and their families.
Have a clear vision for the future of our school and be able to implement, refine and shape these, managing change successfully.
A passion to engage, enable and empower our committed and hard-working staff team, for them to continue to excel in practice.

Be approachable and accessible to all staff, pupils, parents, carers and external organisations, demonstrating empathy and compassion alongside integrity in every aspect of leadership

What the school offers its staff

What we offer:

A welcoming and well-resourced school environment where children have exemplary attitudes to every element of school life and enjoy learning together.
Positive relationships with families and external agencies who value the school and its support.
An enthusiastic, dedicated and ambitious staff team who want the best for children and each other, this includes the staff at Alexandra Infants School and the other schools in the New Guild Trust .
A highly skilled local community governing body and board of trustees that provide both challenge and support for exemplary leadership.
Membership of the Executive Board in The New Guild Trust – this will bring peer to peer support, ongoing personal and professional development, infant and junior school specialisms. You will be an integral leader in the future direction of the Trust.

Embodied relational practices throughout the Trust – in-depth knowledge and understanding in practice of neuroscience for learning and emotional regulation, restorative practices of high challenge with high support, wellbeing days, continuous professional development and support, free access to high quality health services (physiotherapy, health checks, fitness advice and classes and mental health support).

Further details about the role

If you would like to find out more about this post, including the job description and person specification, please view the application pack that can be downloaded from the school’s website vacancy page. We would strongly encourage all potential applicants to make a date to visit the school by contacting the Trust CEO, Karen Peters: ceo@newguildtrust.co.uk

Please also return completed applications to this address.

Alexandra Junior School and The New Guild Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education, The New Guild Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. Further information regarding online searches can be found in paragraph 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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.