Headteacher

Anns Grove Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 3DJ

25 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  9 February 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  15 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L18 to L24 (£78,702 to £91,158 FTE)

Headteacher job summary

Salary: L18 to L24

Contract term: Full time, 1.0FTE, permanent

Start date: September 2026

Closing date: 8am Monday 9 February 2026

Mercia Learning Trust

Mercia Learning Trust is a successful partnership of four primary and three secondary schools located in the south-west of Sheffield. Established in 2012, with one secondary school, our trust has grown to serving over 5000 pupils, with 650 staff.

Why do we exist?

• To empower everyone in our communities, especially the most disadvantaged, to succeed.
  

How do we behave?

• We are kind - showing care and supporting each other.
  
• We have integrity - doing the right thing and always putting children first.
  
• We work with diligence - overcoming obstacles and having no excuses.
  

What do we do?

• We run schools that focus on academic excellence, cultural capital and the development of character.
  

How will we succeed?

• A culture of excellence – high standards shaped by clarity, not control.
  
• Academic focus – empowering all children through an exceptional curriculum.
  
• Purposeful collaboration – relationships built on trust, reducing sub-optimisation and driving collective success.
  

Our staff are a crucial part of our trust, just like our pupils. We are devoted to recruiting, training, retaining and taking good care of our highly skilled and dedicated team.

Anns Grove Primary School

Anns Grove Primary is a successful and expanding primary school with approximately 400 pupils, serving a fantastic community in Heeley, Sheffield. Anns Grove joined Mercia Learning Trust in 2023 and is expecting its first Ofsted inspection this academic year.

At Anns Grove Primary School our vision is to be an exemplary school that provides the highest possible quality of education and personal development for our children.

Our classrooms are led by compassionate, enthusiastic and highly skilled educators who value the development and wellbeing of each child under their supervision. We cherish and appreciate the distinctiveness of each of our pupils and strive to assist them in growing confidently and flourishing in their unique identity.

Our rich, broad curriculum allows children to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to achieve the best possible outcomes, fulfil their potential and move on to the next phase of their education as successful and ambitious learners.

The role

We are looking for a candidate who has experience of working in high performing schools. Ultimately, this individual will lead Anns Grove Primary School on the next phase of its journey to become truly exceptional and deliver outcomes that ensure all pupils are successful.

The successful candidate will be supported by our trust leadership team to implement strategies with fidelity and rigour.

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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Anns Grove Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 414 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Anns Grove Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/anns-grove-primary-school-sheffield

Anns Grove Primary is a successful and expanding primary school with approximately 400 pupils, serving a fantastic community in Heeley, Sheffield. We are proud to be a part of Mercia Learning Trust.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Sheffield