18 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    22 April 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    3 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

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Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L18 - L24 (England and Wales)

What skills and experience we're looking for

GLF Schools’ Aureus Primary School in Didcot is looking for a new Headteacher to join them in September 2025.

If you are a forward-thinking, compassionate leader who is committed to making a positive difference to the lives of children, we would love to hear from you.

Your opportunity

Are you a driven and compassionate leader ready to inspire and champion an ambitious, values-driven school?

We are seeking a dedicated and visionary Headteacher who shares our commitment to excellence in learning, wellbeing, and aspiration. At Aureus Primary School, we are proud to provide a nurturing and inclusive environment where every child is encouraged to dream, believe, and achieve. Guided by our values of respect, resilience, creativity, and teamwork, we empower our pupils to develop the skills and confidence they need to thrive in their education and future lives.

As Headteacher, you will lead a talented and passionate team to ensure the highest standards of teaching and pupil development, creating an environment where every child is given the tools to succeed. Ideal candidates will embody empathy, emotional intelligence, and a strong moral purpose. You will be a role model to both staff and pupils, fostering collaboration and an ethos of continuous improvement.

If you share our vision of cultivating confident, self-assured children who will leave a positive impact on the world, we invite you to lead us into an exciting new chapter. Join us in shaping a future where every child, without exception, thrives!

What the school offers its staff

About The Didcot Cluster

Aureus Primary School joins Manor Primary School to make up the Didcot Cluster. Along with Aureus and Manor, the wider Oxfordshire cluster includes; William Morris Primary School, Longford Park Primary School,, Hardwick Primary School, and Cherry Fields Primary School,. This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across this cluster, to share expertise and experience, ensuring all children in our schools receive an excellent education and reach their potential. It also provides opportunities for career progression across the cluster and gives you the chance to further your professional development..

Join the GLF Schools Community

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our central team.

  • A growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 17,000 pupils
  • Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
  • 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
  • We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
  • Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

Our Employment Offer

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish:

  • Access to our highly competitive teaching pension scheme
  • Flexible working options
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Work life and family friendly policies
  • Employee wellbeing initiatives
  • Access to a staff benefits portal
  • Community and collaboration working model

The Details

Start date: September 2025

Contract type: Full time, Permanent

Pay Scale: L18 - L24 (England and Wales)

Close Date: 22nd April

Interview Date: 28th April

Please note that interest and applications for this role are being managed by Matt Collins at The Spencer Group. Please do not submit an application through Eteach. Details on how to contact Matt Collins can be found on the Job Description.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding Statement:
GLF Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Applying for the job

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Additional documents

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About Aureus Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
424 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
020 8716 4987

Recently judge Outstanding by OFSTED, Aureus Primary School is a growing school in the heart of Didcot's new Great Western Park development. Our ethos is that of excellence. We aspire to achieve excellence in all that we do, in so doing our children are happy, well-rounded and able to enjoy the successes of life. Our welcoming team of dedicated staff are providing all the necessary ingredients to ensure success and progress for everyone. We believe that children have the right to access a curriculum designed around their specific needs and that takes their local surroundings into account. We could not be luckier! Our local area has an abundance of STEAM facilities and careers: Harwell Science and Technology Laboratories, Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, UTC and Williams F1 but to name a few! 

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