Headteacher

Chestnuts Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 5EN

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2027

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: 7 points within the Leadership Scale: L11 to L24

Headteacher job summary

Chestnuts Primary School

Headteacher

Full time, Permanent

Leadership Scale

7 points within L11 to L24

Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) is a respected and growing multi-academy trust, dedicated to delivering outstanding education and lifelong learning opportunities across our family of schools.

We are seeking an exceptional and inspirational Headteacher to lead Chestnuts Primary School, through its next exciting phase of development. This is a unique opportunity for a passionate and visionary leader to shape the continued growth and success of the school, working alongside our dedicated staff, pupils, families and wider community to create an outstanding learning environment.

Our Trust values are at the heart of how we work and the culture we seek to create across our schools. We are looking for a Headteacher who will embrace and champion these values:

• Fun - We enjoy what we do, make positive contributions and celebrate success.

• Unique - We celebrate difference, champion diversity and encourage creative thinking.

• Together - We share a common purpose, support one another and collaborate.

• Unafraid - We have the confidence to challenge, think courageously and make robust decisions.

• Responsible - We act in the best interests of our communities, take accountability and welcome scrutiny.

• Energetic - We are positive and dynamic, embrace new ideas and innovate to achieve.

• Safe - We create secure, supportive environments where people feel protected, valued and able to thrive.

About the Role

As Headteacher, you will provide inspirational and strategic leadership for Chestnuts Primary School, ensuring the highest standards of education, safeguarding, inclusion and pupil wellbeing. You will lead and develop our staff, strengthen relationships with families and the wider community, and work collaboratively with the Trust to drive continuous improvement.

You will create a culture where children and adults are encouraged to thrive, challenge themselves and achieve their very best, while ensuring the school’s vision and the Trust’s values are embedded in every aspect of school life.

Please see the job description for further details.

We can offer:

As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning, successful candidates have access to  enhanced family leave, Employee Assistance program, bespoke CPD and auto enrolment in LGPS/Teacher pension.  All IFtL employees have access to a benefits platform which offers discount on gym membership, cinema tickets, cycle to work scheme and much more.

 

For more information, please contact Melanie Saunders (Head of School Improvement) on msaunders@iftl.co.uk

 

Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together.

Inspiring Futures through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow IFtL’s safeguarding policies and procedures, and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.

All school-based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Criminal Records Bureau check

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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 Chestnuts Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 400 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Chestnuts Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chestnuts-primary-school-milton-keynes

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