Headteacher

Christ The King Catholic High School, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 4PR

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025 (As soon as possible thereafter)

• Closing date

  15 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £83,464.00 - £93,400.00 Annually (FTE)

Headteacher job summary

About us

Welcome to Christ the King Catholic High School. We are a warm and dynamic smaller than average Catholic High School in the heart of Preston and the Diocese of Lancaster. At Christ the King, we believe we provide a rich educational environment for each student. We also believe that the traditional values of courtesy and consideration are essential and hence our community is ordered, structured and well-disciplined but within a framework of caring for each individual.

Christ is at the heart of our school. Our school motto “Love one another as I have loved you” (John,15) resonates with our distinctiveness as a Catholic school and our students are at the very heart of everything we do. We do this through our approach, modelling “THE CTK WAY” and coupling this together with high academic expectations allows students to grow academically, socially and in their faith. The young people in our care reflect what we stand for, as one Year 10 student eloquently described ‘We are a family. We are the Body of Christ’.

At Christ the King, we are very proud to be such an inclusive and welcoming school. Around 40% of our student population is eligible for pupil premium and attainment on entry is regularly below the national average. As a Catholic school, we are extremely proud of our success in securing valuable progression routes for all students. Recent years have seen significant improvements, both in published academic outcomes and in the demand for pupil places, for which we are now consistently oversubscribed.

The Role

Due to the relocation of our serving Headteacher, we are looking to appoint a practising Catholic who is an innovative and inspirational leader, self-motivated and ambitious. The successful candidate will drive the vision of the school, developing a rich and challenging curriculum combined with a culture of high expectations and opportunity. They will provide Catholic professional leadership for the school within the Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi Academy Trust as well as contributing to the mission of the Trust and its values.

Safeguarding

Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment and undergo an enhanced DBS check. The successful candidate will be appointed under the terms and conditions of a CES contract which they will be required to sign. The employer will be the Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi Academy Trust. Applications must be made on the CES/Mater Ecclesiae Senior Leader application form.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974(Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013), If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a ‘Disclosure.’ Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS’s Code of Practice. You may view the Code of practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request.

The school’s safeguarding policies can be found using this link.

Mater Ecclesiae has adopted Lancashire County Council’s policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders. This is available to all applicants upon request.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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.

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About Christ The King Catholic High School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 395 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/christ-the-king-catholic-high-school-preston

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