Headteacher
Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9RU21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
21 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Group 1 Pay Point L9-L10
What skills and experience we're looking for
Clipston is a small, rural, Church of England primary school with a superb team of friendly, welcoming and happy staff. We are seeking to recruit a new Headteacher to lead our thriving school from September 2025.
Based in a historic Grade II listed building we offer a popular, caring and exciting environment for children from Clipston and surrounding villages.
The successful candidate will be an inspirational and outstanding practitioner who clearly communicates a Christian vision for the leadership of Clipston School by word and example. They will demonstrate passion and commitment in leading the school in all aspects of its common life and build mutually beneficial links with the church and wider community.
We are a school with a strong set of values, and high aspirations for every individual child. Our School Motto is woven into all aspects of school life for every child and adult in our school community, ‘Be Kind, Be your Best, Be Happy’.
Please see the 'Headteacher Recruitment Pack' for further information about the school, full job description and person specification.
What the school offers its staff
- A happy and welcoming school with a strong family ethos where everyone is valued.
- A committed and highly skilled staff team with a diverse range of skills and experience.
- Enthusiastic and kind pupils who are proud of their school and enjoy learning.
- A supportive Governing Body, Diocese, and local community.
- A commitment to professional development.
- Popular rural village location.
- Free parking.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to bursar@clipston.northants-ecl.gov.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 103 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- bursar@clipston.northants-ecl.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01858525261
Arranging a visit to Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bursar@clipston.northants-ecl.gov.uk.
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