Headteacher
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2JA4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 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 2 L13 - L19
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our New Headteacher will:
- Be a practising Catholic with a strong personal faith and a strong commitment to the Catholic ethos of our school;
- A role model who inspires and motivates others through their commitment to raising standards;
- An effective, innovative and enthusiastic head who can motivate, empower and inspire colleagues and pupils;
- Lead with vision, drive, compassion and empathy;
- Be a leader who will foster the pupils’ enjoyment of learning whilst ensuring high levels of achievement
- Will create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life where pupil voice is valued;
- Have a collaborative, open and supportive style;
- Have an ability to uphold ambitious educational standards which prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life;
- Be someone who can build respectful, professional relationships with all staff members and care for their wellbeing;
- Have an awareness of and ability to manage a limited budget, ensuring that all financial decisions align with the school’s priorities and financial management policies and procedures;
- A headteacher, deputy or assistant headteacher with a strong track record of effective leadership and school improvement.
- Continue to maintain and promote a strong culture of safeguarding;
- A role model who inspires and motivates others through their dedication and commitment to raising standards.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- A school which certainly lives up to its name with a strong sense family in a warm and welcoming community;
- A dedicated, committed and active Board of Governors who support the school and its team;
- A dedicated, friendly, hard-working staff team who are committed to providing high quality learning experiences for all;
- Well behaved and enthusiastic children who live the school values and have a passion for learning;
- Loyal parents (some of whom attended the school themselves) with a great enthusiasm and affection for the school;
- A school whose values are rooted in the Gospels and which underpin all aspects of school life;
- A commitment to Continued Professional Development.
Further details about the role
Applications must be made on a Catholic Education Service (CES) application form which is available from the school website Home | Holy Family Catholic Primary School
All completed applications must be submitted electronically to Julie English at the Diocese of Shrewsbury Julie.English@dioceseofshrewsbury.org
Closing Date: Monday 7th April 2025 at 10:00am
Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 8th April 2025
Interview Date: Friday 2nd May 2025
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 Julie.English@dioceseofshrewsbury.org
CVs are not accepted.
About Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 216 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- holyfamily.admin@trafford.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 0161 962 5397
‘Holy Family Catholic Primary School is outstanding as the Mission Statement is truly lived out through the whole community’ Denominational Inspection June 2022
The Governors of Holy Family Catholic Primary School are delighted to be able to invite applications from practising Catholics to become our Headteacher. One who shares our love of learning, our Values and ambitions for our school, our children, staff and the whole school community. We are looking for an individual with the vision to build on our successes and carry this forward into the future. We wish to appoint a Headteacher who will strive to achieve the very best outcomes for all our pupils, enabling each of them to achieve their full potential.
We are a one form primary school with a nursery which offers up to 26 Full time places. We have a whole school community approach are an integral part of Holy Family Parish. We enjoy strong relations with parents and carers. The successful candidate will demonstrate ambition and drive with excellent leadership and management skills. We are committed to a Values Based approach to school life and this underpins our whole ethos in school. As a school we are part of the ‘Belong ’project which further embeds the relational to approach to behaviour and learning in our school.
Arranging a visit to Holy Family Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email holyfamily.admin@trafford.gov.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Cheshire