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Headteacher

Galley Common Infant School, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 9NZ

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• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  31 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L10 - L16

What skills and experience we're looking for

Has a clear vision and strong commitment to school improvement and excellence

Inspires and empowers children, staff, parents, and governors to work together toward shared success.

Strives to maintain and elevate the school’s high standards in both education and behaviour.

Is dedicated to their own professional growth and keeps informed about current educational research.

Possesses a proven track record of raising attainment and standards; fostering the development of the whole child.

Will promote inclusion and diversity

Is an excellent communicator with strong leadership and management skills, able to nurture and develop staff in a collaborative, professional environment.

Is hard-working, very well-organised, and deeply motivated to make a difference.

What the school offers its staff

Happy, confident children who are eager to learn and a joy to teach.

A supportive Governing Body dedicated to both school improvement and staff wellbeing.

A commitment to your ongoing professional development and success.

Strong community links with our village and with our local schools.

A talented, motivated and supportive staff with high expectations and a unified purpose

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Headteacher Information Pack March 2025 Galley Common Infant School.pdf - 673 KB (opens in new tab)

About Galley Common Infant School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 161 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Galley Common Infant School website
• Email address: doherty.a@welearn365.com
• Phone number: 02476392219
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/galley-common-infant-school

Galley Common Infant School is a successful, happy and caring school. We are looking to appoint a Full - Time Headteacher commencing September 2025.

The successful applicant will work in close partnership with other staff to pursue continual school improvement and to enrich the lives and learning of the children and families in our community.

Required from September 2025.

Headteacher
Candidates will need:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in the UK or equivalent.
• Experience teaching in an infant school setting, preferably within the
UK education system.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with pupils, colleagues and parents.
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities, ensuring efficient lesson planning and assessment.

We can offer:

• A friendly, caring and inclusive school with children at the centre of all that we do.
• A dedicated, hardworking and highly professional team of staff
• A safe, pleasant and happy environment for all
• A supportive and committed Governing Body
• Parents who value the school and are interested in their child’s education
• Strong Community links

Arranging a visit to Galley Common Infant School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email doherty.a@welearn365.com.

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