Headteacher
Gentleshaw Primary Academy, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 4LY21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
9 May 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
12 April 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: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L8 – L14 (£59,166 - £68,585) per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
- recent successful leadership experience;
- a proven track record of leading school improvement and demonstrable impact in raising achievement;
- evidence of initiating and implementing strategies to embrace partnership working;
- successfully managed a team through change to bring about positive organisational developments.
Full details on the job description and person specification can be found within the Job Application pack.
What the school offers its staff
- a dedicated and experienced academy with high ambitions for children;
- happy pupils who demonstrate excellent standards of behaviour and who enjoy learning;
- collaborative working with a wide range of academies;
- a supportive parental and wider community;
- a supportive mentor from within the Trust.
Further details about the role
Gentleshaw Primary Academy demands outstanding leadership that is characterised by the ability to maintain a hugely positive environment in which all pupils and staff can flourish.
This is a Group 2 academy with a Headteacher salary range from L8 – L14. We are looking to appoint a Headteacher into this role from 1st September 2025, with an anticipated starting salary between £59,166 - £68,585 (negotiable depending on experience).
The successful applicant should be a strategic thinker, committed to creating a culture of continuous improvement. They will be able to clearly demonstrate the key skills and values that will enable them to successfully be a role model for everyone at the academy.
We believe this vacancy represents an excellent opportunity for someone who is inspired and not daunted by the reputation the academy enjoys. The ideal candidate will be someone who is aspirational, innovative and energetic. It is essential that they are driven to achieve outstanding educational practices and results.
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 emma.joyce@futuregenerationtrust.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Gentleshaw Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 197 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Gentleshaw Primary Academy website
- Email address
- emma.joyce@futuregenerationtrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01922496570
Arranging a visit to Gentleshaw Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email emma.joyce@futuregenerationtrust.co.uk.
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