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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    14 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    28 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: 1FTE

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£70,293 to £80,634

Pay scale

L15 to L21a

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Successful experience as a Headteacher, Head of School or Deputy Headteacher.
  • Experience of developing a highly exciting and innovative curriculum, which is personalised to the needs of the whole pupil.
  • Demonstrable success in raising standards and setting challenging targets at Trust and/or school level.
  • Experience of supporting the management of significant organisational development and change.
  • Experience of presenting high quality, strategic information to Governors, and supporting their role.
  • Experience and evidence of managing, developing, inspiring and motivating staff.
  • The ability to set appropriate targets for the improvement of school performance and how to establish, monitor and evaluate an action plan in relation to those targets.
  • Up to date knowledge of relevant safeguarding legislation and procedures and the ability to promote a culture of safeguarding across the school community.
  • Hold a relevant teaching qualification and QTS, ideally with NPQH.

What the school offers its staff

  • A positive and caring ethos and working atmosphere
  • Friendly children, eager to learn and achieve
  • An aspirational curriculum for all students
  • A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team
  • Excellent support from the Governing Body, the staff and parents/carers
  • Opportunities for career development

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

We are seeking to appoint a Headteacher who will be passionate and enthusiastic about the growth and success of Layfield Primary School. At Layfield Primary School, we believe that the foundation of a successful school lies in a strong, motivated, and caring staff team. Therefore, we take great care in selecting individuals who are not only skilled and knowledgeable but also enthusiastic about making a real difference in the lives of young people. If you share our commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment, we would be delighted to receive your application.

We are proud of our warm and welcoming atmosphere, where both staff and pupils feel valued and supported. Our school values are at the heart of everything we do and are reflected in our rules –

Be Ready, Be Safe and Be Respectful. We promote fundamental British Values through the ethos of our school and the curriculum. We also actively promote children rights through the Rights Respecting Schools Award. We look for staff members who embody these values and who can work collaboratively as part of a team to help our children thrive.

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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About Layfield Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
215 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School website
Layfield Primary School website
Email address
vacancies@sparkeducation.org.uk
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Thank you for your interest in joining the team at Layfield Primary School. We are a dedicated and passionate community, committed to providing the best possible learning environment for our children. Our aim is to nurture every child so they can reach their full potential, both academically and personally.

At Layfield Primary School, we believe that the foundation of a successful school lies in a strong, motivated, and caring staff team. Therefore, we take great care in selecting individuals who are not only skilled and knowledgeable but also enthusiastic about making a real difference in the lives of young people. If you share our commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment, we would be delighted to receive your application.

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