Headteacher
Low Furness CofE Primary School, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0TA45 days remaining to apply
Job start date
13 April 2026
Closing date
9 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 November 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
What skills and experience we're looking for
Low Furness CE Primary is a small village school in a beautiful setting, with strong local links and a supportive community. We celebrated a positive Ofsted inspection in 2025 and look forward to recruiting a new Headteacher to carry forward our vision and further develop our new curriculum.
We are looking for a warm, insightful, communicative leader with a commitment to broad, holistic education. The ideal candidate will combine a collaborative approach with a clear vision of effective curriculum design and assessment. They will bring a love of the outdoors, an inspiring presence in collective worship, and a heartfelt care for the unique potential of every child.
The Christian vision of the school has recently been renewed and this year we have adopted the CUSP curriculum framework, so we are also looking for the head who can bring a calm and stable long term view, adapting our new tools and settling them into the school.
What the school offers its staff
Low Furness is a warm and happy place to work with a strong family feeling. We offer:
- Great children.
- Experienced and enthusiastic staff
- Engaged and thoughtful governors
- Supportive parent group
- Strong Federation links with nearby schools
- A light and airy modern building in good condition
- Excellent grounds
- Generous grant support.
The new head will have good administrative and IT backing, a thorough and supportive handover, and tailored peer-mentor support.
The Furness Peninsula is a great place to live and work, with the Lake District National Park only a few minutes away. There are fells, lakes and beaches on all sides, and we are committed to maintaining a happy work/life balance for the head and all our staff
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Low Furness CE Primary School is committed to the safeguarding of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An online search will be carried out on shortlisted candidates, as directed in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023. The successful candidate will be appointed on the completion of an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Government’s Safer Recruitment guidelines, and on receipt of professional references.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Low Furness CofE Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 140 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Low Furness CofE Primary School website
- Email address
- admin@low-furness.cumbria.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01229 588078
Low Furness is a small, happy Church of England Primary School in rural south Cumbria. It combines high academic standards with a broad determination to teach the whole child. We prize emotional resilience, social confidence, self awareness and spiritual development just as highly as academic success, and we believe that happy enthusiastic children will always learn better.
Arranging a visit to Low Furness CofE Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@low-furness.cumbria.sch.uk.
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