54 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    April 2026 or September 2026

  • Closing date

    6 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    13 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time: 1.0fte

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership L24-L32 £91,157 - £110,891

What skills and experience we're looking for

Following a very successful period recognised by the team of three HMI at our last Ofsted inspection, the governors are seeking to appoint a strategic leader who can inspire staff and students in the pursuit of all-round excellence.

You are someone who:

  • wants to lead a learning community, not just manage a school;
  • is passionate about influencing, challenging and motivating all members of the school and the local community to do their best by the students;
  • is on a learning curve and intends to remain on one;
  • critically examines both national and local agendas and uses aspects of them to benefit our students, staff and local community;
  • can understand the difference between the value of education and its cost.

  • For further information, please download an information package and application form from our website at www.millom.cumbria.sch.uk.

    For enquiries regarding this post, please contact the Clerk to the Governors, via email at Clerk@millom.cumbria.sch.uk

    Completed applications should be submitted via email to Clerk@millom.cumbria.sch.uk

    Closing date for applications: 12.00noon on Tuesday 6 January 2026 Shortlisting: Monday 12th January 2026 Interviews: Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th January 2026

    Millom School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of its students. We engage with young people and staff in policy and practice developments, proactively encouraging feedback and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines. This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure.


What the school offers its staff

We are a school for students aged 11 to 18 which:

  • serves the small town of Millom and a large, beautiful rural area of Cumberland including the south-west of the Lake District;
  • is fully inclusive and proud of its status as a community school ;
  • is proud of its students, their wide range of achievements and their contribution to the school and local community;
  • is small enough for every student to be known, but large enough to provide a good, balanced and inclusive curriculum.

  • We will offer you:

    • a very welcoming school where the development of every person matters;
    • very hard-working and committed students, associate staff and teaching staff;
    • a strong, cohesive leadership team committed to playing their part in the continuous development of the school and its local community;
    • the whole-hearted and open-minded support of a challenging but supportive governing body, which is working closely with the local authority in relation to finance and continuous school development;
    • a rising profile of exam success including 41% 5+English and Maths, 60% 4+ English and Maths and an attainment 8 score of 44.8 in 2025;
    • a school judged to be “good” in all areas at our last inspection in 2022;
    • a school which has improved its attainment 8 score to achieve 5th place in Cumberland October 2025.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

Millom School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students. All applicants are subject to the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines. This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Millom School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
469 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
Millom School website
Email address
clerk@millom.cumbria.sch.uk
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Millom School is a small 11-18 community school and an established sixth form. We regard ourselves as a learning community and understand the importance of investing in our colleagues as well as our students. The school plays a central role in the local community. Our priorities for this year are Take Responsibility, Learn to Read, Read to Learn, Supporting students with SEND, and Better Learner: student centred approach.

We provide a friendly, supportive, and structured environment, in which students are given every opportunity to flourish. We have a commitment to professional development for staff and a culture of change and improvement with strong support from senior leadership and the governing body. We are proud of our school, our staff, and our students, and are ambitious for the future. In the immediate locality Millom School plays a key role in the Partnership of Millom Schools, working closely with our feeder primary schools to ensure a positive transition for our students.
OFSTED have recognised our broad and ambitious curriculum which is well planned and innovative and with a degree of personalised learning. In Key Stage 4 the school has introduced a number of alternative courses and accreditations in conjunction with GCSEs. These are presented to the students as 14-19 courses and they offer automatic progression to AS/A2 or Level 3 vocational courses. The Post-16 curriculum includes a range of A-level and BTEC subjects.

Arranging a visit to Millom School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email clerk@millom.cumbria.sch.uk.

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