28 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    31 March 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    3 March 2026

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 Monday-Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£77,924.00 - 90,255.00

Pay scale

L18-L24A

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Place the quality of education at the centre of all decision-making
  • Lead with integrity, visibility and high expectations
  • Provide stability, clear direction and strong professional standards
  • Champion inclusion and ensure disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils achieve well
  • Develop and support staff, promoting wellbeing alongside accountability
  • Work transparently and constructively with Governors and the Local Authority
  • Demonstrate sound financial oversight and effective organisational leadership


What the school offers its staff


  • Enthusiastic, welcoming children who want to succeed
  • A committed and hardworking staff team
  • An engaged and ambitious Governing Board determined to provide strong strategic support and challenge
  • A supportive Local Authority
  • A school rooted in its community, with significant potential for further 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.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure Barring Service.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

About Pikes Lane Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
522 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01204 333633

“Together we can be the Best”

Pikes Lane CP School
Gibraltar Street, Deane, Bolton. BL3 5HU
Telephone: 01204 333633
Email: office@pikes-lane.bolton.sch.uk


"Pupils feel valued and are involved in all aspects of school life. They are happy and feel safe" Ofsted September 2023

"Staff have been supported effectively in the development of their subject knowledge to bring greater consistency to the quality of education experienced by pupils" Ofsted September 2023

Head Teacher
Group 3 NOR 516
Salary range L18 – 24A

Required for April 2024

Arranging a visit to Pikes Lane Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email walkerj@pikes-lane.bolton.sch.uk.

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