Headteacher
Pilton Community College, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1RB6 days remaining to apply
Closing date
31 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £109,275 - £126,517
Headteacher job summary
Salary: L33 (£109,275) to L39 (£126,517)
Pilton Community College is one of two 11-16 comprehensive, mixed gender secondary schools serving the town and villages surrounding Barnstaple. We are seeking to appoint a new Headteacher to lead the school’s community.
The school was graded as "Good” in 2023. Ventrus and another local Trust, Tarka Learning Partnership, on 1 April 2025 will combine to become The Harbour Schools Partnership, consisting of two secondary schools and 34 primary schools.
The Pilton CC Headteacher will work collaboratively with these schools as a member of the Trust’s School Leaders’ Group, as well as with other groups such as Education Futures North Devon Partnership (EFNDP). The Trust has a Centre for Professional Development and is working closely with South West Institute for Teaching (SWIFT) as a Board Member to support the ECF and Teacher/Leader/Support staff CPD agendas. This is a time of growth and exciting change for Pilton Community College and The Harbour Schools Partnership.
The School and partnership seek a Headteacher who can both drive school improvement and enjoys and sees the benefits of collaboration to maintain a highly effective school.
The Trust supports a model of empowering each Headteacher to develop a school vision and follow it, rather than mandating a single Trust-wide approach to school effectiveness.
The post is ideally suited to a January 2026 start. For further information regarding the role, please refer to the attached recruitment pack, which includes the job description and person specification.
If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity and arrange a confidential conversation, please contact andrew.finney@ventrus.org.uk.
If you would like to discuss the recruitment process or book yourself onto a tour of the school, please contact Sharon Samuel (Human Resources Business Partner), email address: ssamuel@ventrus.org.uk.
The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 31st March 2025, interviews will be held on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th April 2025.
All shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search.
Ventrus Multi Academy Trust require all applicants to be eligible to work in the UK with no restrictions, as we are unable to offer sponsorship/work visas. You will be required to provide proof of Right to Work at interview stage.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Pilton Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1145 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Pilton Community College website
School location
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