24 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    20 April 2026 at 1pm

  • Date listed

    27 March 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£107,134.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership scale L29 to L35 (OUTER)

Headteacher job summary

Pinner High School is an outstanding, inclusive co-educational secondary school located in Pinner, Harrow. Having opened as a free school in 2016, we will welcome our tenth cohort of Year 7 students in September 2026. We are looking for a Headteacher who shares our vision of ‘inspiring learning’ to lead the school to continued success.

While we may have a short school history, we have achieved much. Our whole site refurbishment was completed in summer 2021. We are heavily over-subscribed with first preferences. We have achieved an ‘outstanding’ judgement in our two Ofsted inspections. Our Key Stage 4 outcomes are consistently well above local and national averages. Student and parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive.

Our new Headteacher will have the drive and ability to lead the school and its community forwards. You will share our commitment to outstanding, inclusive, comprehensive education. You will be committed to outstanding staff development, and will inspire colleagues to continue developing new opportunities to enhance our students’ experience.

Tours of the school are strongly encouraged on 14th or 15th April; please contact Victoria Fairweather on 0203 096 0769 or vfairweather@pinnerhighschool.org.

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Pinner High School and Harrow Academies Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

All staff employed by the Trust are required to be fully aware of and understand the duties and responsibilities arising from the Children’s Act and associated Government guidance in relation to child protection and safeguarding young people.

Behaviors should reflect and model the ethos and values of the Trust. All staff must respect the confidentiality of information relating to students, their families, and staff.

Applying for the job

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About Pinner High School

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1135 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Pinner High School opened in September 2016 with 150 Year 7 students. We will admit 180 Year 7 students each year; so having 900 Year 7 – Year 11 students. Our onsite sixth form is now open with a full complement of year groups. Alongside this, there are 12 additional places for students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Pinner High School is located on Beaulieu Drive, HA5 1NB.

Pinner High School is part of The Harrow Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust established by the seven secular high school academies within Harrow. Our high schools, together with Whitmore High School (which is a community school maintained by Harrow Council), have a strong track record of collaboration, including establishing Sixth Forms, the age-of-transfer that saw Year 7 join high school (instead of middle school), academy conversion in 2011, and establishing The Jubilee Academy (an alternative provision free school) in 2013.

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