Headteacher
Pirehill First School, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0AA9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 February 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Group 2 L13 - L20 (£66,919 - £79,475)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Pirehill is a local authority, two form entry first school, located in Stone, Staffordshire with 269 pupils currently on roll. The governors are seeking to recruit an outstanding leader who:
- has a proven and successful track record of continuous school improvement
- has a strong knowledge of teaching and learning as well as curriculum design and development
- has a proven commitment and evidence of success in the delivery of a fully inclusive education that addresses the needs of all children and their families
- has a clear vision for the future of our school and is able to implement the journey and manage change successfully
- has a passion to engage, enable and empower our committed and hard-working team of staff to excel
- is committed to putting the school at the heart of the community; being an ambassador for the school developing strong partnerships
- is visible, approachable and accessible to all staff, pupils, parents, carers and external organisations, demonstrating empathy and compassion alongside integrity in every aspect of leadership.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we can offer:
- enthusiastic, happy and confident children who are proud of their school and love learning
- an inclusive and welcoming school environment
- a dedicated and hard-working team of professional staff who are committed to high standards of teaching and ensuring success for all
- effective and positive relationships with families and external agencies who value the school and its support
- a committed and supportive Governing Body
- a local, supportive Headteacher network
- a school where you can make a difference and develop your career.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@pirehill.staffs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Pirehill First School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 264 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Pirehill First School website
- Email address
- hr@pirehill.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01785 334970
Pirehill First School is very much a Community School situated in the residential area of Walton, Stone. We are very fortunate in having beautiful, well maintained grounds which are used throughout the year to enhance our children’s learning, this includes our extremely popular Forest School which is accessed by all of our pupils. Our school is a joyful place of learning which offers a rich and varied curriculum both within and outside of the school day.
Our Ofsted inspection in May 2022 confirmed that we are a ‘good’ school and parents reported that the school is ‘exceptional’, ‘supportive’ with ‘kind and caring staff’.
At Pirehill, we pride ourselves in our excellent standards of teaching, pupil progress, attainment and behaviour. We strongly believe that every child has a right to reach their full potential and succeed in their own unique way, whether that is via sport or music, the arts, or by their own academic excellence. In understanding the unique child, by celebrating their strengths and through working together, our children learn very important lessons in life. We show that we care and respect everyone and everything, by living up to our Pirehill Principle.
Proud, Independent, Respectful, Enthusiastic, Happy and Healthy, Intelligent Individuals who Love Learning and who Love Life
Arranging a visit to Pirehill First School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@pirehill.staffs.sch.uk.
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