Headteacher
Sidegate Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4JD7 days remaining to apply
Closing date
16 September 2025 at 1am
Date listed
5 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £84,699 - £98,106 per annum
Headteacher job summary
Tel: 07470229716
Email: recruitment@activelearningtrust.org
Web: https://activelearningtrust.org/
- Salary: £84,699 - £98,106 per annum
- Permanent
- Full Time
We’ve got a brilliant opportunity for a Headteacher to join our thriving Multi Academy Trust at Sidegate Primary School in Ipswich. If you are an experienced Headteacher and feel ready for a new adventure, we’d love to hear from you.
This isn’t just another role. It’s a chance to do something that matters — to shape lives, open doors, and build brighter futures for children who deserve the very best.
We’re looking for a hearts-led leader who believes in the transformative power of education — and who wants to be part of something much bigger than themselves. Someone who knows that education isn’t just about results on paper, but about creating schools where children feel seen, supported and inspired — and where staff feel trusted, valued and encouraged to be their best selves too.
This is a rare chance to make your mark in an organisation where values aren't wallpaper — they're the walls.
This is a role for someone who wants to make their mark without going it alone. You’ll be part of a team-first culture, where your voice matters as much as your data, and where joy in the work is just as important as the work itself.
If you’re dreaming of a leadership role where:
- You're not isolated, but part of a strong, kind team
- You belong to a community where teamwork is real
- Courageous leadership and collaboration aren’t “nice-to-haves” — they’re how we work
- And the kettle is always on (tea or coffee, no judgement)
Then let’s have a conversation about the future you could help shape — one child, one school, one purposeful step at a time.
How to apply:
A Candidate Pack is available from attachments.
Click ‘apply for job’ to be redirected to our website to apply.
Closing date: 16th September 2025
Interview date: 25th September 2025
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Sidegate Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 652 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sidegate Primary School website
Sidegate is a vibrant three-form entry primary school in the north of Ipswich. The school hosts a 25 place Specialist Education Unit for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, giving approximately 655 pupils on roll. The school boasts large grounds, an indoor swimming pool, gymnasium and good ICT provision. We pride ourselves in the broad and engaging curriculum we offer our pupils; sport and culture
feature highly and are used to enhance the curriculum in all areas. The school received a “Good” Ofsted rating in October 2022. We were the first primary school in Suffolk to be awarded the prestigious Platinum Artsmark in November 2019; we also hold quality marks in RE, Science and Sport.
Sidegate became an academy in May 2014 with The Active Learning Trust (ALT). ALT encourages each of their schools to develop a curriculum that meets the needs of the pupils in the school. They work closely with the school, providing specialist advisory support as necessary. We work closely with other schools in the ALT Ipswich Hub and the Northgate Pyramid of Schools. ALT offers a comprehensive package of professional development opportunities for teachers at all levels, to support career progression
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