Headteacher
St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 6NU7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £72,162.00 - £83,464.00 Annually (FTE)
Headteacher job summary
Headteacher
Start Date: September 2025 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Closing Date: Monday 12th May 2025
Interview Date: Monday 19th May 2025
Salary: Leadership Scale L16-L22, £72,162 - £83,464
At St Alban’s, nestled in the heart of Derby, we are proud to serve a diverse and vibrant community. Our school is a place where every child is known, valued, and nurtured to become the best version of themselves.
We are seeking a visionary, faith-filled Headteacher to lead us into our next chapter.
Our Vision:
At St Alban’s, we believe in enabling every pupil to flourish both academically and personally. We embrace:
- Learning: Inspiring growth, aspiration, and excellence rooted in the Good News of Christ.
- Loving: Demonstrating love, tolerance, and acceptance, loving others as Christ loves us.
- Living: Leading and serving our community, living in communion with Christ.
Our children are nurtured in character and spirit through our core behaviours: self-awareness, teamwork, aspiration, bravery, appreciation, being non-judgemental, and a heart for service. British Values are deeply embedded in our curriculum, alongside our Catholic ethos, preparing our children to be thoughtful, resilient individuals who make a positive difference in modern society.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a committed, practising Catholic leader who:
- Has a clear vision for Catholic education and a passionate commitment to the Catholic life and mission of the school.
- Has proven leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and develop children and staff alike.
- Will uphold and champion our values of inclusivity, love, service, and academic excellence.
- Will nurture every child, ensuring they are empowered to live out their faith with confidence and joy.
- Will work collaboratively with staff, governors, parents, the parish, and the wider Multi Academy Trust family.
We Offer:
- A strong and distinctive Catholic ethos.
- Enthusiastic, kind-hearted pupils who are eager to learn and grow.
- A dedicated, talented, and supportive staff team.
- Strong partnerships with parents, parish, and community.
- Support and professional development opportunities through St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust and our wider Catholic network.
Visits to St Alban’s are warmly encouraged.
We would be delighted to welcome you and show you why we believe our school is such a special place to learn, love, and live.
To arrange a visit, please contact Mrs Cartlidge at enquiries@dsa.srscmat.co.uk or by phone on 01332 673823.
Applications must be submitted by Monday, 12th May 2025 .
Being part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust
On 1st September 2018, the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, part of the Diocese of Nottingham, brought together 25 Catholic schools located in Derby City, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Stockport together in partnership, to ensure the very best spiritual, social and academic experiences and outcomes for the young people in our schools.
Everything we do is to better the lives and futures of our children, providing access to first-class teaching, both academically and spiritually and we are united by our collective vision to excel.
Why work for the St Ralph Sherwin Multi Academy Trust?
To find out why you should come and join our team, click on the link to our ‘Why work with us?’ brochure.
A summary of our fantastic benefits are as follows:
- Access to first class CPD opportunities. We also work in partnership with Nottingham Teaching School Alliance to deliver meaningful and relevant CPD. Our Leadership Academy identifies and develops future leaders.
- Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 25 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.
- Professional assistance - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. If clinically advisable, it also offers face-to-face counselling sessions.
- Pension - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 23.68% employer contributions.
- Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
For more information about our Trust and our Academies, please visit www.srscmat.co.uk
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 St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 345 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Alban's Catholic Voluntary Academy website
At St Alban’s we aim to help children develop in their journey of faith in a positive learning environment. We believe that our school will make a valuable contribution to their development. It is a caring environment where children develop their many talents.
We recognise the importance of educating the ‘whole’ child. Academic excellence and acquiring a depth of knowledge for all children is one of our goals but we also try to nurture those special gifts which makes each child unique.
At the start of this academic year we became part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust.
We join together with 19 other primary schools and 5 secondary schools in the Diocese of Nottingham located in Derbyshire, Derby City, Staffordshire and Stockport into a single Catholic Multi Academy Trust to form,
‘A Catholic family of schools providing service and witness to children, their families and the communities they serve. Stronger together, united in faith and working as one to enrich the learning experience of all our young people so that they fulfill their God-given potential’.
Home/School/Parish links are vital. We value the contribution to school life that parents make and the support offered by Father David and the parish of St Alban’s Catholic Church. Together, we ensure that St Alban’s Catholic Primary School remains a very special place.
Mr. Andrew Monaghan, Head Teacher
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