Headteacher
St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6PT5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
9 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 March 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 - £79,475.00 Annually (FTE) L16 - L20
Headteacher job summary
St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Headteacher
September 2025
£72,162 - £79,475 (L16-L20)
St Edward’s is a delightful, one form entry primary school located in Kettering, Northamptonshire. The school is part of the Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust, formed by the merger of three former Catholic Trusts in February 2020. Our school works closely together with 11 other Catholic schools that are part of the Trust located across Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.
The Trust is seeking an inspirational, practising and dedicated Roman Catholic Headteacher who is inspired to lead this delightful school on the next steps of its incredible journey of school improvement; we believe that St Edward’s Catholic Primary School has the potential to provide an outstanding Catholic education for the primary school children of Kettering. You should already be an experienced senior leader within a large Catholic primary school.
St Edward’s is a warm and welcoming school embracing a strong Catholic ethos with good links to the Parish and local community. Underpinned by support from a centralised Trust team, you will work alongside professional experts in their own field for school improvement, finance, HR, IT, and operational services. As a leader in our family of schools you will work with us to shape the forward direction of the Trust and have the opportunity to work across schools to share expertise and promote good practice.
Further information about the school/Trust can be viewed on either the school website: https://www.st-edwards.northants.sch.uk/ or on the Trust website: www.olicatschools.org
If you would like to arrange a school visit and/or speak with the Trust Strategic Lead about the role, please contact the Trust HR Director at TrustHR@olicatschools.org in the first instance.
Completed applications to be submitted via the link to the Trust’s recruitment portal, on MyNewTerm no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 9th April 2025; the link to the vacancy can be found here: .
All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS clearance in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy.
Interviews are expected to be held week commencing 22nd April 2025
"Let all you do be done in love."
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 Edward's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 191 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School website
School location
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