Headteacher
St John Fisher Catholic High School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5JN14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025 or January 2026
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £94,332.00 - £109,275.00 Annually (FTE)
Headteacher job summary
St John Fisher is a popular, 11–18 mixed voluntary aided comprehensive in the Diocese of East Anglia. The school was again judged by Ofsted as a ‘Good’ school in all areas in June 2023. The school was also judged to be ‘Outstanding’ again in all areas by Diocesan inspectors in 2022.
The school is situated in the heart of Peterborough and is over-subscribed. Pupils of diverse cultures come mainly from the Catholic feeder schools in the area and the local community. The excellent manner in which pupils co-operate with each other and show mutual respect is key to the schools’ community feel, underpinned by strong Catholic values.
The governors are seeking:
A practising Catholic who is committed to nurturing the Catholic ethos of the school.
An inspirational leader who will guide the school on its journey to ‘Outstanding’.
Someone with successful experience of senior leadership in a secondary school with a record of raising achievement.
Someone with energy, vision and ambition who is committed to the success of all pupils.
We offer you:
A school with a Catholic ethos which permeates all we do.
A leadership team, staff and governors who are effective and dedicated to the success and well-being of all pupils.
An exciting opportunity to lead a good and improving school.
An excellent working environment.
Visits to the school are welcome. Please contact Angela Goulding, Headteacher’s PA, on 01733 355505 or angela.goulding@stjohnfisherschool.org.uk.
Link to Prospectus: https://stjohnfisherschool.org.uk/parents-carers/prospectus/
This school is a safe school and we ensure our culture is one that keeps children and young people safe from harm. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We take safe recruitment very seriously and the successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly Criminal Records Bureau). Shortlisted candidates should be aware that online checks may be carried out as part of our due diligence.
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 John Fisher Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 796 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St John Fisher Catholic High School website
A voluntary-aided comprehensive rated Good by Ofsted in 2017
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