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Headteacher

St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School, Wigan, Lancashire, WN1 1XL

This job expired on 30 March 2025 – see similar jobs

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 March 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: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: L15-L21A

What skills and experience we're looking for

St Mary’s and St John’s Catholic Primary School is a very successful and welcoming one-form entry school serving the two churches of St John’s and St Mary’s within the Liverpool Archdiocesan parish of St William.

The Governors are seeking an inspirational leader and practising Catholic to guide our pupils, staff, and families in their journey of faith, love, and academic excellence.

Could this be you?

If you are passionate about making a difference, we encourage you to apply and join our dedicated team. Our new Headteacher will:

Be a practising Catholic, with a strong faith and deep commitment to the Catholic ethos of the school and our community;
Strive to maintain and further enrich our outstanding school;
Be a role model with the vision and creativity to inspire and motivate others through their commitment and dedication to raising and maintaining high standards, ensuring that all children are able to flourish and reach their full potential;
Be an experienced, and effective leader, with interpersonal skills to develop strong working relationships with our staff, pupils, parents, parish and governors;
Be aspirational in ensuring high-quality teaching and learning for all pupils using proven effective teaching methods whilst also prioritising importance of pupil and staff wellbeing;
Have proven and extensive leadership experience as a successful senior leader of a primary school.

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you:

A school that nurtures and celebrates the Catholic faith and ethos, where faith and learning are intertwined;
Enthusiastic and ambitious pupils who are keen to learn;
An experienced and dedicated family of teachers and support staff who are committed to supporting, nurturing, and providing quality education to our pupils;
A highly supportive, effective, and ambitious Governing Body who are qualified and dedicated;
Supportive parents, and carers, with strong links to the parish and wider community.

Further details about the role

If you are a leader who has the vision and drive to become our new Headteacher, we would like to hear from you.

You will need to be able to demonstrate a commitment to Catholic faith, further information can be found in the ‘Catholic schools’ definition of a practising Catholic’ (Attach doc)

We warmly invite you to visit our school to meet our happy, confident and enthusiastic pupils and dedicated staff. Visits can be arranged by contacting Michelle Foster, Clerk to the Selection panel via email at michelle.foster@wigan.gov.uk to make an appointment.

Please also visit our website to see what St Mary & St John's has to offer.

Application packs including CES application form can be found on the school website or greater.jobs

The closing date for applications is midnight on the Sunday 30th March 2025

Interviews will take place on 24th and 25th April 2025

St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School is within Liverpool Archdiocese.

St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulation and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

As part of the shortlisting process, online searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates in accordance with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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.

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