Headteacher
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 6FL23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £70,293.00 - £81,441.00 Annually (FTE)
Headteacher job summary
About us
St Mary's is a friendly and loving school community, firmly rooted in the gospel values of love and respect.
Through the support of our skilled and professional teaching team, we want our children to learn and flourish in an environment where they are inspired to rise to challenges, build upon successes and learn from mistakes. We strive to make the world a richer place by promoting high standards of behaviour and learning, as we encourage each child to make significant improvement in their learning during their time with us.
We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, and we bring together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
About the role
Reporting to and working closely with the Deputy CEO, you will focus your leadership skills on both the Catholic life of the school and standards of teaching and learning. Working with the school community, you will be responsible for the all-round spiritual, social and academic development of all pupils.
Why work for us?
We offer:
- A salary of £70,293 - £81,441 per annum (Leadership Points 15 - 21).
- Enthusiastic and ambitious children who are keen to learn.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
- Access to first-class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.
- A highly supportive and ambitious Catholic Multi-Academy Trust Board and Governing Body.
- Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme– emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
- Health and wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider.
- Staff discounts and a salary sacrifice scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme.
You will:
- Be a practising Catholic (please see accompanying NRCDES document ‘Catholic School and the Definition of a Practising Catholic) with a strong faith commitment and a clear vision for Catholic Education.
- Ensure that the example and teachings of Jesus Christ are at the centre of all that we do.
- Place safeguarding at the heart of the school.
- Have a proven track records of successful leadership, management, and school improvement.
- Have the vision, motivation, and energy to initiate, lead and manage strategies to build on the current successes and achievements of the school.
- Be passionate about ensuring that each pupil fulfils their unique potential.
- Be a confident, positive, and visible leader with the ability to build relationships with staff, pupils, parents, Governors, Directors, and others working in the CMAT and a wide variety of external partners.
- Constantly look ahead and work closely with the CMAT, Governors and the SLT to develop a compelling faith centred vision for the school that acts as the focus of all activity and drives improvement.
- Be able to build successful teams and work collaboratively with others to achieve success.
- Be able to motivate yourself and others.
- Be able to respond and adapt effectively to changing circumstances, maintaining high levels of performance.
- Actively listen and effectively communicate to a wide range of audiences.
Prior to applying for this role, please contact Moira Dales, Deputy CEO, via email, to discuss the role: m.dales@ololcatholicmat.co.uk
Applications are to be received via our online form by the closing date on our vacancies page.
Please include a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 (included within the online application form) and an additional single side of A4, summarising the impact of your work as a leader in your current / recent roles. This can be uploaded via our online recruitment system or emailed to vacancies@ololcmat.co.uk.
Interview date: To be confirmed
Closing date: Monday 12 May 2025 at 9.00am
Start Date: Monday 1 September 2025
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks are required for successful applicants.
Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
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 Mary's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 237 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School website
We are a Catholic community of learners striving to achieve excellence in everything that we do. St. Mary’s is a place where people matter and we are very proud of the tradition the school has for taking care of and supporting children as they learn and develop. Ensuring that every child learns to the best of his or her ability is at the core of what we do. We take a holistic view of education and seek to develop children academically, physically, spiritually, culturally, personally and emotionally.
At St Mary’s we aim to develop a caring community where children and adults live in harmony. Our mission statement promotes learning as a lifelong process and it directs everything the school attempts to do. We want the children in our care:
“To walk hand in hand with God, loving him, loving each other and loving ourselves, doing our best with the gifts he gave us to make the world a richer place.”
The School Ethos is marked by:
High expectations of our staff, children and families to be the best they can.
Equal opportunities, where all individuals connected with the school will be granted dignity and respect because we believe people are our most important asset.
Everybody working together, striving for excellence.
A happy environment where every child matters and feels safe and secure.
Change and innovation, always willing to try new ideas as “discovery and research are an exploration into the mind of God.”
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