Headteacher

St Matthew's Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2LD

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2026

• Closing date

  1 February 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  7 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L21 (£84,699) to L27 (£98,106)
• Additional allowances:

  L21 (£84,699) to L27 (£98,106)

Headteacher job summary

The core purpose of this role is to provide professional leadership and management of the school to achieve the highest of standards in all areas of the school’s work, promoting and supporting the vision of the school.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

To achieve success, the Headteacher will:

Assume overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the school.

Be accountable and responsible for the effective administration, management and performance of the school

Effectively lead learning and teaching

Promote excellence, equality and high expectations for all pupils and staff.

- Work with the Local Authority and the wider school Leadership Team to continuously evaluate school performance and identify priorities for improvement.

Effectively manage and deploy resources to achieve the school’s aims.

Develop strong distributed leadership within the school.

Maintain and develop a safe and productive learning environment that is engaging and fulfilling for all pupils.

Maintain and further develop parental and local community engagement

Work effectively and transparently with the school’s Governing Body

Safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

- Develop strong working relationships with colleagues and contribute to collaborative working across all schools in the area.

Promote the school and the wider organisation in a local and national context.

Please see the attached Candidate pack for further details.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About St Matthew's Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 646 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Matthew's Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-matthew-s-primary-school

St. Matthew’s is an exciting place to work. Situated in the centre of Cambridge, just off East Road near the Grafton Centre, we are a community primary school (not affiliated to any church, despite our name) serving a very diverse community with over 37 different languages spoken by the children. Our children achieve highly and make excellent progress in St Matthew’s, but we know this is just one aspect of school life. One of our school aims is for St Matthew’s to be “inspiring, challenging and fun”, for the children and for the staff. We are all very proud of our strong, our inclusive ethos, the excellent pastoral care we offer and our sense of innovation and adventure. These characteristics are highly valued by our staff team, our children and our supportive parents.

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