Headteacher
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L6 9DU8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Headteacher
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L18 - L24
What skills and experience we're looking for
Due to the forthcoming retirement of our highly respected, successful and much loved Headteacher, Governors are looking to appoint a Headteacher, who is inspirational, enthusiastic and committed to leading our school in the next stage of its development.
Our reputation is strong, and the school community supports the vision and Catholic ethos of the school. This is a wonderful opportunity for a practising Catholic, who is dynamic, forward thinking and who can work in partnership with staff, children, senior leaders, families and governors, to drive and guide St Michael’s on our journey of faith, love and academic excellence.
If you are passionate about making a difference, we would encourage you to apply and join our dedicated team.
We are seeking a person who:
- Has a genuine enthusiasm and hunger to drive forward and enrich our diverse school, displaying a deep commitment to the Catholic ethos. A love of children, staff and all that happens at St Michael’s, helping us to truly demonstrate our Mission.
- is a role model with a clear vision for our school, able to inspire and motivate others through their commitment and dedication. An experienced, strong leader with the creativity, skills and ability to implement this vision through collaboration with all key members of the school community including Governors, staff, parents, our parish and children to deliver the highest level of education, achievement and attainment possible for our pupils.
- Has a clear understanding of leadership within Catholic education.
- Is an aspirational leader, ensuring high quality teaching and learning with the ability to build upon the existing rich curriculum with high expectations of children’s attainment, achievement and behaviour, supporting every child to develop and reach their own unique, individual potential.
- Has a commitment to inclusion; putting the needs of the children first so they are supported in all aspects of their learning journey.
- has a strong, proven track record of raising standards across the key stages and who has the leadership qualities to inspire, challenge and encourage staff to achieve the best outcomes for pupils.
- has excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills with a positive attitude and an ambition to create a good work life balance for all stakeholders in our community.
- has the skills to challenge and empower staff to be the best they can be whilst being committed to their professional development.
What the school offers its staff
- a happy, loving, nurturing, secure environment which celebrates the Catholic faith and ethos, where faith and learning are intertwined and built on the teachings of Jesus.
- strong support from a highly effective and supportive Governing Body who have the children at the heart of every decision, they make.
- an inclusive, highly effective, dynamic senior leadership team.
- happy, confident, ambitious and enthusiastic children who enjoy learning.
- a dedicated, supportive and hard-working family of teachers and support staff who are fully committed to achieving the best outcomes for all pupils.
- supportive parents and carers, Parish and community.
- a commitment to your wellbeing and professional
development.
Further details about the role
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 Mrs Rigby, our Head Teacher. To arrange a visit, please email michaels-ao@st-michaels.liverpool.sch.uk
Applications must be made on a Senior Leadership CES application form. Please visit our our school website www.stmichaelscatholicprimary.co.uk to access the application forms.
Completed application forms should be returned via email to:
michaels-ao@st-michaels.liverpool.sch.uk
no later than 12 noon on 7th April 2025
Closing date for applications:7th April 2025 at 12 noon
Short listing will take place: 9th April 2025
Interviews will take place: Between 22–24th April 2025
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to michaels-ao@st-michaels.liverpool.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Michael's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 447 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Michael's Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- michaels-ao@st-michaels.liverpool.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 263 8460
St Michael's is a highly successful, diverse, inclusive and welcoming two form entry school in Liverpool, with 465 pupils and 63 staff. Our pupils speak over 40 languages and have a wide range of abilities and interests. Though we are a catholic community, we support other faiths within our school.
Our Mission Statement is our ethos and permeates through everything we do. We truly believe that ‘with Jesus we can achieve what we dream and believe’ and although we consistently focus on enabling our children to reach their academic potential, this is within a loving and supportive Catholic ethos and environment. In St Michael’s the development and achievement of the whole child is nurtured and celebrated. We pride ourselves in having a vibrant learning atmosphere and a caring and welcoming approach with effective home/school partnerships with our families.
Our children come first, they are well behaved, respectful and resilient and we are very proud of them. Our staff are talented, dedicated, hardworking and committed, they are supportive to each other and strive for our pupils to achieve the highest standards. We want our children to thrive and know that Education is available to all and offers a way to experience the best opportunities in life.
Arranging a visit to St Michael's Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email michaels-ao@st-michaels.liverpool.sch.uk.
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