Headteacher
St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, TS12 2UW18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
23 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 March 2026
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: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £73105 and £84699
Pay scale
- L15 - L21b
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
- Be committed to the Galileo MAT vision and values
- Provide excellence and Christian distinctiveness
- Have a proven track record of raising academic standards and leading sustained successful school improvement
- Provide excellent leadership to ensure St Peter’s CoE Primary School is always improving standards and maintaining its excellent reputation
- Demonstrate a commitment to inclusion, St Peter’s school community is enriched by having additional resource provision (ARP) in which all children thrive
- Work as part of the leadership team of the Trust driving school improvement
- Ensure the business operations and financial management of the school adheres to Trust policies
- Ensure the safeguarding of all children and the wellbeing of all staff in line with statutory requirements and Trust policy
What the school offers its staff
Galileo is an exciting Multi Academy Trust based in Redcar and Cleveland, serving around 3,000 children aged 2 – 11 with approximately 500 staff. We are currently a family of ten ‘Good’ schools whose vision is:
‘To make Galileo Multi Academy Trust a leading provider of education, recognised for its core values, ensuring each and every pupil thrives, develops a love for learning and is prepared to take their next steps in life.’
Our values are:
We are AMBITIOUS and want every child and colleague to reach their full potential with confidence and to enjoy their learning and work.
We are INCLUSIVE so everyone has an opportunity to shine whatever their talents or interests, and no one is left behind.
We always act with INTEGRITY ensuring that the children in our trust are at the centre of everything we do, and every decision we make.
Our core values make us a great organisation of which to be part, every member of our school community is equally important to us, we want every colleague to reach their full potential and enjoy interesting and fulfilling jobs.
Employee Benefits & Wellbeing:
Staff wellbeing is paramount, if our colleagues are happy and healthy we can give our best to the children and each other. Staff feedback over the last academic year has been overwhelmingly positive with colleagues feeling supported both practically and emotionally, allowing them to carry on doing the best by every child.
Working for Galileo has many benefits, we are continuously improving by listening carefully to staff voice and implementing our strategy via a well-being group. We want the very best people in every role in our Trust; each person plays an important part in realising our vision.
- Galileo adheres to the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document, and for support staff the NJC conditions.
- Access to comprehensive CPD opportunities from external providers as well as in house from our home-grown team of experts, whether it is nationally recognised accreditation or bespoke provision, we take professional development very seriously.
- Access to all internal cross Trust career opportunities, all posts appear on the Galileo career site, we love to employ and promote our own people.
- Access to cross Trust secondment and special project opportunities to broaden your experience and help the Trust develop its expertise and share best practice.
- A full human resource service providing advice and support to all colleagues regardless of role or working pattern with welfare at the heart of everything it does.
- Full access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential support programme to help manage stress and offers specialist counselling and information on both financial and work-life issues.
Further information about the job
A message from York Diocese:
St Peter’s Church of England School is one of two church schools in the Trust and is part of the Diocese of York.
Leaders and staff work with York Diocese to develop a shared understanding of Spirituality and how this can be woven into the school’s provision.
York Diocesan Board of Education supports 122 Church of England schools and academies in the area from the Humber to the Tees. We have a dedicated team of professionals who offer a wide range of expertise and can help schools access further assistance.
The Education team aims to:
- Be available as a ‘one-stop shop’ for pastoral and professional support;
- Work with a range of agencies to promote school improvement;
- Promote excellence and Christian distinctiveness;
- Provide and facilitate professional development and governor training;
- Help schools and academies network, collaborate together and share best practice;
- Offer a Total Property Management scheme in association with DBE Services Ltd;
- Guide schools on matters concerning Trusts;
- Work with schools exploring Academy conversion;
- Involvement in recruitment processes for new Headteachers/Heads of School;
- Support Headteacher appraisal;
- Represent Church of England education to the wider church community and more widely to the public;
- Maintain contact with the local authorities and the Regional Directors at the DfE.
The Rt Revd Barry Hill, Bishop of Whitby and Chair of the Diocesan Board of Education, said:
“Supporting children and young people to be all they are called to be is at the heart of who we are as the Diocese of York.
Together with the Church of England as a whole, it is a vision for education which is deeply Christian, with Jesus' promise of 'life in all its fullness' at its heart, and as such is for the common good of the whole community. It is a holistic vision, where education, like the faith in which it is rooted, is about wisdom, knowledge and skills, but also about hope and aspiration, about how we live well together in community with dignity and respect for all.
Of course, a vision this encompassing is only possible by working in partnership, both between teachers, staff, trusts and governors, and in developing ever closer links between schools, churches and households. By working closely together we can achieve far more than apart. I am delighted that you are considering applying to be a Headteacher in the Diocese and know that, if appointed, you will join the diocesan family of schools dedicated to supporting you as you lead deeper into this vision so that together all our schools and communities can be places where the love of God is reflected through all we are.”
Mari Palmer, Diocesan Director of Education, said:
”As a diocese, we are here to help celebrate and strengthen the Christian ethos in our schools. We understand that each school is unique and our aim is to get to know our schools on an individual basis in order to foster the local parish and community links as far as possible.
As such, our Education Team offers a range of support to our headteachers from both a school distinctiveness and effectiveness point of view, as well as providing a range of training and development opportunities for staff and governors to access over the course of each year. In a rapidly changing educational landscape, we are more and more involved in wider school development, particularly as schools change from one school status to another.
I do hope that you feel able to apply for the position and we would look forward to welcoming you as part of our diocesan family here in the Diocese of York”.
A message from York Diocese:
St Peter’s Church of England School is one of two church schools in the Trust and is part of the Diocese of York.
Leaders and staff work with York Diocese to develop a shared understanding of Spirituality and how this can be woven into the school’s provision.
York Diocesan Board of Education supports 122 Church of England schools and academies in the area from the Humber to the Tees. We have a dedicated team of professionals who offer a wide range of expertise and can help schools access further assistance.
The Education team aims to:
- Be available as a ‘one-stop shop’ for pastoral and professional support;
- Work with a range of agencies to promote school improvement;
- Promote excellence and Christian distinctiveness;
- Provide and facilitate professional development and governor training;
- Help schools and academies network, collaborate together and share best practice;
- Offer a Total Property Management scheme in association with DBE Services Ltd;
- Guide schools on matters concerning Trusts;
- Work with schools exploring Academy conversion;
- Involvement in recruitment processes for new Headteachers/Heads of School;
- Support Headteacher appraisal;
- Represent Church of England education to the wider church community and more widely to the public;
- Maintain contact with the local authorities and the Regional Directors at the DfE.
The Rt Revd Barry Hill, Bishop of Whitby and Chair of the Diocesan Board of Education, said:
“Supporting children and young people to be all they are called to be is at the heart of who we are as the Diocese of York.
Together with the Church of England as a whole, it is a vision for education which is deeply Christian, with Jesus' promise of 'life in all its fullness' at its heart, and as such is for the common good of the whole community. It is a holistic vision, where education, like the faith in which it is rooted, is about wisdom, knowledge and skills, but also about hope and aspiration, about how we live well together in community with dignity and respect for all.
Of course, a vision this encompassing is only possible by working in partnership, both between teachers, staff, trusts and governors, and in developing ever closer links between schools, churches and households. By working closely together we can achieve far more than apart. I am delighted that you are considering applying to be a Headteacher in the Diocese and know that, if appointed, you will join the diocesan family of schools dedicated to supporting you as you lead deeper into this vision so that together all our schools and communities can be places where the love of God is reflected through all we are.”
Mari Palmer, Diocesan Director of Education, said:
”As a diocese, we are here to help celebrate and strengthen the Christian ethos in our schools. We understand that each school is unique and our aim is to get to know our schools on an individual basis in order to foster the local parish and community links as far as possible.
As such, our Education Team offers a range of support to our headteachers from both a school distinctiveness and effectiveness point of view, as well as providing a range of training and development opportunities for staff and governors to access over the course of each year. In a rapidly changing educational landscape, we are more and more involved in wider school development, particularly as schools change from one school status to another.
I do hope that you feel able to apply for the position and we would look forward to welcoming you as part of our diocesan family here in the Diocese of York”.
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
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About St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 305 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School website
- Email address
- sarah@galileotrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01642 777963
Arranging a visit to St Peter's Church of England Primary School
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