20 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    27 February 2026 at 4pm

  • Date listed

    6 February 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£64,691.00 - £75,049.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Range L10 to L16

Headteacher job summary

Headteacher

Leadership Range L10 to L16

Stramongate Primary School is seeking an experienced and values led leader to take on the role of Headteacher and lead the next chapter of this well established, community rooted primary school in Kendal.

This is an opportunity to build on strong foundations, working with a dedicated staff team, engaged families and a supportive trust. The successful candidate will provide clear, inclusive leadership, ensuring high standards of teaching, learning, behaviour and wellbeing, while nurturing a positive culture where pupils and staff can thrive.

As part of Cumbria Education Trust, you will benefit from collaboration with fellow headteachers and access to trust wide support services, including school improvement, HR, finance, safeguarding and data. This support enables headteachers to focus on educational leadership while retaining autonomy to lead their school in a way that reflects its community and context.

The role will suit an experienced primary leader with a strong moral purpose, a proven track record of school improvement and a commitment to safeguarding and inclusion. Applicants must hold QTS and either hold, or be willing to undertake, the NPQH.

School visits are warmly welcomed.

Cumbria Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS disclosure and Barred List checks are required for this post. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, online searches are carried out on successful candidates.

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.
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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.

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About Stramongate Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
261 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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School website
Stramongate Primary School website
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