27 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1st January 2027

  • Closing date

    10 June 2026 at 10am

  • Date listed

    14 May 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£103,030.00 - £119,350.00 Annually (Actual) Full time; L29 to L35

Headteacher job summary

Stratford Girls’ Grammar School is a highly successful, selective 11-18 academy with a strong national reputation for academic excellence, personal development and a distinctive sense of community. Our students thrive in an environment of high expectations, warmth and integrity. Our school blends historic buildings with outstanding teaching and sporting facilities in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon.

The Governors are seeking to appoint a dynamic, innovative, committed and enthusiastic Headteacher to lead the school. The successful candidate will be passionate about teaching and learning, committed to ensuring that every girl achieves her full academic and personal potential, and able to build on the considerable strengths and successes of the school.

We are looking for an inspirational Headteacher who:

  • is passionate about teaching and learning
  • is committed to ensuring that every girl achieves her full academic and personal potential
  • can build on the considerable strengths and successes of the School
  • can lead the development and implementation of the School’s strategic vision for the future
  • has the interpersonal and communication skills to enthuse and motivate colleagues, governors, students and parents to achieve the vision.

Our School can offer you:

  • The opportunity to lead one of the country’s leading girls’ grammar schools.
  • Enthusiastic, ambitious students with supportive parents and carers.
  • A skilled, committed and outward-looking staff team and Governing Body.
  • A distinctive school environment that blends historic buildings with modern teaching and sports facilities.

Stratford Girls’ Grammar School places personal development, student voice and leadership at the heart of its mission. High expectations sit alongside exceptional pastoral care, with strong systems of support ensuring that every student feels safe, confident and able to flourish. Just as importantly, school life is full of energy and enjoyment: enrichment, clubs and opportunities beyond the classroom encourage curiosity, creativity and friendships, and help students develop confidence in who they are. Our Sixth Form provides an aspirational environment in which students model independence and responsibility, while still taking full advantage of the wider life of the school.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

Full details are available in the attached Applicant Information Pack and Job Description and Person Specification.

Stratford Girls’ Grammar School is committed to safeguarding, equality of opportunity, and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding, equality of opportunity, and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required.

Applying for the job

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About Stratford Girls' Grammar School

School type
Academies, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
831 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Stratford Girls' Grammar School website
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Would you like to make a difference in a school where you can?
Recently judged by Ofsted as Outstanding, Stratford Girls' Grammar School is an extraordinary place to teach and work in, with high academic standards, a genuine community spirit and high levels of enthusiasm shown by our students. They are bright, engaged and highly motivated, hence results are outstanding at all levels. Without doubt, they are a stimulating group of young people to guide, support and work with.

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