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Headteacher

Sutherland Primary Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3DY

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  27 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 January 2025

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
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £79,475 to £87,651

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a Headteacher who:

• has a clear vision for continuous improvement and can build on the school's strengths and successes
• is a strategic thinker with strong leadership and management skills who can inspire and motivate others
• is passionate about education and driven to achieve the very best outcomes, particularly for vulnerable learners
• is committed to pupil and staff well-being
• can ensure sustainable financial planning and practice
• cultivates a team working approach throughout the school and communicates regularly with children, parents/carers, staff, governors and the local community

• collaborates with other schools to ensure best practice, generate opportunities

What the school offers its staff

Sutherland Primary Academy will offer you:

• a welcoming and friendly community
• well-motivated and well-behaved caring children, who love to come to school and are excited about their learning.
• dedicated, creative, enthusiastic and hardworking staff, embedded with a strong culture of support and teamworking
• an excellent school building and wider learning environment
• supportive parents and carers
• a supportive and committed body of Trustees.

Commitment to safeguarding

Sutherland Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Satisfactory references, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and identity checks will be undertaken before the provisional offer of an appointment is confirmed.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Upload additional documents

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Headteacher Vacancy Pack 2025.pdf - 956 KB (opens in new tab)

Recruitment and Selection Application Form 2024.docx - 645 KB (opens in new tab)

About Sutherland Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 498 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Sutherland Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: jorourke1@sutherlandacademy.co.uk
• Phone number: 01782 594133
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sutherland-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

Sutherland Primary Academy is a large, new build (2018) primary school for children aged 3-11. We have a mixture of two and three classes per year depending on the number of children in that year group . We have specialist teachers of PE, Music and Performing Arts and a large inclusion team who support the needs of our children, their families and staff.

Arranging a visit to Sutherland Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jorourke1@sutherlandacademy.co.uk.

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