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  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    9 November 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    4 November 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

£76,772 to £84,699

What skills and experience we're looking for

Headteacher Pre-Advert


Job Introduction

We are seeking an exceptional Headteacher to lead our inclusive and community driven school.

Are you a visionary leader with a proven track record inspiring change and transforming lives? Then Swaythling Primary School has the role for you.

This post will be advertised from 10 November 2025

If you are interested in this opportunity please revisit the full advert to obtain further details about the school and the role.

Application procedure

Details on how to apply will be in the advert when it goes live.


What the school offers its staff

If you are interested in this opportunity please revisit the full advert to obtain further details about the school and the role.

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.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

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About Swaythling Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
209 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
Swaythling Primary School website
Email address
recruitment@swaythlingprimary.org
Phone number
02380552252
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/swaythling-primary-school

We are proud to be an inclusive one-form community school in the multicultural and diverse ward of Swaythling. We are on the northern edge of Southampton, close to the University of Southampton, with great transport links and easily accessible within the city and from M27 and M3. We are a maintained school, part of the Aspire Community Trust, meaning we benefit from the close working partnerships across our family of schools, as well as from the local authority.

We are immensely proud of all that we have achieved in recent years, our rapid school improvement is a testament to the hard work and collaboration of the staff, governors, pupils, parents, and the wider community which has fostered a strong ‘Swaythling Primary family culture’.

Arranging a visit to Swaythling Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@swaythlingprimary.org.

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