Headteacher
The Friary School, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7EW13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
8 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Pay Scale - L28 - L35 (£96,673 - £114,759)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Headteacher’s core purpose is to provide high quality, effective, professional leadership and management for the school. This will promote a secure foundation from which to further improve and sustain high standards in all areas of the school’s work.
To gain success a Headteacher will be able to :
• Provide vision, leadership and direction
• Promote excellence, equality and high expectation for all students
• Lead and manage teaching and learning effectively
• Evaluate school performance and identify priorities for continuous improvement
• Create a safe and productive learning environment which is engaging, motivating and secures the best out-comes for all students
• Work effectively with the school’s Governing Body
• Secure the commitment of the wider community
• Deploy resources to achieve the school’s aims
• Carry out day-to-day management, organisation and administration
What the school offers its staff
Our Staff Approach
Our Trust is people-centred and so recognises that our Human Resources provision must be of a high-quality that befits the individuals who are very much our most important, valued and valuable resources.
Consequently, we are absolutely committed to ensuring that all of our employees in our constituent settings and central team and are happy, cared for, supported and equipped to thrive.
As part of this, we have clear policies and procedures that support our staff and which take on board the highest professional standards and the most up-to-date advice. These are supported by both academy teams, as well as our central Trust professionals, and all issues relating to pay, conditions and personal development are carefully taken care of.
Furthermore, we are committed to doing this in a robust and well-rounded way, taking into account the wide range of factors that impact and influence peoples’ well-being, both in the workplace and in their personal lives.
This is why we ensure that well-being initiatives align with four categories of wellness, thus creating and sustaining a well-rounded, ‘wrap-around’ approach to our well-being provision. These four categories wellness are:
- Work Benefits
- Health Benefits
- Financial Benefits
- Lifestyle Benefits
All well-being initiatives, whether provided centrally (for all employees) or in our constituent academies (for their particular staff) align with these categories and are used to guide and shape the Primitas approach to the promotion of staff well-being.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
This position is therefore subject to a criminal records check, undertake regular safeguarding and child protection training and, familiarise themselves with KCSIE part 1 and child protection policy which is located on the school website https://www.friaryschool.co.uk/policies/.
This position is subject to a ‘disclosure’ check under the Rehabilitation of Offender Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from schools or by visiting https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
Applying for the job
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About The Friary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1220 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Friary School website
- Email address
- applications@friaryschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01543 267409
The Friary School is part of the Primitas Learning Partnership is a popular and respected Lichfield secondary school which caters for well over a thousand local students and amongst the most over-subscribed school in South Staffordshire.
The school was judged ‘good’ by OFSTED (March 2024) and performs strongly in the national Performance Tables. Indeed, the OFSTED Report was glowing in terms of celebrating extensive changes to school practice and flagged up “a culture of high aspiration” alongside “abundant energy and enthusiasm”, and celebrated that we were a “rapidly improving school” which has an “unwavering commitment to helping all pupils achieve highly”.
Even so, the school is far from settled on ‘good’ and has put an action plan in place designed to propel the school to the ’outstanding’ benchmark and keep it there. This emphasis is not on simply ticking off an OFSTED badge but more importantly delivering an excellent education for the families of Lichfield and the surrounding area.
Elsewhere, there are extensive extra-curricular activities, a busy Saturday School programme, large-scale community work, a buzzing PTFA and a genuine commitment to staff development.
The Friary is a school we are proud of and one that we are committed to making better and better and better.
Arranging a visit to The Friary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email applications@friaryschool.co.uk.
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