Headteacher

The Meadows Primary School, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2EA

23 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 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
Pay scale: L12 - L18

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a new Headteacher, passionate about primary education and the flourishing of our school family, who is committed to leading in a way which reflects our school’s ethos and values.

What the school offers its staff

The governors, staff, parents and children of The Meadows Primary School in Oswestry are seeking to appoint an inspiring headteacher to lead a team dedicated to the flourishing and achievement of our children, build on our school’s many strengths and who is committed to our school’s values.

The governors are extremely proud of our school and all the children who attend. We strive to provide an excellent learning environment where pupils and staff feel happy, safe and supported and pupils are enabled to achieve their full potential through a broad and balanced curriculum within and outside the classroom.

We are proud of our school’s ethos and our place in the wider community as a fully inclusive primary school with a very good reputation within the locality.

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.