Headteacher
The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 1EQ18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
28 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £70,293.00 - £81,441.00 Annually (FTE)
Headteacher job summary
The Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy is a single year group entry including a purpose-built Foundation Unit (for Foundation 1 and Foundation 2 children), providing a wonderful start to our children’s education rooted in love and growing in faith.
We encourage children and adults to reflect on their words and actions and to take responsibility for their choices. It is through Jesus’ message of love and forgiveness that children, our staff, parents and governors, preserve the essential Catholic ethos of our school. We aim to assure all children that they are valued, and they in turn are encouraged to show respect and value to each other and the community. This message is reinforced through our collective worship and Catholic life within school.
We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, and we bring together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
Reporting to and working closely with the Deputy CEO, you will focus your leadership skills on both the Catholic life of the school and standards of teaching and learning. Working with the school community, you will be responsible for the all-round spiritual, social and academic development of all pupils.
Why work for us?
We offer:
- A salary of £70,293 - £81,441 per annum (Leadership Points 15 - 21).
- Enthusiastic and ambitious children who are keen to learn.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
- Access to first-class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.
- A highly supportive and ambitious Catholic Multi-Academy Trust Board and Governing Body.
- Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme– emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
- Health and wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider.
- Staff discounts and a salary sacrifice scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme.
You will:
- Be a practising Catholic (please see accompanying NRCDES document ‘Catholic School and the Definition of a Practising Catholic) with a strong faith commitment and a clear vision for Catholic Education.
- Ensure that the example and teachings of Jesus Christ are at the centre of all that we do.
- Place safeguarding at the heart of the school.
- Have a proven track records of successful leadership, management, and school improvement.
- Have the vision, motivation, and energy to initiate, lead and manage strategies to build on the current successes and achievements of the school.
- Be passionate about ensuring that each pupil fulfils their unique potential.
- Be a confident, positive, and visible leader with the ability to build relationships with staff, pupils, parents, Governors, Directors, and others working in the CMAT and a wide variety of external partners.
- Constantly be looking ahead, working closely with the CMAT, Governors and the SLT to develop a compelling faith centred vision for the school that acts as the focus of all activity and drives improvement.
- Be able to build successful teams and work collaboratively with others to achieve success.
- Be able to motivate themselves and others.
- Be able to respond and adapt effectively to changing circumstances, maintaining high levels of performance.
- Actively listen and effectively communicate to a wide range of audiences.
Prior to applying for this role, please contact Moira Dales, Deputy CEO, via email, to discuss the role: m.dales@ololcatholicmat.co.uk
To apply for this role, please complete the application form by the closing date on our vacancies page.
Please include a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 (included within the online application form) and include an additional single side of A4, summarising the impact of your work as a leader in your current / recent roles. This can be uploaded via our online recruitment system or emailed to vacancies@ololcmat.co.uk
Interview date: Thursday 3 April 2025
Closing date: Friday 28 March 2025 at 9.00am
Start Date: Monday 1 September 2025
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks are required for successful applicants.
Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential.
We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 222 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
“A community rooted in love, growing in faith and truth”
At Sacred Heart, we aim to develop a caring Catholic Community based upon the life and example of Jesus Christ, which embraces the life and lives of everyone and everything in our school. Our school motto is: What would Jesus do? Do what Jesus did! This encourages us all to reflect on our words and actions and to take responsibility for our choices.
It is through Jesus’ message of love and forgiveness that children, all staff, parents and governors, preserve the essential Catholic ethos of our school. We aim to assure all children that they are valued, and they in turn are encouraged to show respect and value to each other and the community. This message is reinforced through our collective worship within school and also with the parish.
Our basic objective is to enable each child to strive for excellence and achieve their true potential within a happy Christian environment. We also aim to prepare our children to take their place in society as well-rounded and responsible citizens, with the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to contribute to the life and culture of our society
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