- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 383 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Headteacher
More than one location, The Tenax Schools Trust34 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
17 March 2026
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: Full-time, Monday to Friday, leadership terms and conditions.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £75,049 - £86,803, higher salary considered for an exceptional candidate.
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale L16 – L22
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a person who:
- Will be brave in driving change
- Will set high standards, and hold staff and pupils to those standards
- Will be highly organised, and systematic in their ways of working
- Will improve outcomes for pupils (especially the most vulnerable), whilst maintaining a rich curriculum
- Has high levels of emotional intelligence, and manage relationships with others well
- Can maintain and build on the Christian ethos of the school
What the school offers its staff
What can you expect from us?
- Support from a growing trust in improving the school- including a strong school improvement offer
- Working within a trust culture where we listen to our team and always endeavour to improve our support to schools and leaders
- Regular professional development for you and your staff team
- Consideration of flexible working
- Consideration of a contribution towards relocation costs for the role
- For those candidates who may come with significant school or trust leadership experience, we will consider a trust wide improvement responsibility, so that you can contribute to improvement beyond Sir Henry Fermor (with salary uplift)
- Access to Teachers Pension Scheme
Flexible working opportunities
Flexible working opportunities will be considered for the right candidate.
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.
The role of headteacher at Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School is both a significant opportunity and a genuine privilege. In this role, you have a genuine power to transform lives. If you will be brave in driving change, set high standards, and hold staff and pupils to those standards and will improve outcomes for pupils (especially the most vulnerable), whilst maintaining a rich curriculum, we want to hear from you.
Situated at the heart of the Crowborough community, this is a school with real foundations to build on: an ambitious curriculum; a capable and experienced staff team; and outstanding facilities including forest school, an indoor swimming pool, a large field and two playgrounds. All of this speaks to the school's commitment to a rich and full education for every child.
Sir Henry Fermor is a school with much to be proud of, and the work of recent years has built something worth inheriting. What we are looking for now is a headteacher with the ambition and energy to take the school into its next chapter; to build on what is already here and ensure that every pupil in Crowborough is achieving as highly as they can. This is a role for someone who is genuinely standards-led: focused on teaching quality, passionate about equity, and committed to excellent outcomes for all.
You will benefit from a headteacher induction programme, regular professional development, peer networks with fellow headteachers and the close support of our school improvement team working alongside you, not above you.
Please download the candidate information pack for full details of this role and more information about the school and Trust.
Visits to the school are encouraged, and to find out more about what it is like to work as a primary headteacher in our Trust, calls can be arranged with our Director of Education, Abi Misselbrook-Lovejoy, and/or a peer headteacher. Please contact hr@tenaxschoolstrust.co.uk to arrange.
Tenax Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and all applicants are expected to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check. More information on our recruitment checks can be found in the candidate pack for this post.
Commitment to safeguarding
Tenax Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to vetting checks and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Offers of employment are conditional on checks including:
Disqualification under the Childcare Act (as appropriate)
Pre-employment health screening
Online and social media
Prohibition from teaching
Right to work in UK
References
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About The Tenax Schools Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- hr@tenaxschoolstrust.co.uk
Tenax Schools Trust (TST) is a Church of England multi-academy trust located in West Kent and East Sussex, led by Mark Cole, CEO.
Across our trust, we work on the simple premise that schools are stronger together. We share a clear vision that places pupils, particularly the most vulnerable, and our staff at the centre of our work. Collaboration is not an add-on for us; it is the way we secure consistent quality and the way we help each other get better.
We believe that our values of courage, compassion and collaboration enable us to focus on the 'how'. How we do what we do, how we interact, how we lead and how we engage. Inspired by our Christian values and beliefs, we believe there is no limit to what can be accomplished for every child.
We share a clear vision that places pupils, particularly the most vulnerable, and our staff at the centre of our work. We have strengthened access to professional networks, introduced instructional coaching for all teachers, and we are developing a shared, evidence-informed understanding of effective teaching through the expertise of our Teaching School Hub leads.
As a Church of England trust, we are legally and spiritually one body and one family of schools in which all are known, valued and loved. This commits us to providing a transformative education where we work together to ensure every child has the opportunity to excel inside and outside the classroom. We are ambitious for all - pupils and staff, working together to open the doors of opportunity.
We are a strong family of schools with ambitious plans to grow, and are proud to serve the dioceses of Rochester and Chichester. This family of schools currently comprises of seven primary schools in full membership and one in associate membership, alongside a large secondary school, Bennett Memorial Diocesan School.
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School is a Department for Education designated Teaching School Hub working with more than five hundred schools across Kent and neighbouring areas. This allows us to provide high quality professional development, and helps to secure talent pipelines from the very start of a teacher's career.
In partnership with Ambition Institute, our Teaching School Hub provides the Early Career Framework and the full suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), for hundreds of teachers in the region. We also have our own initial teacher training provider, Teach Kent & Sussex, which trains teachers in partnership with primary and secondary schools both within the Trust and beyond.
Tenax Schools Trust is:
Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to vetting checks and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Committed to creating inclusive teams that represent a breadth of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, and that can provide role models to all students in our communities. If you think you meet the essential criteria for one of our roles, we would love to hear from you regardless of sex, age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. Where possible, we seek to facilitate flexible working opportunities.
Committed to ensuring that all applicants can participate fully and with equal access to the selection process. Any candidate identifying as having a disability, or diagnosed with a neurodivergent condition is encouraged to contact the Trust to discuss any reasonable adjustments that would enable them to participate fully and with equal access to the selection process.
School Details
Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School
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