Headteacher Vacancy
Elmwood Infant School, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2PL17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer Term 2026 (or sooner if possible)
Closing date
29 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L18-24 (Outer London)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
SKILLS:
An outstanding teacher in Foundation Stage and KS1
Able to inspire, challenge, motivate and empower others
Flexibility, initiative, and the capacity to maintain a positive attitude in a challenging and demanding role
Able to model the values and vision of the school
Strategic thinking to build and communicate a coherent vision
Prioritise, plan, and organise self and others
Work well under pressure and meet deadlines
Develop a strong and effective leadership team
Delegate and monitor management tasks
EXPERIENCE:
Significant and successful experience as a Headteacher, deputy Headteacher or equivalent at KS1 and Foundation Stage
Relevant experience in a diverse multi-cultural environment
Commitment to distributed leadership
Inspiring others to work towards a strong vision
Improving teaching and learning by using a range of evidence from monitoring and evaluation
Devising innovative solutions to improve pupils’ progress and the quality of teaching
Whole school evaluation, using data to analyses performance
Monitoring the curriculum to ensure inclusion and access for all pupils
Keeping abreast of and responding to a changing educational agenda in a positive, flexible, and imaginative way
What the school offers its staff
An annual budget allocation for wellbeing support and actively supports the professional development of each staff member and have provide a variety of training programmes throughout the year.
The school has a well established team of professionals who are supportive and caring.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Elmwood Infant School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 380 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Elmwood Infant School website
- Email address
- gordon.mackenzie@croydon.gov.uk
Elmwood Infant and Nursery School is a large, four-form entry school with a 52-place nursery. We are located a short walk away from the centre of Croydon and serve a diverse community, with over 50 different languages spoken by our children, families and staff. Children’s rights are an integral part of our curriculum and we are very proud of the fact that we are a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting School. Our team and stakeholders recognise the individuality of each child and we were awarded the Jo Cox Memorial Award in 2017 for our work on inclusion and equality. We have a highly experienced, long-standing and stable team of staff and governors, with parents and carers who are very appreciative of the school and its commitment to community cohesion.
Arranging a visit to Elmwood Infant School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gordon.mackenzie@croydon.gov.uk.
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