Headteacher
Weston Favell CofE Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 3HH27 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 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: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L18 £78,702 to L24 £91,158
What skills and experience we're looking for
Weston Favell CE Primary School is seeking an inspirational, knowledgeable and values-driven Headteacher to lead our outstanding school community into its next chapter, following the retirement of our current Headteacher.
Judged Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in February 2025, Weston Favell CE Primary School is a warm, happy and vibrant two-form entry primary school with a thriving preschool. Rooted in a strong Christian ethos, our vision — “Living, Learning and Growing Together in God’s Love” — underpins every aspect of school life. We are proud of our inclusive culture, exceptional behaviour, rich curriculum and strong outcomes for all pupils.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious leader to build on an already exceptional foundation. You will provide clear, strategic leadership to ensure the highest standards of teaching, learning, safeguarding and wellbeing, while nurturing the school’s distinctive Christian character. You will work closely with a skilled leadership team, committed staff, a supportive and challenging Governing Body, and enthusiastic, well-mannered children who love learning.
Weston Favell CE Primary School is a single academy trust working in partnership with Northampton Primary Academy Trust (NPAT), a successful and growing trust of 14 primary schools. As Headteacher, you will be an integral part of NPAT’s collaborative leadership community, contributing to trust-wide curriculum development, innovation and shared professional learning, while remaining firmly focused on leading Weston Favell.
Please see the attached the full job description and pack for full details and requirements.
School visits are warmly encouraged.
Weston Favell CE Primary School and NPAT are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
What the school offers its staff
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Weston Favell CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 459 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Weston Favell CofE Primary School website
- Email address
- kirstin.westley@wfps.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01604401547
Our School Vision
Living, Learning and Growing in God’s Love
Jesus said ‘I came to give life – life in all its fullness’ John 10:10
Our vision is for Weston Favell children to be compassionate, courageous, persevering, and well-informed citizens of the world.
We are a school rooted in God and our community through the Ekins family, our founders. We continue their purpose to welcome, nurture and enable all to flourish and develop as unique individuals who share their gifts with each other and the wider world.
‘Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their lives.’ Proverbs 22:6
An excellent teacher for every child, ensures continually high standards where children are encouraged to develop as unique individuals who are interested and interesting. Our distinctive Christian vision informs every aspect of school life. We encourage children to be confident and just in voicing their opinions and engaging in social action by looking after the environment and respecting others on a local, national, and global level. Throughout our relevant, rich, and ambitious curriculum, children meet and learn about the 'British Values' of democracy, the rule of law, liberty, respect and understanding both explicitly and implicitly. Children are continually engaged with enriching and wide-ranging opportunities where creativity is celebrated. This helps them to explore and develop their spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development and celebrate the diversity in our world. In all this we are living life in all its fullness.
Arranging a visit to Weston Favell CofE Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kirstin.westley@wfps.org.uk.
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