Headteacher
Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 9ED19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer term 2025
Closing date
9 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 December 2024
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, full time.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L13 (£66,919) to 19 (£77,552)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School, based in the beautiful village of Fence, Burnley, is a loving and inclusive family rooted in Christian Values and a nurturing ethos. We provide a positive learning environment for over 200 children, where they can all achieve their full potential in a successful and flourishing school.
Due to the retirement of the serving Headteacher, we are looking for a new Headteacher to help write the next chapter of our school’s vibrant history. There is a strong foundation for our next Headteacher to enable all children to flourish and succeed spiritually, personally, socially, emotionally and academically – but there are also opportunities to enhance what is being done.
The ideal candidate will have a track record of successful leadership and a commitment to ensuring that Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary continues to be a happy and thriving environment where young people can flourish.
By joining Wheatley Lane, you will be part of the Epworth Education Trust. We are a family of schools who have a genuine commitment to collaboration, innovation and wellbeing. Underpinning this is our motto that each and every one of us should “do all you can" to help our schools and communities to flourish and succeed.
As part of the post, the candidate will be expected to work collaboratively with partners across the Trust and play a role in helping to support high standards of leadership, teaching, learning and behaviour across all of our schools.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we can offer you:
- Wonderful, enthusiastic children who are polite, hardworking, and generous.
- Caring, dedicated, and hardworking staff and a supportive and committed Trust Board and Governing Body.
- A welcoming local community.
- The support of a strong and skilled Trust Central Team.
- A Wellbeing Day.
- Tech and Cycle salary sacrifice schemes as well as other discount schemes.
- Access to Employment Assistance Programme.
- Access to training opportunities and professional development.
Further details about the role
To find out more, and to download the application form and application pack, please visit: www.bepartofwheatleylane.co.uk.
Dates to come and view the school are on the microsite. Visits are encouraged and welcomed.
For an informal discussion about the school, to arrange a visit or for more information on the Epworth Education Trust, please contact Amy Burkes, Director of Education for the Trust, at doe@epworthtrust.org.uk
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Methodist, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 210 pupils
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@epworthtrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01282 617214
Arranging a visit to Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@epworthtrust.org.uk.
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