Headteacher
White Laith Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS14 2BL34 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership 15 (£70,293) - Leadership 21 (£81,441)
Pay scale
- Leadership 15 - Leadership 21
What skills and experience we're looking for
Headteacher
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: Leadership Scale 15-21
Following the retirement of our successful and well respected Headteacher, the Governors of White Laith Primary School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, passionate Headteacher to lead our team and inspire us to continue to improve.
White Laith is a single form entry primary school and offers an ideal opportunity for an aspiring or experienced leader to take the next step in their career. We are very proud of our school and its growth, development and achievements however there is always more to do!
The school is in a favourable position and, with the right person, we believe it has the capacity to go from strength to strength.
Be prepared to work hard, to listen, to observe, share your thoughts and ideas, problem-solve and be brave!
If you want to learn more, we would love to show you around our school so you ‘feel’ our school for yourself.
To arrange an informal visit, please contact John Barker (School Business Manager) john.barker@whitelaith.leeds.sch.uk. We can arrange a visit at your preferred time between 13th and 29th January 2025.
For a copy of the application pack – which includes more information about the school, the job description and the application form please contact john.barker@whitelaith.leeds.sch.uk
Visit our school website https://www.whitelaith.leeds.sch.uk
Closing date: Thursday 30th January 2025
Interviews: Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th February 2025
Our new Headteacher will:
- Provide strong, dynamic, compassionate and inspiring leadership and management.
- Be an excellent educator, committed to delivering and maintaining the highest standards in teaching and learning.
- Develop a clear vision for the future of our school in partnership with our pupils, staff, governors, parents and Trust colleagues.
- Be an excellent communicator and listener with the skills to positively maintain and develop relationships at all levels
- Have a proven track record of developing and delivering the curriculum to help the school to reach its potential and more building on its already strong foundations
- Have high expectations for achievement across the full range of subjects and extra-curricular activity.
- Further develop our talented and committed staff team.
- Delegate leadership across the school in order to inspire and enable staff career development
- Be committed to working in partnership with pupils, staff, parents, Governors, Trust colleagues, Family of Schools colleagues and the wider community.
- Ensure that the school’s strong ethos is lived by all participating members
- Encourage well-considered innovative practice – our staff are used to problem-solving, exploring, experimenting, having a go and evaluating
- Be a team leader, team builder and team member.
- Support and further develop the school’s current teaching and learning dynamic in school of constantly reviewing practice to identify what is working well, what less so and making the changes necessary to ensure the optimum development of each individual
- Ensure children are at the heart of all decision making
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you
- An inclusive, collaborative culture with a focus on wellbeing.
- Happy, motivated, and creative children with excellent behaviour and a love of learning who make a positive contribution to the caring culture of the school.
- A well-informed governing body who will challenge and support you in equal measure.
- An enthusiastic, talented and hardworking team who support each other and are entirely focused on the very best education for our children.
- A supportive Local Authority including Learning Improvement Advisors, Consultants, and other services.
- Strong support and collaboration with our Trust Headteachers and our Trustees who sit on the Trust Board
- Strong partnerships with other schools within our local Family of Schools (3 High schools and 15 primaries)
- Strong partnership with our Cluster Inclusion Team and the wider AIP (Area Inclusion Partnership).
- Active and mutually supportive links with the parents and the wider community.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to john.barker@whitelaith.leeds.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About White Laith Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 241 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- White Laith Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- john.barker@whitelaith.leeds.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 2930280
Foundation
Arranging a visit to White Laith Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email john.barker@whitelaith.leeds.sch.uk.
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