Headteacher

Wigton Moor Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 8RU

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  19 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £78,702 - £90,255
• Pay scale: L18-24

What skills and experience we're looking for

Wigton Moor Primary School is a warm, friendly school where we recognise the important interplay between community, school and positive outcomes for children. We are looking for a strong and inspirational leader who will build on the outstanding success of our school. They will sensitively weave together stability and draw on their track record of continual improvement to strive for excellence for all pupils and the entire school community.

Our new Headteacher will be someone who can:

• Place pupil wellbeing and joy in learning at the heart of every decision.
• Sustain high quality expert teaching to ensure all pupils achieve their potential.
• Offer clear vision, confidently leading transformation initiatives with resilience and adaptability. Foster a culture of reflective practice empowering staff, and inspiring pupils where they feel supported to experiment, refine and grow whilst shaping a thriving future for the school
• Encourage pupil voice and leadership, giving children ownership of school initiatives.
• Champion SEND provision and diversity, ensuring every child feels valued and supported.
• Provide mentoring and professional opportunities empowering all staff to flourish whilst nurturing those who aspire to lead.
• Prioritise and allocate financial resources appropriately, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and probity in the use of public funds.
• Sustain professional working relationships, creating an enabling environment for effective governance.
• Ensure high standards of pupil behaviour and courteous conduct in line with the school’s values.
• Build on existing home school partnerships, further empowering parents, carers and guardians as co-educators.
• Foster a sense of belonging where pupils, staff and families feel part of our community.
• Promote the school’s Healthy Schools Beacon status, modelling good practice for others.
• Strengthen ties with local organisations and partners such as cultural centres to enrich learning.
• Integrate digital literacy and creative technologies in age-appropriate ways.
• Ensure children leave primary school as curious, confident and resilient learners ready for secondary education.

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you:

• An exceptional school environment where excellence is at the heart of everything we do.
• Happy, well behaved and motivated pupils who are kind and caring.
• Supportive parents, carers and guardians who are active partners in their children's education.
• An effective, committed and driven team.
• A supportive and proactive governing body.
• Well established local networks through the family of schools and cluster services.
• Superb grounds which provide excellent outdoor learning opportunities.
• A commitment to your professional development.
• A comprehensive package of Headteacher support from the local authority.

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.

Skilled Worker visas can 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.

For more information, please look on our website: https://www.wigtonmoor.leeds.sch.uk/

You are warmly invited to visit our school and are welcome to come and find out more about us.

Please email Linda Feldman, Chair of Governors linda.feldman@wigtonmoor.leeds.sch.uk to make an appointment as per the dates below.

Visits to the school: 6th and 7th January 2026

Closing date for applications: 23:59 on 19th January 2026

Shortlisting: 26th January 2026

Assessments and interviews: 10th and 11th February 2026

To request an application pack please email educ.headteacher@leeds.gov.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

Wigton Moor Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments made are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted.  This includes only information publicly available on-line.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Wigton Moor Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 419 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wigton Moor Primary School website
• Email address: linda.feldman@wigtonmoor.leeds.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wigton-moor-primary-school

Wigton Moor Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments made are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted.  This includes only information publicly available on-line.

We passionately believe that a diverse workforce where everyone feels welcomed and valued will be a better place for children and our staff. We want a staff body which reflects the population of Leeds and understand the benefits this will bring.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Arranging a visit to Wigton Moor Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email linda.feldman@wigtonmoor.leeds.sch.uk.

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