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Interim Headteacher

St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 9LJ

This job expired on 8 November 2024 – see similar jobs

Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
8 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 October 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: Fixed term - 20 Months
Full-time equivalent salary: Salary negotiable

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Directors of Romero CAT and governors of St Mary’s RC Primary School, Bacup, are seeking to appoint an experienced headteacher to lead St Mary’s for five terms. This post is suitable for serving headteachers as a secondment, or experienced headteachers as a fixed term contract. We wish to appoint a practising Catholic Headteacher with a strong personal faith and the vision and leadership to build and develop our school.

St Mary’s was judged to be Inadequate by Ofsted in April 2024. Much work has been undertaken in the intervening period to stabilise the school. The school now needs to build on this improvement and ensure that the children of this community receive the very best education and wider school experience.

We can offer you:

A Board of Directors, and LGB who have high expectations in delivering the strategic direction of the school and who are positive and supportive;
A strong, supportive and dedicated staff team;
As part of the Trust, support from the Central team;
The opportunity to make a real difference to lives of the pupils and community

we serve;

The opportunity to play a pivotal role in achieving school improvement;

If you think this could be your next challenge, please contact careers@romerocat.com to arrange a conversation with the new CEO, Katy Cox.

What the school offers its staff

Wellbeing Support

Professional Development

Pension

Staff Parking

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.

Visas cannot 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.

Commitment to safeguarding

St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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