53 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Flexible

  • Closing date

    4 January 2026 at 11am

  • Date listed

    23 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£78,702.00 - £91,158.00 Annually (FTE) Additional £5,450 per annum, in recognition of your role as a Professional Peer Coach Membership of Teachers’ Pension Scheme

Primary School Headteacher job summary

Primary School Headteacher - Millfield Primary School, Staffordshire

Salary: Group Size 3, Headteacher range L18 - L24, (£78,702 - £91,158 per annum)

Additional £5,450 per annum, in recognition of your role as a Professional Peer Coach

Membership of Teachers’ Pension Scheme

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Closing Date for applications: 12.00pm, 4th January 2026

Start Date: Flexible

We have an exciting and rare opportunity to appoint an experienced primary senior leader to the role of Headteacher at Millfield Primary School. Our ideal candidate will be an existing and talented senior leader with a proven track record of leadership impact, which includes securing outstanding outcomes for all and demonstrating a real ambition and drive to continue improving the life chances of pupils, in line with our trusts vision and values.

The successful candidate will also have a wider influence within our trust as a fully trained professional peer coach (training is given for this role).

About Millfield Primary School

Millfield Primary School is a fantastic place to be a Headteacher. Our children are well behaved, polite and love to learn. They are proud of their work and are happy

to be at school which is reflected in the good levels of attendance.

Children look after each other and work with staff to make sure the school is the best it can be. Our school council is an amazing group of children who show

maturity and enthusiasm in representing the views of the other children. They work closely with the Headteacher and other staff to take forward their ideas to make

the school a better place. We also get great support from parents and the community and are fortunate to have an active FOMS (Friends of Millfield School)

group. 

We are part of Community Academies Trust who value all children in our care as individuals and are focussed on ensuring excellence for all.  

https://www.communityacademiestrust.org

We wish to hear from you if you really want to make a difference and are:

  • An enthusiastic, energetic, and ambitious school leader with a track record of success at primary level

  • A motivational and inspirational leader with high expectations of staff

  • Confident and able to communicate a clear vision for the school

  • Able to develop children to reach their full potential regardless of background or circumstance

  • A strong leader with excellent interpersonal skills, keen to work with staff across the school and the trust to ensure wide success

  • Able to establish and develop excellent relationships with the community and other stakeholders; and

  • Have an excellent working knowledge and understanding of safeguarding.

What we can offer you:

  • An additional allowance per annum, in recognition of your role as a Professional Peer Coach (subject to experience)

  • Highly effective trust-led school development support

  • Access to training, resources and opportunities through membership of the trust’s ‘Institute of Education’

  • Trust funded professional networking, conferences, and residential opportunities to support strategic thinking and joint working with other Headteachers within the trust.

We actively encourage candidates to have a conversation about the role before making a formal application, you can arrange this with our Director of Schools (Primary), Allyson Brown, by emailing Rebecca Shakespeare rshakespeare@catschools.uk. Visits to the school are highly recommended and you will be warmly welcomed. These can be arranged with Rebecca following your conversation.

https://youtu.be/hoYH_Xzyz9Y

Closing date for applications:

Sunday 4th January 2026 (12.00pm)

Shortlisting for applications:

Wednesday 7th January 2026

Interviews and assessment activities:

Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st January 2026

Community Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks, online checks, and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from Community Academies Trust vision and values.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offender Act 1974.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

For queries on the application process please contact a member of the Community Academies Trust Human Resources team on 01827 702 216.

Community Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

Community Academies Trust Company Registration No. 0747273-6

“Education is for improving lives and for leaving your community and world better than you found it”

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

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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Millfield Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
372 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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