Principal

Gamlingay Village Primary, Sandy, SG19 3HD

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  25 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £73,107.00 - £84,699.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale L15 to 21 (salary negotiable dependent on experience)

Principal job summary

THE OPPORTUNITY - PRINCIPAL

Contract: Permanent/Full time

Starting Salary: Leadership Scale L15-21 - (£73,107 to £84,699 per annum)

salary negotiable dependent on experience

Start date: September 2026

Place of work: Gamlingay Village Primary

We are seeking a passionate and committed leader with a passion for transforming lives and driving educational excellence.

As principal, you will be at the forefront of leading the vision for the school, ensuring every student can reach their full potential. This role requires a leader who is not only driven by the desire to deliver academic success but who also understands the importance of personal growth, wellbeing, and social equity. We are seeking a leader with strong communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate the skilled staff team and the school’s wider community.

Gamlingay Village Primary has the potential to be a very special school and genuinely embody educational excellence.

Gamlingay has an enhanced resource base for young people with autism on site, which aligns with the inclusive ethos of the school. We would seek a leader with the belief that school communities are made richer by diversity and that all pupils benefit from sharing their education with diverse groups of young people.

This role is perfect for you if:

• You have a strong track record of leadership and school improvement
• You are passionate about education and driven to achieve exceptional outcomes.
• You possess a clear vision for the future of our school and the ability to inspire others to share that vision.
• You are a champion of high standards and believe in the power of excellent behaviour and personal development, great teaching, and a rich, ambitious curriculum.

This will be a deeply rewarding position where you will develop a culture of excellence that empowers both pupils and staff and work in partnership with parents and the wider community.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.

You will be a trust leader as well as a school leader

As well as leading Gamlingay Village Primary, the successful candidate will play an important role as a leader in our Trust. Our principals are key stakeholders when it comes to Trust strategy and decision making. When principals join our team, they become not just leaders of their own school but regional leaders, part of a Trust team that is committed to contributing to raising standards in the sector and region.

We are collaborative and seek to work in meaningful partnership with others. This creates opportunities for our leaders.

We are committed to the professional development of our leaders and have a strong Trust offer for CPD.

If you are an experienced leader with strong personal drive, a commitment to both education equity and the highest standards and a passion to make a difference for a community then this could be the right role for you.

Pre-application discussions are welcomed and encouraged. If you would like to find out more about this position, or to arrange a visit, please contact our recruitment team on recruitment@catrust.co.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families have a role to play in safeguarding children.

To fulfil this responsibility at Gamlingay Village Primary, all professionals are trained to ensure their approach is child-centred. No single professional can have a full picture of a child’s needs and circumstances. If children and families are to receive the right help at the right time everyone who comes into contact with them has a role to play in identifying concerns and the sharing of information, on a 'need to know' basis.

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.

About Gamlingay Village Primary

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 395 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gamlingay Village Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gamlingay-village-primary

As a full primary school, we are continually evolving to provide a rich, inclusive and creative learning experience for all. We make every effort to deliver a curriculum full of enjoyment and challenge. We aim to provide our children with the skills and enthusiasm they will need to become lifelong learners. To ensure our children achieve excellence for all,

Our knowledge-rich curriculum enables pupils to learn by making connections with what they already know & build on prior learning. Children have the opportunity to discuss and debate this knowledge and to apply it creatively.

We are proud to have been the first primary phase academy of The Cam Academy Trust when we joined in April 2016. Their support, development opportunities and expertise has already supported the conversion of our school from a First School to a Primary School and will further support on-going changes; ensuring it continues to flourish.

Our school and staff ethos is to do what is best for the children

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