Principal
Millside Spencer Academy, Loughborough, Nottinghamshire, LE12 6AS18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Starting April 2026
Closing date
12 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
5 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £71,330.00 - £82,654.00 Annually (Actual) L14-20
Principal job summary
Do you have the desire and attributes to bring your own ‘Magic’ to Millside?
Millside Spencer Academy, is seeking an inspirational Principal to lead the thriving school community.
Opening in September 2022 in East Leake, Nottinghamshire, the school serves children aged 3 -11. The school has already established a culture of excellence in June 2025, Millside received Outstanding for Personal Development and Behaviour & Attitudes, and Good for all other areas.
The school is proud to be part of the Spencer Academies Trust - a high-performing, values-driven multi-academy trust with a national reputation for excellence.
The Millside Vision - Children Who SHINE
At Millside, we strive to nurture a community where every child can truly SHINE:
Successful - A knowledge-rich curriculum that builds essential skills for today’s world and tomorrow’s opportunities.
Happy - A culture grounded in kindness, empathy and social-emotional development.
Independent - Learners who problem-solve, think critically and take ownership of their progress.
Nurturing - A community where diversity, inclusion and respectful relationships are at the heart of daily life.
Enthusiastic - Engaging learning that sparks curiosity, creativity and a genuine love for school.
These values shape every aspect of practice, from curriculum design to relationships with families. We want every child to see themselves in the curriculum—and to leave Millside with strong roots, ready to soar beyond East Leake.
Leadership Opportunity
This is an exciting moment for Millside: a young school with a huge heart and all the ingredients needed to excel even further. We are looking for a principal who will:
- Embrace the chance to shape the school’s next phase of growth
- Lead with vision, warmth and ambition
- Build on a strong culture while driving continued improvement
- Be passionate about curriculum, community and inclusive practice
- Inspire staff and children to SHINE every day
This role would particularly appeal to leaders who enjoy building, developing and innovating—those who see the enormous potential in a young, well-established school and are excited to take it to the next level.
In return:
As Principal, you will benefit from:
- Trust-wide collaboration and support
- High-quality CPD and leadership development, including a very supported induction programme
- A culture of innovation and evidence-informed practice
- Opportunities to shape the future of primary education within a dynamic and supportive network
- You will become part of a leading regional high performing Trust, with a strong national reputation.
Applicants will be expected to share our Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for students and employees. If you are excited by the prospect of working with us, want to know more about the type of professional we are looking for and what we can offer, please visit: www.spencertrust.org.uk
If you have any questions regarding the role or would like an informal discussion or a visit to the school with the Director of Primary Education, Kate Green please contact Alexina Robinson via email to arrange a convenient time at arobinson@spencertrust.org.uk
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Millside Spencer Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 174 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Millside Spencer Academy website
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