Principal

St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV5 8DZ

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  8 December 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  21 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £58,569.00 - £67,898.00 Annually (Actual)

Principal job summary

Principal

for St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School

Lindale Dr, Wombourne, Wolverhampton WV5 8DZ

Closing Date: Monday 8 December 2025 at 12 noon

Interviews: 12th December 2025

Salary: Leadership Scale L6 - L12

At the heart of our Catholic Multi-Academy Trust is a mission that shapes all we do. Inspired by the witness of St Gabriel, we form Christ-centred pilgrims of hope who embody kindness, seek truth with bold curiosity, hunger for knowledge, and long for justice. These five characteristics express how our mission lives and breathes in our schools, shaping culture, leadership, teaching, and community. St Gabriel the Archangel CMAT is a family of 63 schools working together to deliver quality education to those we serve.

St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School, Wombourne, together with the parish of Blessed Carlo Acutis it joyfully serves, is a thriving community rooted in faith, learning, and service. Guided by our Catholic mission, we place Christ at the centre of all we do, nurturing children to grow spiritually, academically, and socially in a supportive and caring environment. St Bernadette's is a half form entry primary school at the heart of the village of Wombourne. Everyone at St Bernadette's is dedicated to providing the best possible education and care to every single young person we serve. All children are provided an exciting and challenging faith-based curriculum so that they discover and develop their God given abilities during their time at St Bernadette's.

We are looking for an exceptional, resilient and inspiring leader to be the Principal of St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School who is able to build on our existing successes and offer quality educational provision to our children.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a practising and committed Catholic with a secure understanding of the nature of Catholic Education

• Has experience of having worked in a successful school previously

• Has the ambition, drive, determination and commitment of an excellent leader

• Is able to articulate and share a vision of primary education within the aims and values of St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

• Has the knowledge of what constitutes quality in educational provision, the characteristics of effective schools and strategies for raising standards and the achievement of all pupils

• Understands and commits to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all pupils

• Has the ability to build and maintain good relationships

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to work with an experienced Catholic Senior Executive Leader and a team of school improvement advisors where you will be given the opportunity to broaden and develop your skills.

• A committed, hardworking and supportive team both in the school and as part of the wider St Gabriel the Archangel community.

• Central Services for Finance, HR, Estates and IT to enable school leaders to focus on teaching and learning

• A happy, caring and safe environment, where Staff and Governors work in partnership with parents and with the parish communities

• An inclusive and diverse culture which encourages understanding and respect for others

For further information, making an application or to arrange a visit to the school please contact: recruitment@sgacmat.co.uk, visit our website www.sgacmat.co.uk or for a discussion call Helen Parkes, CSEL, 01384 889422

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance, social media checks at shortlist and an enhanced DBS check.

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.

About St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 105 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-bernadette-s-catholic-primary-school-wv5-8dz

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