Interim Headteacher - St Mary's RC Primary School Bacup

Salary: Negotiable

Full-Time

Fixed Term, 1st January 2025 – 31st August 2026

Responsible to: Director of Education - Primary

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.

Full details and application forms are available from our website: www.romerocat.com

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Closing date:                    8th November 2024 @ 12 Noon                

Shortlisting date:            11th November 2024

Interview date:                14th November 2024