Headteacher of Crawford's CE Primary School
| Posting date: | 22 August 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 September 2025 |
| Location: | Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 3QZ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | da5c74f4-225d-4c59-bca2-672595b01b04 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are committed to appointing an individual who has:
• Excellent leadership, management, communication, and personal skills.
• A drive and commitment to ensure the school continues to grow in numbers and in excellence
• An outstanding teacher and team leader with a commitment to equality.
• A thorough knowledge of teaching and learning and a good understanding of all aspects of the curriculum.
• Determination to ensure no learner is left behind so all learners reach their potential.
• Total commitment to the safeguarding of all children
• A passion for supporting the Christian ethos and values of our school, within which our children, staff and families flourish’
What the school offers its staff
Our amazing school located in the heart of the growing village of Haughley, near Stowmarket in Suffolk. We are a Church of England School with a strong vision and values. We take pride in fostering a warm, welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment to ensure every child is cared for.
Our staff are a strong team who work well together to care for and challenge our children, families and each other to be the best that we can be.
Our new Headteacher will be joining us at an exciting time. Our school continues to grow and our children are thriving. We need to continue to focus on the development of learning to ensure all children achieve their best and they feel empowered to make a difference to the world around them.
Our school is part of the Tilian Partnership multi-academy trust (MAT) and therefore there is significant support and experience available to the successful candidate and an opportunity for further career development.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows "Keeping Children Safe in Education" and Safer Recruitment Training guidance. Offers of employment are subject to the following checks (where relevant): Childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) 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.
We are committed to appointing an individual who has:
• Excellent leadership, management, communication, and personal skills.
• A drive and commitment to ensure the school continues to grow in numbers and in excellence
• An outstanding teacher and team leader with a commitment to equality.
• A thorough knowledge of teaching and learning and a good understanding of all aspects of the curriculum.
• Determination to ensure no learner is left behind so all learners reach their potential.
• Total commitment to the safeguarding of all children
• A passion for supporting the Christian ethos and values of our school, within which our children, staff and families flourish’
What the school offers its staff
Our amazing school located in the heart of the growing village of Haughley, near Stowmarket in Suffolk. We are a Church of England School with a strong vision and values. We take pride in fostering a warm, welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment to ensure every child is cared for.
Our staff are a strong team who work well together to care for and challenge our children, families and each other to be the best that we can be.
Our new Headteacher will be joining us at an exciting time. Our school continues to grow and our children are thriving. We need to continue to focus on the development of learning to ensure all children achieve their best and they feel empowered to make a difference to the world around them.
Our school is part of the Tilian Partnership multi-academy trust (MAT) and therefore there is significant support and experience available to the successful candidate and an opportunity for further career development.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows "Keeping Children Safe in Education" and Safer Recruitment Training guidance. Offers of employment are subject to the following checks (where relevant): Childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) 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.