Headteacher
| Posting date: | 17 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 February 2026 |
| Location: | Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5BP |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7ebf92d2-4e95-41cd-b5a8-d67a4882ed1c |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an experienced senior leader who:
• Is excellent at building relationships with pupils, staff and the parent community
• Able to drive improvement in an already successful school, using a breadth of evidence to identify strengths and areas for development
• Strikes an effective balance between strategic leadership and the practical application of initiatives on the ground
• Has a strong understanding of distributed leadership, able to support other leaders to be the best versions of themselves
• Values collaboration and trust-wide working
What the school offers its staff
• Engaged and motivated pupils who are rightly very proud of their school
• An excellent staff team of dedicated professionals who are committed to the school and its community
• An involved and supportive parent community who want the best for their children
• Excellent support from an effective MAT and collaboration with other trust schools
• High-quality CPD to develop your leadership
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.
Are you an experienced senior leader who:
• Is excellent at building relationships with pupils, staff and the parent community
• Able to drive improvement in an already successful school, using a breadth of evidence to identify strengths and areas for development
• Strikes an effective balance between strategic leadership and the practical application of initiatives on the ground
• Has a strong understanding of distributed leadership, able to support other leaders to be the best versions of themselves
• Values collaboration and trust-wide working
What the school offers its staff
• Engaged and motivated pupils who are rightly very proud of their school
• An excellent staff team of dedicated professionals who are committed to the school and its community
• An involved and supportive parent community who want the best for their children
• Excellent support from an effective MAT and collaboration with other trust schools
• High-quality CPD to develop your leadership
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.