Headteacher
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2026 |
| Location: | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, DN17 3LT |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | f3abc3dd-bc6d-4d65-a2a5-aa4c72397bc6 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
If you are an experienced senior leader who is dynamic, caring and passionate about making a difference to the educational and wider lives of our pupils and feel you can support the school moving forward on the next stage of its journey to excellence, we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary School is a happy, inclusive and safe school where our children thrive. We are situated in a small rural village on the outskirts of Scunthorpe where the school is at the heart of the community.
We aim to provide an education of the highest quality and all that we do is shaped by our vision: “Learning Together with Hope. Aspiring to be Agents of Change”. Three words from our vision – wisdom, resilience & inclusive - shape our curriculum and improve outcomes for children.
Our Christian Values of respect, hope, friendship, compassion, resilience and equality are important to us and they underpin all the work that goes on within our school encouraging our young people to become thoughtful and sensitive, as well as well-educated, members of our culturally diverse and multi-faith society.
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.
If you are an experienced senior leader who is dynamic, caring and passionate about making a difference to the educational and wider lives of our pupils and feel you can support the school moving forward on the next stage of its journey to excellence, we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Gunness and Burringham Church of England Primary School is a happy, inclusive and safe school where our children thrive. We are situated in a small rural village on the outskirts of Scunthorpe where the school is at the heart of the community.
We aim to provide an education of the highest quality and all that we do is shaped by our vision: “Learning Together with Hope. Aspiring to be Agents of Change”. Three words from our vision – wisdom, resilience & inclusive - shape our curriculum and improve outcomes for children.
Our Christian Values of respect, hope, friendship, compassion, resilience and equality are important to us and they underpin all the work that goes on within our school encouraging our young people to become thoughtful and sensitive, as well as well-educated, members of our culturally diverse and multi-faith society.
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.