Headteacher

Old Moat; Manchester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

An established community school seeks a passionate Headteacher to lead with vision and empathy. This role involves nurturing a diverse learning environment, inspiring both staff and students, and driving the school towards its ambitious goals. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to safeguarding and community engagement, ensuring that every child feels valued and supported. Join a dedicated team in a vibrant school that prioritizes educational excellence and personal development, where your leadership can make a significant impact on the future of its students.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Career Development Opportunities

Supportive Governors

Inclusive School Environment

Well-Behaved Students

Community of Parents and Carers

Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status is essential for this Headteacher role.
• Strong leadership and community engagement skills are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Lead the school with vision, compassion, and a commitment to excellence.
• Inspire and motivate staff and students to achieve their best.

Skills

Leadership

Visionary Thinking

Empathy

Collaboration

Safeguarding

Community Engagement

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

About The Role

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Full Time

Number of positions: 1
Qualifications Required: Qualified Teacher Status
Start Date: 1st September 2025

Salary: £75,675 - £87,651 per annum

The Governors, staff and pupils of Ravensbury Community School are delighted to be able to invite applications to become a Headteacher who shares our love of learning, our positivity and our big ambitions for the school, its children, staff and community, leading and maintaining our outstanding standards of education and learning.

We are seeking an outstanding leader who will work openly and positively in close collaboration with all our stakeholders to secure our continuing development as a school, and to support the whole school community to achieve its best, and continue the strong leadership that has already been in place to take the school further.

The recruitment of our new Headteacher follows the retirement of the school’s current serving Head Maureen Hughes, who’s had a highly successful career at Ravensbury, and served the last 7 years at Headteacher. Ravensbury is looking for a visionary individual to build on these successes and a springboard into the future.

About the Candidate

Our new Headteacher will:

• Lead with vision, drive, compassion and empathy
• Demonstrate our school values of creativity, exploration, respect and ambition
• Be an innovative leader who can inspire and motivate others
• Be passionate and committed to developing children’s learning
• Have high expectations of all children and staff
• Have the ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse community, and ensure the school sits at the heart of its community
• Embrace opportunities to extend our provision
• Recognise and nurture what makes our school unique
• Have a collaborative and open, supportive style
• Continue to maintain and promote a strong culture of safeguarding

Our children ask that you will:

• Make everyone feel welcome, safe and valued
• Celebrate our strengths and differences
• Listen to what we say, invite our challenge and act on our feedback
• Support and challenge us all so we can all reach our potential
• Welcome our ideas and be happy to try new things

About Us

Ravensbury is a richly diverse school community at the heart of its local community, where different languages, cultures and religions learn together in harmony.

It is a friendly, caring school where everyone is passionate about ensuring our children have the best educational opportunities possible, academically, socially and emotionally.

Our children are encouraged to explore, discover and question through a range of exciting learning opportunities. It is a place where all pupils feel safe to take risks, enjoy learning and work hard to excel.

We can offer:

• A thriving, inclusive school with strong core values
• A dedicated, energetic and highly skilled staff team of around 70, committed to achieving the best outcomes for our children
• Committed and active Governors who support the school and its team
• A creative school where children are challenged and enjoy learning
• A vibrant learning environment, with well-behaved and enthusiastic pupils who flourish.
• An exciting, well-organised and animated environment in which to work
• A fantastic community of parents and carers
• A genuine chance to help shape the future of Ravensbury Community School
• Opportunity for career and personal development
• A strong school focus on staff and student wellbeing, with the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available to all staff

To apply for this role, please complete the application form and email it to: [e-mail]

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We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.

We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.