Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 7 days ago

Head of School or Headteacher

Teaching Vacancies (DfE)5,676 open roles

Where
Bingley, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowHead of School or HeadteacherTeaching Vacancies (DfE) · Bingley, Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Teaching Vacancies (DfE)'s own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

7.8% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.6%1 day
  2. 3.4%3 days
  3. 7.8%7 days
  4. 14.3%14 days
  5. 33.7%30 days
This job: posted 7 days ago

The posting

Headteacher/Head of School (depending on previous experience)

Beckfoot Priestthorpe is seeking an intrinsically motivated, highly ambitious and values-driven leader to continue the school’s journey to remarkable. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to either start as Headteacher or Head of School and progress to Headteacher within a short time frame, following a supportive induction and one to one coaching.

The successful candidate will:

  • Live our values of enjoy, learn, succeed and embrace our mission of ‘creating remarkable schools where no child is left behind'.
  • Build strong professional working relationships with adults and young people and communicate effectively and persuasively with a wide range of stakeholders.
  • Be driven to make a difference for children and families of the Beckfoot Priestthorpe community.
  • Have a deep love of all things learning and be passionate about putting the research-informed inclusive classroom at the heart of all we do.
  • Share our commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity and a relentless drive for continuous improvement, investing in people yet leaving no child behind.

On application and at interview, the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a measurable record of building a purposeful and inclusive culture with exceptional pedagogy at the heart. You will have evidence of leading and implementing strategy with rigour and clarity, investing in people, and demanding remarkably high standards.

The right candidate will be highly ambitious for Beckfoot Priestthorpe and work with the CEO, Primary Executive Headteacher and the central team in continuing to raise standards of education at the school. You will be passionate about creating remarkable schools where no child is left behind and have the aptitude and experience to work at headship level, yet the humility to be highly visible on the so that staff can deliver great learning in every classroom for every child.

A full induction programme will be put in place for the successful candidate. Whilst the successful applicant will need significant leadership experience in primary school to be successful in this role, you will be expected to continue to develop your own ongoing professional growth.

If you are interested in this role, please make an appointment for an informal conversation with Shirley Watson, CEO by contacting Joanne Whittleston on [email protected]. You can also visit the school with the Executive Headteacher on Monday 28th September at 3pm or Tuesday 29th September at 1pm.

To apply, please complete our online application form and send a formal letter addressed to the CEO explaining how your experience to date prepares you for this role, why you want to work for Beckfoot Priestthorpe and your vision for leadership. In addition, please include a one-page impact document that clearly demonstrates your record of measurable and sustained school improvement in your roles to date.

Contract type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Salary: L15 - 21 (Headteacher); L11 - 14 (Head of School) progressing onto the Headteacher scale

Why choose Beckfoot Priestthorpe

Beckfoot Priestthorpe is a one-form entry primary school in the centre of Bingley

  • We are deeply committed to making a positive difference to our local community and work effectively with our families
  • We know our children well, both academically and pastorally, which makes the school a friendly and happy place to learn and work
  • We are collegiate, inclusive and professional, with strong relationships at the heart of our work
  • We have clear roles and responsibilities, creating a culture of trust and psychological safety
  • As a group of four primary schools within our Trust, we work closely together as one team, where everyone belongs
  • The central team provides additional support around operations, professional growth and school improvement enabling leaders to lead

About Beckfoot Trust

Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind. Since our establishment in 2013, Beckfoot Trust has grown into a respected, locally rooted yet nationally-facing family of diverse schools (primary, secondary and special) that learn from and support one another to be better tomorrow than we are today.

We are team Beckfoot Trust, and together, we’re making a real difference in our community. Discover more about our vision, the benefits we offer, and how you can join us in shaping the future by visiting our careers page on our website.

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide

Beckfoot Trust collects and processes personal data in accordance with UK Data Protection Laws. For more information on the personal data we collect and why, please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice: Beckfoot Trust - Privacy Notices

Click on the useful links below for further information:

  • Beckfoot Trust - Policies and Documents
  • Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record: When you need to tell someone about your criminal record - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  • DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy at Beckfoot Trust.

If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team on the contact details below.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Teaching Vacancies (DfE)'s own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Teaching Vacancies (DfE)'s form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Teaching Vacancies (DfE)'s answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.