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Headteacher
Goostrey Community Primary School, Near Crewe, North West
L13 to L19 - (£72,032 to £ £83,479)
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About the job
We are looking for a Headteacher who will:
- Share our values and lead with integrity, warmth and humility, while bringing the ambition to build on the school's existing strengths.
- Be dedicated to giving every child the best possible start and ensure that support is consistently effective across all subjects and year groups, with inclusion, SEND provision and safeguarding at the centre of their practice.
- Bring successful experience of strategic leadership at Assistant Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher or Headteacher level in a primary school, together with classroom experience across the full primary age range and a strong track record of leading school improvement.
- Work alongside our committed staff and governors to shape a clear direction for the future, translating priorities into measurable improvement and leading confidently through technological and regulatory change.
- Maintain high standards in learning, attendance and behaviour, using data, management information and self-evaluation to identify priorities, monitor impact and drive improvement.
- Communicate openly and warmly with pupils, staff, families, governors and local partners, and ensure governors receive clear, timely and evidence-based information to support effective challenge and assurance.
- Stay up to date with current thinking in education and ensure the curriculum and teaching continue to develop, with particular emphasis on depth of learning, effective feedback and the purposeful use of technology.
- Oversee our budget, staffing, estate and resources effectively, ensuring that our split site and shared buildings support high-quality teaching, safeguarding and a positive experience for pupils and staff.
- Develop staff capability through purposeful professional development, while maintaining a strong commitment to wellbeing and sustainable workloads.
- Build strong partnerships with other schools, headteachers, trusts and professional networks so that the school continues to learn from, and contribute to, the wider education system.
About Goostrey Community Primary School
- Type of school
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 197 (room for 210)
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Address
- Main Road, Near Crewe, CW4 8PE
Ofsted report card, inspected 24 March 2026
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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