Required from 1 September 2025
Salary Range: L15-L21 (Starting salary dependent on experience)
At St Saviour’s, we are passionate about ensuring that all children reach their true potential.
About us: St Saviours is a one-form entry Catholic Primary School in Lewisham (South-East London) with a vibrant, supportive and friendly school community. Our School is a place where each child believes in their own potential, in an environment where they can succeed and achieve.
About you: Governors are looking to appoint a Head Teacher who will be an inspirational leader with the vision, adaptability and drive to continue the excellent standards of the school. You will have a personal commitment to Catholic education and to the spiritual development of the pupils. You will be excited about this role and demonstrate the passion, commitment and resilience to deliver high quality teaching and learning and the personal qualities and skills to empower and develop the staff and leadership team further.
Key Responsibilities: Our new Head Teacher will lead a team that endeavour together in the best interest of all our children, following the school’s Ethos and Values of striving to build on the foundations of faith started from the home and seek to provide an environment where beliefs and values of the Catholic faith are taught, explained, developed and nurtured.
We offer:
- A strong Catholic ethos and school community.
- Children with exemplary behaviour who are happy and enthusiastic to come to school and engage in learning.
- Staff committed to excellence in teaching and learning and who strive to ensure that all children achieve their best.
- A committed and supportive Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body.
- If this is your first headship, we can offer a support package around coaching and mentoring.
We require:
- QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) and NPQH or experience in a leadership role and the ambition to achieve NPQH.
- A committed, practising Catholic with a clear vision and strong commitment to Catholic Education.
- An inspirational leader with a proven track record of effective leadership, raising standards and successful whole school improvement.
- A leader who will continue to develop and sustain a culture of respect, ambition and challenge for all in the school.
- A champion of inclusion, aspiration, diversity, equality and well-being for all our pupils, staff and the community we serve.
- A reflective strategic thinker who shows initiative and can deliver outcomes to make the school the best it can be.
- Professional skills including interpersonal and communication skills.
- A commitment to working closely in partnership with parents, the local community and the parish.
Vising our school: We warmly welcome and encourage visits to our school from prospective applicants. Please contact the Nicola Reid, School Business Manager by phone on 020 8852 4283 or by email at: nreid@stsaviours.lewisham.sch.uk, to arrange a mutually convenient time on either the 30 April or the 8 May,
If you would like an informal discussion with the Chair of Governors about the role, please email Valerie Simpson at vsimpson10.209@lgflmail.org.
Application Form (download)
Closing date: Friday 9 May 2025 at 12pm
Shortlisting: Week commencing 12 May 2025
Interview and assessment date: 21 May 2025
Safeguarding Statement: St Saviours is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check. Online checks will be completed for shortlisted candidates.
This is a reserved post and is open to practising Catholics only. It is a requirement from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales that the person holding the post of Head Teacher should be a practising Catholic. This is endorsed fully by the Archdiocese of Southwark.
Requesting an Application Pack: You can access the pack and application forms from our website under the ’Vacancies’ section athttps://www.stsaviours.lewisham.sch.uk/Staff/or contact the School Business Manager to request this by email at:nreid@stsaviours.lewisham.sch.uk.
St Saviour’s RC Primary School
10 Bonfield Road, Lewisham, London SE13 6AL
T: 020 8852 4283