Headteacher

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Responsibilities

• Set and drive an ambitious vision for academic excellence at Homefields, underpinned by rigorous curriculum design and highly effective teaching.
• Lead, develop and hold to account a talented staff team, building leadership capacity at every level of the school.
• Use data and evidence - including EMET's TIME reporting model - to track pupil progress and outcomes with precision, intervening early and effectively where needed.
• Sustain and build on the school's Outstanding behaviour culture and its values of kindness, courage and respect.
• Broaden the school's offer - academically, culturally and in enrichment - so that it can genuinely compete with the best independent preparatory schools in the region.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with parents, governors and the local community, maintaining Homefields' strong local reputation and popularity.
• Work closely with the CEO and Executive Team as an active member of EMET's headteacher community, contributing to Trust-wide school improvement.
• Ensure the school's safeguarding culture and statutory compliance are of the highest standard at all times.

Person Specification

Essential

• Substantial track record of the highest standards of pupil outcomes, ideally including experience in a high-performing or academically selective/aspirational context.
• Evidence of deep curriculum expertise and academic rigour, with a clear philosophy for how outstanding teaching drives outstanding outcomes.
• Successful senior leadership experience in primary education, with clear evidence of impact on standards.
• A genuinely ambitious, aspirational leadership style - someone who benchmarks against the best schools nationally, not just locally.
• Excellent ability to lead, develop and inspire a staff team, building leadership capacity beyond themselves.
• Strong relational skills, able to build trust quickly with parents, governors, staff and the wider community.
• A values-led approach to leadership, consistent with Homefields' ethos of kindness, courage and respect.
• Excellent understanding of safeguarding and statutory compliance in a primary setting.

Desirable

• Experience of leading a school through significant improvement in outcomes or reputation.
• Experience within a Multi-Academy Trust environment.
• Understanding of, or experience working alongside, the independent sector, and what drives its academic and enrichment offer.
• National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH), or equivalent evidence of readiness for headship.

What the school offers its staff

•A central team that removes unnecessary burden — finance, HR, estates, governance and data — so Headteachers can focus on education.

•A genuine School Improvement Framework and TIME (Trust Improvement & Monitoring Evaluation) reporting model, giving clear, evidenced feedback rather than box-ticking.

•A strong, collegiate network of fellow Headteachers across the Trust, with regular opportunities to share practice.

•Direct access to the Executive Team and CEO, and a Trust that backs ambitious school leaders to lead.

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.