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Headteacher - Full-time

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, Erith

  • Ref:KCC303-3505-2L
  • Posted:11/12/2025
  • Pay:Leadership Range (Outer London) Group 2, L15-L21
  • Start Date:April 2026
  • App Close Date:08/01/2026 at 17:00
  • Interviews:19 & 20 January 2026

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional candidate to become the next Headteacher of St John Fisher Catholic Primary School. We are seeking a practicing catholic who is ambitious, collaborative and committed to our mission. The successful candidate will be an inspirational and strategic leader with a clear vision for the future of the school, building confidently on its strong foundations and recent successes.

You will be committed to establishing a positive and proactive culture that promotes excellence, focusing on collaboration and driving internal excellence, underpinned by our Gospel Values.

The ideal candidate will:

  • Have extensive previous experience of working as part of a Senior Leadership Team.
  • Be able to demonstrate success at leading a school improvement and raising educations for children.
  • Possess the ability to empower staff and include them in the next stages of the school’s journey.
  • An excellent written and verbal communicator.
  • Align to the mission, vision and value’s of St John Fisher and the Diocese.
  • Conduct themself in a manner compatible with their position in the Church and wider community by behaving ethically, fulfilling their professional responsibilities and modelling the values and virtues of a good citizen of the kingdom of God
  • Outstanding communication skills and emotional intelligence to support wellbeing across the school community.
  • Have a clear track record of raising standards.

Please refer to the Vacancy Information Pack for more information.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Susan Oram on 020 8310 7311 or at admin@sjf.bexley.sch.uk

We are pleased to offer an exciting leadership opportunity to the right applicant, which includes:

  • Teachers Pension Scheme
  • Opportunity to work within a highly skilled and supportive team
  • A caring Community in a small one form entry school
  • Commitment to continue to with National Pay, terms and conditions
  • 28 days Statutory Annual Leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Effective CPD opportunities, including diocesan and nationally recognised career and professional frameworks and programmes.
  • Collaborative working with other schools
  • Maintain relationships between Headteachers, Governors and diocesan and local authority personnel
  • Excellent ICT facilities

Shortlisted applicants must complete and return a Self-Disclosure Form before interview. This will help explore any relevant safeguarding information. Online searches will also be conducted in line with KCSIE. Any concerns will be discussed at interview. Further checks, including an enhanced DBS and Children’s Barred List, will follow a provisional offer.

References will be requested for shortlisted candidates prior to interview. Please ensure your referees are aware they may be contacted once you are shortlisted.

Information about the school

Our Mission Statement “We stand united in our faith with the courage to build a loving world of truth, justice, peace and wisdom”.

St John Fisher is a very successful small, one form entry, primary school with 178 pupils on roll. We are a high achieving and fully inclusive school with a strong Catholic ethos serving the parishes of St. John Fisher, St. Benet’s, St Paul’s, St David’s and the local Thamesmead area. Our recent Ofsted Inspection Report (March 2025) graded us as an ‘Outstanding’ school, in 4/5 judgement areas.

We in St John Fisher Catholic Primary School are committed to practice, which protects children from harm. Staff and volunteers in this organisation accept and recognise our responsibilities to develop awareness of the issues, which cause children harm.

For further information about the school, please visit https://www.sjf.bexley.sch.uk/

St John Fisher is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place, which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school.

St John Fisher is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

This post is a customer-facing position and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The school has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.