St Edward’s Catholic Primary School

Headteacher

September 2025

£72,162 - £79,475 (L16-L20)

 St Edward’s is a delightful, one form entry primary school located in Kettering, Northamptonshire. The school is part of the Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust, formed by the merger of three former Catholic Trusts in February 2020. Our school works closely together with 11 other Catholic schools that are part of the Trust located across Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire.

 The Trust is seeking an inspirational, practising and dedicated Roman Catholic Headteacher who is inspired to lead this delightful school on the next steps of its incredible journey of school improvement; we believe that St Edward’s Catholic Primary School has the potential to provide an outstanding Catholic education for the primary school children of Kettering.  You should already be an experienced senior leader within a large Catholic primary school.

 St Edward’s is a warm and welcoming school embracing a strong Catholic ethos with good links to the Parish and local community.  Underpinned by support from a centralised Trust team, you will work alongside professional experts in their own field for school improvement, finance, HR, IT, and operational services. As a leader in our family of schools you will work with us to shape the forward direction of the Trust and have the opportunity to work across schools to share expertise and promote good practice.

 Further information about the school/Trust can be viewed on either the school website: https://www.st-edwards.northants.sch.uk/ or on the Trust website: www.olicatschools.org

If you would like to arrange a school visit and/or speak with the Trust Strategic Lead about the role, please contact the Trust HR Director at TrustHR@olicatschools.org  in the first instance.

Completed applications to be submitted via the link to the Trust’s recruitment portal, on MyNewTerm no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 9^th April 2025; the link to the vacancy can be found here: .

All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS clearance in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy.  

 Interviews are expected to be held week commencing 22^nd April 2025

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