Required from: September 2025

This is a full-time Headteacher post.

Salary: Leadership: Band 11, L21 - 25 with consideration given to skills, experience and previous track record.

We are seeking to appoint a committed, hardworking and inspiring Headteacher to be the Headteacher at Lantern Community Primary School (LCPS) in Ely and also to oversee the school community of Downham Feoffees Primary Academy (DFPA) in Little Downham, working closely with the Head of School at DFPA.

This is an exciting leadership opportunity for the right candidate – the opportunity to become the established headteacher of LCPS and extend and develop your leadership through overseeing the educational success of DFPA as well.

Both LCPS and DFPA are part of Meridian Trust, a strong multi-academy trust with a commitment to ensuring excellent outcomes for all children in our schools.

We can offer you:

• A great team of dedicated staff and happy, hardworking children.
• The opportunity to join our highly successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.
• Support from school leadership teams, along with guidance from a core team of Executive Principals.  In addition, you will benefit from the wider network of sharing of good practice with headteachers within the Trust.
• Expertise from a wider network of advisors and access to informal and formal professional development.
• Opportunities to develop the next generation of teachers through our work with our ITT providers and Teaching School Hub.

The successful candidate will have:

• A passionate and uncompromising commitment to the further development of children and staff.
• A track record of leading with positive impacts for children and staff.
• Experience of converting vision into continuous school improvement.
• The ability to inspire and enthuse in order to develop staff and communicate effectively with families and the wider local community.
• Evidence of partnership working and wider impact.
• Integrity, warmth and compassion – in all, a great role model for our children, staff and wider school communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead two schools which are passionate about the children in their care, ensuring that the children grow to be the best that they can be during their time with us.  As a multi-academy trust, we are passionate about sharing expertise, innovative practice and resources and benefit greatly from working in collaboration across our schools.

Benefits of working with us:

As a multi-academy trust of 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession. 

As well as the above, we also offer: 

• Unlimited access to CPD via Meridian Learning  
• Free annual eye tests 
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering online GP consultations, mental health and wellbeing support  
• Unlimited value cycle to work scheme  
• Teacher's Pension scheme 

To see the full range of benefits available, please visit Employee Benefits - Meridian Trust

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities. Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 23rd April 2025 by 9am

Interview date: Monday 28th April 2025

For more information about this role, please download the Applicant Information Pack below. 

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust 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 will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.