Assistant Headteacher - St Pauls CE Primary School

St Bartholomew's CE Multi Academy Trust Assistant Headteacher (Ref: SBMAT366) Salary Range L1- L4 (£51,773 - £55,747) Permanent Required to start: September 2026 Location: St Pauls' CE Primary School (ST17 4BT)

The Trustees are excited to offer an opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Assistant Headteacher with experience in SEND and/or Curriculum Development as desirable. This post will include a class teaching responsibility as well as responsibility for coaching and mentoring across school, line management responsibility and supporting the development of subject leadership.

St Paul's CE Primary School is a half form entry school, located in Stafford and part of the St Bartholomew's Multi-Academy Trust.

We are looking for good/outstanding child-centred practitioners with:

• Proven, current success at raising standards;
• Proven good/outstanding teaching and learning;
• High expectations of children and a proven commitment to raising standards;
• Proven skills of organisation and leadership;
• The ability to support, lead and inspire colleagues by example;
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Commitment to the safeguarding of children;
• Commitment to the distinctive Christian nature of the Trust.

We can offer you:

• A strong commitment to your professional development and structured career progression opportunities;
• Potential opportunities to raise standards and provide support beyond the school in St. Bart's Multi-Academy Trust;
• A highly successful and growing Trust;
• Committed Governors and Directors with wide ranging experience;
• Outcomes across the Trust that are above national figures;
• Friendly, hardworking staff and children;
• Outstanding behaviour for learning;
• An opportunity to join a happy, caring team who work together, to take the schools forward, placing the child at the centre of all we do.

All Schools in the Trust:

• St Bartholomew's CE Primary School, Penn, Wolverhampton
• St Benedict Biscop CE Primary School, Wombourne, South Staffordshire
• Woodfield Primary School, Penn, Wolverhampton
• All Saints' CE Primary School, Trysull, South Staffordshire
• Oak Meadow Primary School, Wolverhampton
• Fairhaven Primary School, Wordsley, Dudley
• Christ Church CE Primary School, Bloxwich, Walsall
• Gnosall CE Primary Academy, Stafford
• Haughton CE Primary Academy, Stafford
• Woodseaves CE Primary Academy, Stafford
• St Paul's CE Primary School, Stafford
• Old Church CE Primary School, Walsall
• Abbey Primary School, Walsall
• Tibberton CE Primary School, Newport
• St Lawrence CE Primary School, Telford
• Little Bloxwich Primary School, Walsall

For further information, to discuss the role, or to arrange a visit, please contact: Mo Tierney or Closing date for applications: 9:00am Friday 17th April 2026 To apply: please complete the application form and equality and diversity recruitment monitoring form and submit to quoting reference SBMAT366 in the subject line of your email. Further information is available at

St Bartholomew's CE Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS, Prohibition List, Barred List, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable professional references.

It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. For further information, please refer to the Trust's policy on ex-offenders.

Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies for all schools within St Bartholomew's CE Multi Academy Trust are available on the respective schools' websites. Links to all of our schools are available from the homepage.

With effect from September 2022 and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, shortlisted candidates may have their publicly available social media profiles (where applicable) checked by the Trust for posts going back up to 5 years and those candidates will therefore be expected to provide their social media "handles/platforms" if shortlisted.