Headteacher

Holy Family Catholic Primary

Longfield Street

New Springs

Wigan

WN2 1EL

Salary: Leadership Pay Scale L13 L19

Full Time

Required for 1^st January 2027

Holy Family is a welcoming successful primary school. We are looking for an inspirational and highly effective, practising Catholic to help us continue to excel. We already have an excellent reputation for high standards and are judged recently to be “outstanding” by both Ofsted and the Catholic Schools Inspection. You will have the creative vision to build on our success and your challenge will be to keep us moving forward in the pursuit of excellence. You will be committed to developing our existing links with the community and maintain our strong Catholic ethos. With a demonstrable proven track record of successful leadership, you will motivate leaders at every level and help every member of our school community to fulfil their potential.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a practising Catholic who can demonstrate a clear vision and understanding of Catholic education and a commitment to promote the Catholic ethos throughout the whole school community

• Be fully committed to ensuring safeguarding practices at the school are highly effective

• Be able to drive teaching, learning and curriculum development forward, demonstrating passion and enthusiasm

• Be knowledgeable and up-to-date with current educational practice

• Be an excellent leader and manager with strong interpersonal skills

• Be able to inspire, motivate and lead others and work as part of a team

• Be an excellent communicator with a calm disposition and welcoming manner

• Be able to work with parents, parish and the wider community.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• A thriving, caring school with a strong Catholic ethos

• Highly committed staff who are supportive and open to new ideas

• Enthusiastic and well-behaved children who enjoy learning

• Close links and group support from the other schools in our local community within the local authority and diocese.

Prospective candidates are warmly invited to visit the school. Please email the school at enquiries@admin.aspullholyfamily.wigan.sch.uk or telephone 01942 246376 to make arrangements.

Holy Family Roman Catholic school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post will be subject to enhanced DBS and barred list checks, Section 128 checks, satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health checks, satisfactory online checks, and satisfactory overseas checks (where appropriate), and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Applications forms are returnable to the school

Applications can be emailed directly to school: enquiries@admin.aspullholyfamily.wigan.sch.uk If you require any further information, please contact the school on Tel: 01942 246376 E-mail: enquiries@admin.aspullholyfamily.wigan.sch.uk Website: www.aspullholyfamily.wigan.sch.uk

Interview date: 6th July 2026

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding

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