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Headteacher - Bristol Cathedral Choir School - headteacher-bristol-cathedral-

Bristol

Job role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L30 - L34 (£101,533 - £111,976)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Cathedral Schools Trust is seeking to appoint a Headteacher for Bristol Cathedral Choir School, from 1st September 2025. The Headteacher will work closely with the CEO, Governors and other Headteachers within the Trust to provide outstanding provision for children and families.

We are looking for a candidate with:

You will be:

You will need to provide outstanding education leadership, ensuring the highest expectations and standards in teaching, learning, behaviour, community engagement and resource management.

Bristol Cathedral Choir School is a vibrant and hugely successful Church of England school enriched by its music specialism serving a diverse community across Bristol. It is an Academy and is based in the centre of Bristol. Music is central to the life of the school and BCCS has an outstanding national musical reputation across genres.

The School offers and inspires pupils with both a leading-edge music education and the opportunity to participate in outstanding choirs, orchestras, ensembles and provides the choristers for Bristol Cathedral Choir.

The school shares a campus with Cathedral Primary School [a two-form entry Primary School] and the relationship with the primary school is an important one and it is a named feeder school.

CST is a Mixed MAT and is currently made up of three secondary schools (Bristol Cathedral Choir School, Trinity Academy and St Katherine’s School) and nine primary schools (Headley Park Primary School, Victoria Park Primary School, Stoke Park Primary School, St Werburgh’s Primary School, Hotwells Primary School, Ashton Gate Primary School, Henleaze Infants Schools, Henleaze Junior School, and Cathedral Primary School) with further growth in the coming months. The Trust provides a range of training and development programmes to suit staff at all stages of their career. This includes bespoke middle and senior leadership courses, a full range of NPQ qualifications, LSA/TA and HLTA programmes as well as ITT and ECT programmes.

If you can demonstrate that you possess the necessary experience, knowledge and qualifications and aspire to our vision and values then we would like to hear from you.

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. Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check upon appointment.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Neil Blundell at enquiries at cathedralschoolstrust.org to make an appointment.

If you would like to find out more about the school, please visit the Trust and school websites at: https://bccs.bristol.sch.uk/

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

Please note that we will only consider applications through iTrent and will not consider CVs so please ensure that your supporting statement on the application meets the requirements of the person specification. We encourage you to be succinct.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Cathedral Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the strength in diversity. Our schools have a wide range of cultural, socio economic and religious influences and we use this to ensure that we broaden our understanding of each other and the world.

Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

What the school offers its staff

Cathedral Schools Trust offer the following benefits package:

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

BCCS Headteacher Job Description Permanent.pdf - 120 KB (opens in new tab)BCCS Headteacher Person Specification Permanent.pdf - 119 KB (opens in new tab)CST Recruitment Information Pack 072024.pdf - 234 KB (opens in new tab)

Closing date for applications: 18-11-2024

Salary: L30 - L34 (£101,533 - £111,976)

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