Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: Leadership Pay Range L26 – L30 - £102,059 - £112,570 (incorporating the September 2026 pay award)
Start date: January 2027
A new school. A growing provision. An extraordinary opportunity to lead what comes next.
At Wellfield Academy, we are entering an exciting new chapter. With a brand-new school rebuild underway, a newly opened SEND provision (Endeavour Thrive), and a community with ambition for its young people, we are looking for an exceptional Headteacher to lead us into the future.
This is an opportunity to do more than lead a school. It is an opportunity to help build one.
Wellfield Academy is an ambitious, growing and thriving school. At our school, students experience increasingly strong teaching, excellent pastoral care and a genuine belief that every child can succeed. The successful candidate will join us at an incredibly exciting time for the school. We are one of just a small number of schools nationally to be chosen for the Department for Education’s Schools Rebuilding Project, which will see us move into a brand-new state of the art school in the coming years.
In addition, our growing reputation in the local community has secured a significant increase in the number of students attending Wellfield. The number of families choosing Wellfield as their first-choice secondary school has more than trebled in the past three years and we are excited to welcome more staff into the Wellfield family as a result.
Our new school will provide an inspiring environment in which pupils and staff can thrive. Alongside this investment, our newly opened SEND provision, Endeavour Thrive, represents our commitment to ensuring that children with additional needs can flourish as valued members of our school community.
We are proud to be part of Endeavour Learning Trust, a growing, well-established, highly respected and thriving Trust in the North West, currently spanning South Ribble, West Lancashire and North Sefton.
We are looking for an inspirational, compassionate and ambitious leader who can bring people together around a compelling vision for Wellfield Academy; someone who believes deeply in the potential of every child and who has the courage, energy and determination to turn ambition into reality.
You will have the opportunity to shape the next chapter of our curriculum, culture and community; to develop and inspire our staff; to champion high expectations and genuine inclusion; and to ensure that our new learning environment becomes the exceptional school our children deserve.
If you are inspired by the opportunity to shape the future of our school, we would love to hear from you.
Visits to Wellfield Academy are warmly encouraged. Come and meet our pupils and staff, see the exciting plans for our new school and experience for yourself the opportunity that awaits our next Headteacher. To arrange a visit, please contact Jenna Everett via jenna@satiseducation.co.uk
To find out more, register your interest for the role and details on how to apply, please visit www.joinendeavour.co.uk
If you have any questions or queries about the role, please do not hesitate to get in touch by contacting Jenna Everett on 07593 583 047 or email jenna@satiseducation.co.uk
Endeavour Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
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