Headteacher
Contract: Full time, permanent
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: L29 – L33
Reporting to: Chair of the Governing Body
Closing Date: 10th March 2025 @ 3pm
Interviews: WC 17th March 2025
Saint Pius X Catholic High School, located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, is a small yet oversubscribed 11- 16 Catholic school serving the Dearne Valley community which embraces families from Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham. We strive to ensure all members of our community are known and loved for who they are, that the needs of every child are met and that they are inspired to meet their true potential achieving both academic excellence and personal accomplishment.
The Catholic identity of the school is at the very heart of our mission. The spiritual and moral development of our students is a clear priority, as is the character and quality of our relationships with the surrounding community. We also place great emphasis on the importance of outreach work and to helping those who are less fortunate than ourselves.
Our dedicated leaders, inspirational teachers and highly skilled support staff work together each day to ensure that our children have the absolute best that education can offer. We support our children expertly with pastoral care whilst maintaining high expectations to ensure that they reach their absolute potential, moving on to seek ambitious pathways.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding leader who has the ambition, enthusiasm and dedication to take our school onto the next stage of its development. We welcome applications from experienced head teachers or ambitious and highly skilled senior leaders who are taking their first step into headship.
We are seeking a Headteacher who will:
* Ensure that the needs of every child are met and that they are inspired to meet their true potential.
* Be passionate about teaching, learning and curriculum design in order to continue to develop our school and equip our students to have successful lives.
* Be able to demonstrate a strong Catholic faith and be committed to the ethos and vision of the school. • Provide clear and precise leadership, nurturing and inspiring others to achieve to the highest of standards.
* Be a strong and inspiring communicator, able to engage all stakeholders in the next phase of the school’s journey.
* Recognise that every role in the school contributes towards forming an inspirational centre of learning.
* Be committed to continuing and growing effective partnerships with our families, parishes, feeder schools, the Diocese of Hallam, partner organisations and agencies, and the local community.
We welcome interested applicants to come and visit the school, to meet the staff and the students and to understand the aspirations that the school has for the future. In order to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Mrs Pat Hunter on phunter@saintpiusx.school
How to Apply
Please visit to obtain the Headteacher Recruitment Pack. Please complete all of the relevant documentation by the closing date of 10TH March 2025 at 3pm and send to recruitment@stfranciscmat.com