Moulton School and Science College — a popular, values-driven and high-performing school serving Moulton and the neighbouring villages to the north of Northampton — is seeking an enthusiastic and visionary Headteacher to lead its thriving and ambitious community, honour the school’s proud history and achievements, and continue to build on and strengthen its many existing qualities.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensuring that the quality of learning is at the centre of the organisation and management of the school, its pupils, staff and resources.
* Seeking and securing adequate resources and ensuring that they are effectively administered and controlled.
* Supporting the Business Manager in developing the annual and three-year budget plans in line with school priorities.
* Monitoring and reviewing the use of premises and resources to maintain an efficient, safe and values-driven learning environment.
* Producing and implementing clear, evidence-based development plans that respond to changing requirements and priorities.
* Recruiting, retaining and deploying staff appropriately while managing workload to achieve the school’s vision and goals.
* Managing and developing the leadership team, ensuring effective delegation and strong professional relationships.
* Creating an environment that values staff achievements, encourages ideas and promotes high morale.
* Ensuring the effectiveness of induction, appraisal and professional development systems to maintain high standards.
* Ensuring that the curriculum is broad, balanced, diverse and flexible, offering opportunities for all pupils to succeed.
* Creating conditions for creative and effective teaching that develops enthusiastic, independent learners.
* Setting challenging progress targets, maintaining robust assessment and reporting systems, and sustaining a consistent focus on pupil achievement through data and benchmarks.
* Maintaining strategies that secure high standards of behaviour and attendance.
* Developing strong partnerships with parents, carers, community stakeholders and external agencies to support learning and wellbeing.
* Ensuring that communication between the school and its community is effective, appropriate and has a positive impact on pupil outcomes.
Skills and Experience
* Appropriate educational and professional qualifications, including NPQH.
* Proven evidence of success and ongoing professional development throughout their career.
* Recent experience of the curriculum in English schools.
* A demonstrable track record of leading change, improvement and achieving excellence in a comparable organisation.
* Consistently high standards of principled and professional conduct aligned with national standards and public service values.
* Experience of developing leadership capacity, accountability and effective quality-assurance systems.
* Evidence of successfully promoting innovation in teaching, learning and assessment.
* Strong ability to build excellent relationships with pupils, staff, parents and wider stakeholders.
* Experience of working collaboratively with community partners, agencies and external organisations.
* Skill in using target setting, data analysis and curriculum development to improve outcomes.
* Experience of building successful relationships with a governing body and sustaining productive partnerships.
* Experience of leading strategic resources, including finance, HR and ICT.
* Strong strategic and creative leadership skills grounded in up-to-date educational knowledge and current national priorities.
* In-depth knowledge of strategies that maintain high standards of attainment, behaviour and attendance.
* Personal qualities, including resilience, decisiveness, creativity, empathy, the ability to motivate others and a commitment to involvement in all aspects of school life.
Salary: L31–37 | £108,202 – £125,345 per annum.
Location: Moulton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD.
Start date: September 2026.
Closing date: Midnight on 18 December 2025.