Welcome to Cathedral Schools Trust

Welcome from our CEO

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Welcome to our Trust and thank you for visiting our career site. We are a family of 12 schools based in the South West. We are reflective and value the unique qualities of our schools and celebrate both the similarities and the differences. We are collaborative and work closely together as a group of schools, sharing what we do well and providing one another with high levels of challenge and support. We are creative and have a deep commitment to music and the creative arts.

Thank you for taking the time to find out more about us. Whether you are a parent seeking an exceptional school for your child, a member of staff looking to progress their career and make a difference, or someone interested in joining our governance community or working with us as a partner, I hope that you will be encouraged to find out more about us.

Neil Blundell, Chief Executive Officer

Cathedral Schools Trust

Select one of our schools below to learn more or view jobs

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CURRENT OPENINGS



  • Job Title

    Primary Music Lead

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    29th April 2025

  • School

    Cathedral Primary School

  • Salary

    MPS £31,650-£43,607 (Pro-rata £18,990-£26,164)

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    About Us Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a family of schools who share a passion for developing learning within and beyond our classrooms, along with a deep commitment to music a ...

  • Job Title

    Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    28th April 2025

  • School

    St Werburgh's Primary School

  • Salary

    L4-7 (£53,602-57,831 subject to pay award)

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    About Us Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a family of schools committed to inspiring learning both in and beyond the classroom. With a strong focus on music and the creative arts, ...

  • Job Title

    Attendance Officer & Administrator

  • Location

    Bristol, Avon

  • Posted

    10th April 2025

  • School

    Bristol Cathedral Choir School

  • Salary

    £20,495 to £22,718

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    Job Title: Attendance Officer & Administrator Reporting To: Attendance Lead / Deputy Head of Sixth Form Gross Salary: S17 to S21 (£25,018 to £27,732) gross annual equivalent T ...

Talent Pool

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If you're searching for your next education job, please get in touch. You'll be working for a great employer and be part of a friendly, helpful team. We're always interested to hear from enthusiastic, committed education professionals - send us your CV now via our Talent Pool and detail what sort of role you're looking for. By joining our Talent Pool we'll know you're interested in working here when the right vacancy comes up.

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Mission and Values

Our Mission

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We are here to:

Break barriers, achieve excellence

We are committed to working with all our children, recognising their unique values, nurturing and supporting their ambition, and placing creativity, inclusivity and excellence at the heart of all we do.

Open minds, expand choices

We are committed to learning within and beyond our classrooms, supporting curriculum breadth and depth with a sustained focus on music and the performing arts.

Empower the next generation of changemakers

We are committed to equipping our children and staff with the confidence and tools to effect positive change in their communities and the world.

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Values

We are:

Reflective

We nurture an understanding and respect for all people and cultures. We value the unique qualities of our schools and celebrate both the similarities and differences between our faith and community schools. We have high expectations, enabling every child to realise their potential, especially the most disadvantaged. We are ambitious for staff and encourage them to be reflective.

Collaborative

We collaborate within schools, across our family of schools and with our wider communities. We listen and encourage, sharing what we do well and providing one another with high levels of challenge and support. By doing so, we ensure that all of our students and school communities benefit from our collective wisdom, energy and skill.

Creative

We value creativity in particular in music, the performing arts and co-curricular, providing exceptional opportunities for staff and children to be ambitious and to fulfil their creative potential.

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Strategic objectives

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Improving the quality of education for all our students

All children receive a well-considered and appropriate curriculum offer, especially those who are in any way disadvantaged.

All children have access to a rich, ambitious and creative co-curricular experience.

Develop a leading-edge provision for music, led by our specialist schools.

Improve quality of teaching through reflection, collaboration and incremental coaching.

Disseminate effective practice, building alignment where it adds value.

Effective central services and a modern estate

CST estate is safe, well maintained and developed for future generations.

All schools are financially secure with sufficient reserves across the trust.

Robust and resilient systems and processes

Developing our people to be agents of positive change

Staff are reflective, creative and ambitious and better represent the diversity of our school communities.

All staff receive a comprehensive suite of CPLD opportunities.

Appropriate support is available when staff members are facing challenges.

Successful partnerships

New creative partnerships are formed that develop teaching and leadership across the MAT.

External partnerships consolidate a trust-wide approach to music and the performing arts and create additional revenue streams.

Strong governance

Governance accurately challenges and supports leaders to improve teaching and leadership.

Succession plans and change management implemented effectively.

Working for us

Why wait to join Cathedral Schools Trust?

If you're searching for your next post, why not contact us now?

Even if we don't have a post now, we could do in the near future and we would love to contact you and tell you about it. You could be working at one of our great schools and become part of the Cathedral School's Trust family. We are always interested to hear from those who find our ethos, approach to inclusivity and support of our staff fits with their idea of a great place to work. By joining our School Talent Pool we'll know you're interested in working here when a future vacancy occurs. Join our School Talent Pool now!

For more information about School Talent Pools visit www.eteach.com

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Our Locations

Our Locations

Our Locations
Swavesey
Cambs
CB24 4RS