GLF Schools’ Wheatfield Primary School in Wokingham is looking for a new Headteacher to join them in September 2025.

We seek to recruit an inspirational leader who will be proud to represent this wonderful school and its community.

Your opportunity

We welcome applications from empathetic, emotionally intelligent professionals, who are driven by a clear moral purpose and a passion for working with children. They will be an excellent role model, with the ability to build and galvanise teams, and to empower others to be the best that they can.

At GLF Schools, we strive to provide an excellent and inclusive environment where staff and children are comfortable expressing their own identity, should they wish, and in which diversity and inclusion is of mutual benefit for everyone. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups including those based on race, sex, gender reassignment. age, disability, sexual orientation or religion/belief.

About Wheatfield Primary School

Wheatfield offers an excellent start to education for children from our fantastic, newly opened Nursery through to Year 6. Located in an exceptionally well-resourced building, purpose-built for primary-aged children, we pride ourselves in being a small school where all children are known, valued and have their individual needs recognised and met. Our curriculum is designed to provide an aspirational and rounded education helping our children to grow into confident, thoughtful, highly motivated learners. As well as achieving academically, we believe that it is important for children to build the social and emotional skills that lead to resilience, and the ability to embrace challenges and change.

A one-form entry primary school and nursery, Wheatfield sits within an established cluster of Primary schools: Windmill Primary School, Floreat Montague Park and Frogmore Junior School. This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across this cluster, and more widely in the Region and the Trust, to share expertise and experience, ensuring all children in our schools receive an inspirational education, achieving and exceeding reach their potential. It provides opportunities for career progression across the cluster, region and the trust and offers the chance to further professional development.

Join the GLF Schools Community

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our School Support Team.

• A growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,500 colleagues and 17,000 pupils
• Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity, and Kindness
• 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
• We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
• Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

Our Employment Offer

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish

• Access to our highly competitive teaching pension scheme
• Flexible working options
• Generous holiday allowance
• Work life and family friendly policies
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Access to a staff benefits portal
• Community and collaboration working model

The Details

Start date: September 2025

Contract type: Full time, Permanent

Pay Scale: GLF Leadership Scale 15-21

Shortlisting Date: 14th February 2025

Interview Date:  24th February 2025

GLF Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

As a Trust, we are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities. GLF Schools recognises and celebrates the diversity of its schools and their communities. There is a shared commitment across the Trust to develop further a culture of respect, where discrimination is not tolerated, and individuals are treated equitably and fairly and feel a sense of belonging. We strive for an inclusive environment where staff, children and students are comfortable to express their own identity, should they wish, in which diversity and inclusion is of mutual benefit for everyone in our schools. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented groups including those based on ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible.

We also reserve the right to interview shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date.

Please be advised that references may be requested on receipt of your application. Please state if you wish this to be delayed until shortlisting/interviews have taken place.