Headteacher
Saint Pius X Catholic High School
Rotherham
- Expired
- Salary:
- L29 – L33
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 10 March 2025
Job overview
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 https://www.saintpiusx.school/curriculum/vacancies 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
Attached documents
About Saint Pius X Catholic High School
- Saint Pius X Catholic High School
- Wath Wood Road, Wath-upon-dearne, Rotherham
- South Yorkshire
- S63 7PQ
- United Kingdom
Opened in 1957, Saint Pius X Catholic High School is located in the city of Rotherham, South Yorkshire. A co-educational school with around 650 pupils aged 11-16, Saint Pius is smaller than the average secondary school of its type. Although the vast majority of teaching occurs on-site, the school does make some use of off-site provision for pupils studying particular subjects or with particular needs. A voluntary-aided school, it has close links to the Diocese of Hallam, but ultimate responsibility for maintaining the school lies with the Local Authority.
Headteacher
Miss Susan Smith
Values and Vision
As a Roman Catholic school, Saint Pius X works hard to impress upon its students a number of traditional Christian values. These include a strong sense of pride in their community and the desire to work together towards the common good, as well as a sense of acceptance and tolerance towards those from different backgrounds of with different belief systems. The school’s admission policy does, however, prioritise those from a Catholic background, although followers of all faiths are welcome to apply to the school.
Ofsted
“Many students make good progress as they move through the school. The proportion of students across all year groups making better than expected progress is rising as a result of good and better teaching. Students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is well promoted. The school’s work to keep children safe is good. Students say they feel safe and enjoy coming to school.”
The full report into Saint Pius X Catholic High School can be found here.
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