Headteacher

Stepney Park Primary School

Smithy Street, London E1 3BW

LB Tower Hamlets

HEADTEACHER

To start: January 2026 

Salary range: L22 – L27 (£92,878 - £103,741)

Stepney Park is a much loved, successful and inclusive school in Stepney Green, Tower Hamlets.  Our children reflect our local context and the large majority are of Bangladeshi heritage, the next largest being children of Somali heritage. We are proud to be a local authority school, with over 750 children on roll. 

We have a strong curriculum designed to fit our unique school environment, with specialist teachers in a number of subjects. We seek to nurture a passion for learning built around our values of respect, resilience and independence. We were judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted in 2023 and have a very strong record of good outcomes for our children.

We are very proud to be an inclusive school, catering for a very wide range of Special Educational Needs, including excellent provision in two inclusive specialist classrooms for those with the highest needs, working in partnership with Phoenix Specialist School. We are also proud of the support we offer to all other children with additional needs, including new arrivals and those in our mainstream classes. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed leader who will be able to continue this journey with us, due to the retirement of our current Headteacher.

Our new Headteacher will be passionate about achieving the best possible outcomes for our children. They will value people and care about the whole school community: parents, carers, children and staff. The Headteacher will be welcoming, genuinely friendly and visible to parents. Our Headteacher will have empathy, understand the importance of listening and will be strongly committed to professional development, both personally and for their staff.

The Headteacher will enjoy celebrating success in all its forms, and have a strong belief in developing the whole child. 

Their style of leadership will be calm, considered and inclusive, using distributed leadership to facilitate decision making and to deliver strategies designed to help all our children. Decisions will always be made with reference to the school’s aims and values. Initiatives will be given the appropriate time to become embedded and successful. They will understand our unique and changing community and will have the ability to build and maintain a sense of community and common purpose. The Headteacher will be outward facing and will enjoy collaborating with other schools, the Local Authority and other organisations for the benefit of Stepney Park’s pupils and their families. 

Stepney Park offers:

• a friendly and supportive ethos which celebrates the inclusive nature of our school;
• an enthusiastic and inquisitive group of children who enjoy learning and display good behaviour;
• an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and motived staff team;
• a variety of different families, who strongly support the school and their child’s learning;
• an exciting school environment, both inside and out, with high quality resources;
• an effective governing body, which positively supports and challenges the school;
• high standards of learning and teaching;
• an excellent personal development and creative arts offer for all children;
• strong links with other local schools through membership of the Stepney Partnership and with the Local Authority.

Closing date for applications:  12 noon on 15th April 2025

When you have completed this application and the additional information please send them to  andy.best@fsed.co.uk  by 12 noon on 15th April 2025

Interview dates:  28th & 29th April 2025 

A visit is essential and can be booked through Nepa or Kathy on 0207 884 5225.

If you have any questions or would like to have an informal chat with our adviser, please call Andrew Best on 07917 080201.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.