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🏫 School: Ramsbury Primary School – Community Primary School, ages 4–11, 183 pupils on roll
⭐ Ofsted: Outstanding in every area (February 2023)
📚 Also: Designated English Hub for Wiltshire, Swindon, Dorset and South Cotswolds
💰 Salary: L15 – L21 (£75,664 to £87,664)
📆 Start date: January or Easter 2027
🗓️ Closing date: Monday 21st September 2026
✅ Shortlisting: Wednesday 23rd September 2026
🎯 Interviews: Monday 28th September 2026

Lead an Outstanding Village School with National Reach

Ramsbury Primary School is seeking an inspirational, strategic and compassionate Head Teacher to lead its next phase of development.

Ramsbury is a thriving, high-performing village primary in a beautiful rural Wiltshire setting – judged Outstanding in all areas at its most recent inspection – and it is also a government-designated English Hub. The Hub supports schools across four counties to deliver excellence in early reading and phonics and is expanding to include support for secondary schools too. Your strategic direction of the Hub will be crucial in this expansion phase. Few primary headships combine such a strong local foundation with genuine national influence.

About the School

Ramsbury sits at the heart of a Wiltshire village of around 2,000 residents, equidistant from Marlborough and Hungerford. With one class per year group, the school is small enough for every child to be known well, and ambitious enough to deliver results that sit consistently and comfortably above national averages.

The culture is rooted in respect and kindness, expressed through Golden Rules the children know by heart: be gentle, be kind, work hard, show respect, listen to people, be honest.

Recent outcomes (2024/25):

• Phonics Screening Check: 97% (national average 80%)
• EYFS Good Level of Development: 79% (national average 68%)
• KS2 Reading EXS+: 89% (national average 75%)
• KS2 Maths EXS+: 89% (national average 73%)
• KS2 Reading, Writing & Maths combined: 78% (national average 62%)
• Attendance 2025/26 to date: 96.2%

Outdoor learning, sport and music are embedded in daily life. The school holds the School Games Platinum Award and the Sing Up Platinum Award, its Music Subject Lead was named Wiltshire Primary School Music Teacher of the Year, and specialist teachers lead PE, music and French – the latter from Reception upwards.

The Role

The new Head Teacher will provide strategic leadership and take operational responsibility for the school, working in partnership with the SLT, an experienced and strategically focused governing body, staff, pupils, parents and the wider community.

Key elements of the role include:

• Leading the school with vision, warmth and integrity
• Securing strategic direction through the development, implementation and evaluation of the School Improvement Plan
• Ensuring the strategic direction, development and delivery of our multi-county, multi-phase English Hub
• Championing high-quality, evidence-informed teaching across the whole curriculum, and securing continued excellence in early reading and phonics
• Overseeing the school's budget and finances, with robust processes for financial management and accountability
• Recruiting, retaining and developing an excellent staff team, and championing staff wellbeing
• Maintaining the highest standards of safeguarding, statutory compliance and governance
• Strengthening partnerships locally and nationally

What We Offer

• Enthusiastic, confident and articulate pupils who are proud of their school
• A talented and committed staff team
• A skilled, supportive and strategically focused governing body
• Strong parental and community engagement
• Exposure to a well-established English Hub with regional and national reach
• Ongoing professional development and collaboration
• A beautiful rural setting with excellent facilities

Please see the attached candidate pack for a detailed look at the school, job description and person specification.

How to Apply

For an informal and confidential discussion, please contact Alpha Parish, retained consultant at Academicis. Alpha's details and school application forms can be found once you select 'Apply'.

Applications must be made on our standard application form once you have had a chance to visit the school; CVs are not accepted. Applications should include a covering letter of no more than two sides of A4, ensuring all statements are supported by clear, specific evidence of impact, including measurable outcomes where possible.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged. Governors would be delighted to welcome prospective applicants to meet pupils, staff and governors and experience the school in action. Please contact Alpha Parish to arrange a convenient time.

Closing date: Monday 21st September 2026 Shortlisting: Wednesday 23rd September 2026 Interviews: Monday 28th September 2026