Job Ref No. ECC5217-181L Position Type: Headteacher Pay Range: Leadership Pay Range L15-L21
Position Start Date: 01/01/2026 Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 22/09/2025 Midday Date of Interviews: 29th September 2025 Shortlisting Starts:  24/09/2025

Job Description

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This is a chance to lead a well-resourced school serving a community with high levels of deprivation, where your leadership will make a real, lasting difference to children's lives and the wider community. As one of the larger schools within the Vine Schools Trust, St Osyth offers a rewarding role with scope to contribute across the Trust's network, not just in your own school.

Why apply?

  • Join a collaborative, values-led Trust with strong peer support and professional networks
  • Focus on leading teaching and learning: Trust finance support takes pressure off day-to-day budget management, but where you'll still make strategic decisions
  • Develop your knowledge of Church school leadership and SIAMS, with guidance and training provided: no requirement to be a practising Christian; just a willingness to lead with the underpinning of a Christian ethos
  • Contribute to teaching development across the Trust, not just within St Osyth
  • Lead a settled, inclusive school with healthy finances and committed staff

We're looking for a strategic and reflective leader with senior primary experience, who's committed to delivering excellent outcomes for all pupils.

We strongly advise you contact our recruitment partner Alpha Parish at Academicis for more information, or an initial informal chat / to arrange a visit, before submitting your application:


��Alpha: 07436 971517 / 01223 907979
�� aparish@academicis.co.uk

Information about the School

We are a primary school in a rural location just twenty minutes from Colchester and 10 mins from Clacton-on Sea. We are an academy with the Vines School Trust and so have the the support of this trust and the Diocese.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Contact Information

Mr Mark Carter-Tufnell
St Osyth CE Primary School
Norman Close
ST OSYTH, Nr. Clacton-on-Sea
Essex, CO16 8PN
Telephone: 01255 820823
Email: head.stosyth-mistley@dcvst.org

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