[250204] Assistant Headteacher
Drake Primary Academy, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2ENThis job expired on 23 February 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
23 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £51,027.00 - £56,316.00 Annually (Actual)
[250204] Assistant Headteacher job summary
Drake Primary, Reach South Academy Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced Assistant Headteacher to join the School in September 2025.
Post: Assistant Headteacher
Location: Drake Primary Academy, 1 Johnston Terrace Ope, Plymouth, PL2 2EN
FTE Salary Range: L2 - L6
Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time
Contract Hours: 32.5 per week, Monday to Friday
For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, job share, compressed hours, or staggered hours. Please wait until the job offer stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what’s possible for the role.
About the role
Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a passionate and inspirational School Leader to join the leadership team at Drake Primary Academy and to be a leader within the Trust. Reach South Academy Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced senior leader to join our team from September 2025.
About the successful candidate
You should be
Able to demonstrate your successful leadership in school improvement
- Able to work positively in a wider team across both schools and to promote effective team working in others
- Approachable and having effective communication skills
- Experienced in monitoring the effectiveness of teaching on the outcomes for learning
- Able to manage the performance of others, including having the skills to coach and mentor colleagues
- Experienced in teaching across all year groups
- An outstanding teacher with expert knowledge of primary curriculum
- Committed to inclusion and raising standards for all learners and dedicated to promoting parental and community involvement
- Able to improve teachers’ pedagogy through incremental coaching and higher quality CPD.
About the School
Drake Primary Academy is a popular and successful school within the local and wider area. The children are aged 4 - 11 years old and we have a single form entry. Our children feel safe, cared for and well looked after. We have a strong bond with our parents as well as the community as a whole.
In return, we can offer you
- The support of our experienced team in developing your classroom practice.
- Providing you with the opportunity to work alongside other experienced members of the school, its partner school Morice Town Primary and academy trust staff.
- A hardworking but caring environment where the children thrive.
- Working with children who have a desire to learn and do well.
- Access to Reach South Multi Academy Trust’s high quality continuous professional development programme.
About the Trust
Reach South is a young and developing Trust which operates across the South West of England with the aim of delivering all through 3-19 education. We operate 17 academies in Plymouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. We are building this Trust on a clear set of values, behaviours and curriculum principles. At the heart of those values and principles is a belief in our young people and a determination to support them to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become the successful citizens for today and all of their tomorrows.
Our core business is delivering exceptional education for children and young people with a mission to help all pupils aspire to achieve beyond the expectations that others put on them. We do this through the development of a talented and committed workforce. In order to deliver exceptional opportunities for learning, we need highly motivated staff across all parts of the organisation.
Teachers within Reach South belong to a national community of professionals, and benefit from a wide range of networks and development opportunities across the Trust. In time, our best teachers are able to work across schools, develop specialisms and step up to leadership roles within and beyond their own academy. The Trust provides a strong culture of collaboration and support, together with high expectations for staff and pupils alike.
Those we recruit are able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues, within and beyond their school, to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence.
Next Steps
If you think this role may be for you and want to be involved at this exciting time in our development and have any questions about the position, please get in touch by calling the Recruitment team on 07759365064 or emailing us at recruitment@reachsouth.org.
Closing date: for applications is 23rd February 2025
Interview Date: Interviews are provisionally booked for 5th March 2025
To apply for this opportunity, please complete our online application form by clicking ‘apply now’ on the advert.
Opportunities and Benefits
We offer a competitive salary plus TPS pension, great career progression and development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Programme with many other benefits.
We’re proud of how we support our staff in order that you have high levels of job satisfaction, are aware of the difference you are making for the children and families you work with and can see your contribution towards our community. There are regular opportunities for professional development and training, and a wider community of staff to network with within Reach South Multi Academy Trust. You will have the chance to visit other local schools, work alongside a range of outside professionals and take part in a variety of e-learning and face-to-face training.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Each post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Reach South Academy Trust has an Equal Opportunities Policy for selection and recruitment. Applicants are requested to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring section of the application form before submitting.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Drake Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 173 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Drake Primary Academy website
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