AHT - Pastoral Care, Behaviour & Character Development

St Johns CofE Academy, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0GR

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  12 February 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  28 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £63,070.00 - £69,596.00 Annually (Actual) L9 - L13 Pay scale.

AHT - Pastoral Care, Behaviour & Character Development job summary

Thank you for showing an interest in the Assistant Headteacher post at St John’s CE Academy. We are delighted that you are considering joining our team.

St John’s is a distinctive, brand-new all-through Church of England Academy, serving children and young people aged 2 to 16. We began our journey in 2023 by opening our Primary Phase to the youngest members of our school community, we welcomed our first Year 7 cohort in September 2025, and will continue to grow year on year until the school is fully established.

This is a significant and exciting stage in our journey. Joining St John’s at this point offers a truly once-in-a-career opportunity to become part of the leadership team of a brand-new school. You will work closely alongside the Heads of School and Executive Headteacher to help shape our culture, systems and future direction. Your contribution will build on the strong foundations already established and will have a lasting impact on the lives of the young people and families we serve.

Please take time to read the accompanying documents, including The SJO Way, which provides further insight into our school, our ethos, and the opportunities ahead. We hope that, after doing so, you feel encouraged to submit an application. If you require any further information to support your decision, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Visits

We warmly invite prospective candidates to visit the school for a tour and to meet with the Executive Headteacher and Heads of School. Please contact the school via our enquiries email to arrange: Enquiries-Secondary@sjo.cambrianlt.org

Closing Date

Closing date for applications will be Thursday 12th February at 11:00am. Interviews will be on Wednesday 25thFebruary. Candidates will be invited to interview on Friday 13th February and information regarding the interview schedule will be provided with this invitation.

Cambrian Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory “Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information. Cambrian Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ communities.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Johns CofE Academy

• School type: Free School, Church of England, ages 2 to 16
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 156 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Johns CofE Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-johns-cofe-academy

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