Assistant Head of School - Behaviour

Princes Risborough School, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 0DR

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  14 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £67,898.00 - £75,049.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale (L12-16 – 67,898 - £75,049)

Assistant Head of School - Behaviour job summary

Princes Risborough School

Part of the Insignis Academy Trust

Assistant Head of School - Behaviour

Salary range: Leadership Scale (L12-16 - 67,898 - £75,049)

Start date: January 2026

Contract type: Full Time, Permanent

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 14th October at 12 noon

Are you a highly motivated person who is passionate about helping young people thrive? Are you committed to helping our students achieve their full potential? Do you want to join us on our journey to becoming an outstanding school? If so, this could be the job for you.

The Position

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Senior Leadership Team at Princes Risborough School. We are deeply committed to providing students with an environment in which they can achieve and truly flourish.

This would be a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to begin their journey in senior leadership.

The successful candidate will work alongside the Deputy Head of School and wider SLT to create an environment where learning thrives, and students maintain the highest standards of behaviour. Princes Risborough School is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of its students and expects all staff to do the same.

The school

Our school motto is “Aspire and Achieve” and that is what we want for all our students and staff members. We are committed to the highest expectations in everything we do with a relentless focus on dynamic teaching and learning leading to excellent academic outcomes for all students.

We are located in the beautiful Chiltern Hills and offer a rich, positive and supportive learning environment with outstanding continuing professional development and career opportunities. We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Teacher to join our dedicated team.

Closing Date: Tuesday 14th October 12 noon

For any enquiries relating to the position please contact the Trust’s Human Resources Team, either by email recruitment@insignis.org.uk or by telephone 01296 744351, who will be happy to help.

Insignis Academy Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices and the successful candidates will be required to undertake the completion of satisfactory checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, medical report, confirmation of qualifications and documentation to prove Right to Work in the UK.

We encourage and value candidates who have varied lived experiences and inclusive mindsets, either due to their engagements in the world or due to their protected characteristics (as set out in the Equalities Act 2010). We are committed to continued development of a community that is representative of the environment in which we work and in nurturing an equitable society.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

The Insignis Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Princes Risborough School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1100 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Princes Risborough School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/princes-risborough-school

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