Assistant Head Teacher - 1 year Maternity Cover
Telferscot Primary School, London, SW12 0HW20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £64,359 and £70,054
Pay scale
- L5 to L9
What skills and experience we're looking for
Join Our Outstanding TelferTeam!
Are you an enthusiastic, professional, and motivated individual? We are looking for someone just like you to join our wonderful TelferTeam!
About the Role: We seek a candidate with a solid understanding of effective teaching and learning strategies, capable of planning and developing an engaging, challenging, and creative curriculum. You should have high expectations for all and embrace the importance of the extra opportunities Telferscot provides in areas such as the arts, sports, and citizenship.
As a senior leader, you will monitor and support staff to maintain high standards of teaching and learning and lead a core curriculum subject. You will interact professionally with colleagues, build productive relationships, and promote mutual understanding of developments in the school curriculum and management, aiming to improve the quality of teaching and learning. The ideal candidate should be confident in prioritising tasks, meeting deadlines, and being solution-driven.
What the school offers its staff
About Telferscot: Telferscot is a popular school in Lambeth, located between Balham and Streatham, with a strong sense of community. We are an oversubscribed, two-form entry school with a nursery, recently rated Outstanding in our February 2025 inspection. Our school is warm, welcoming and inclusive, and we work hard to ensure all our children reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on being an active school that offers numerous opportunities beyond the National Curriculum for children to develop their own interests and skills.
Our Commitment to Diversity: We value the diversity in our community and are committed to having a workforce that reflects this. The successful candidate will have a strong interest in social inequalities and their impact on education, think creatively and innovatively, be eager to learn new skills, and be committed to anti-racist practices and meaningful change. We strongly encourage applicants from racial and ethnic minority groups and those with lived experience of social disadvantage or injustice to apply.
Further details about the role
How to apply:
Visits to the school are encouraged and can be booked by contacting the school office on 020 8673 7362.
You can download and complete the application form by visiting our website: Telferscot Primary School - Job Opportunities
Please send completed applications via email to Hannah Martin, School Business Manager - sbm@telferscot.co.uk . Please only submit your completed application form, we will not consider CV applications. When writing about your experience in your personal statement, please ensure you cover all points in the person specification. A tour of the school pre-application is strongly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting the school office.
The deadline for applications is midday on Monday 19th May 2025, however an early application is advised as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If shortlisted, you will be contacted by 6pm on Monday 19th May 2025.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 21st May 2025. For exceptional candidates an early interview may take place on Thursday 8th May 2025, so an early application is appreciated.
Commitment to safeguarding
Telferscot Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to sbm@telferscot.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Telferscot Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 428 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Telferscot Primary School website
- Email address
- sbm@telferscot.co.uk
- Phone number
- 02086737362
Telferscot is a Lambeth community school, located between Balham and Streatham, and is two-form entry plus a nursery, rated Outstanding at our last inspection in 2025. We are very proud of our school, which is warm and welcoming as soon as you enter. We have high expectations of our children, who come from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we achieve high standards in both learning and behaviour. We pride ourselves on being a creative school and provide lots of opportunities for children to develop and grow their interests and skills.
Arranging a visit to Telferscot Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@telferscot.co.uk.
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