Assistant Head Teacher
Dale Community Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 6NL28 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
13 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
15 September 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: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership
What skills and experience we're looking for
The post holder is responsible to the Head Teacher.
Main purpose
The assistant headteacher will support the headteacher and deputy headteacher in:
- Communicating the school’s vision compellingly and supporting the headteacher’s strategic leadership
- The day-to-day management of the school
- Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
- Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives
- Managing staff and resources to that end
- Monitoring progress towards meeting the school’s aims and objectives
The assistant headteacher will also have a timetabled teaching commitment of 50%, complying with the Teachers’ Standards and modelling best practice for others.
They may also be required to undertake any of the duties delegated by the headteacher.
Duties and responsibilities
School culture and behaviour
Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:
- Create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life
- Uphold educational standards in order to prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
- Ensure a culture of staff professionalism
- Encourage high standards of behaviour from pupils, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and pupils and clearly demonstrated by all adults in school
- Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, in line with the school’s behaviour policy
- Support the creation and implementation of the school improvement plan within the national and local context and to take sole responsibility for appropriately delegated aspects of it
- Support all staff in achieving the priorities and targets which the school sets for itself and provide them with support and guidance in implementing schemes of work
- Encourage high levels of pupil attendance and help to uphold a school culture of safety, enjoyment, and engagement with learning to support attendance
- Lead a Key Stage or ‘phase’ and act as a team leader for staff performance management. Act as coach and mentor as appropriate in order to develop the skills and knowledge of students and staff
Teaching, curriculum and assessment
Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:
- Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across subjects and key stages, based on evidence
- Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum
- Use valid, reliable and proportionate approaches to assessing pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum
- Ensure the use of evidence-informed approaches to reading so all pupils are taught to read
Additional and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:
- Promote a culture and practices that allow all pupils to access the curriculum
- Have ambitious expectations for all pupils with SEND
Organisational management and school improvement
Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:
- Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the school can operate effectively and efficiently
- Ensure staff and pupils’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care
- Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk
- Ensure effective use of budgets and resources
- Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context
- Make sure school improvement strategies are effectively implemented
Staff management and professional development
Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:
- Performance-manage middle leaders and class teachers, including carrying out appraisals and holding staff to account for their performance
- Manage staff well, with due attention to workload
- Ensure staff have access to appropriate, high-quality professional development opportunities
- Keep up to date with developments in education
- Seek training and continuing professional development to meet their own needs
Governance, accountability and working in partnership
Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:
- Work with the governing board as appropriate
- Make sure the school effectively and efficiently operates within the required regulatory frameworks and meets all statutory duties
- Work successfully with other schools and organisations
- Maintain working relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues to improve educational outcomes for all pupils
Other areas of responsibility
The assistant headteacher will:
- Lead on Pupil Premium including analysis of data to determine how to allocate resources with termly evaluations being shared with Governors and publishing information about pupil premium spending in order to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers.
- Lead on Sports Premium including liaising with the Sports Team, analysis of data and termly evaluations to be shared with Governors
- Lead on Behaviour including:
o Working collaboratively with pupils and parents/carers to promote positive behaviour among all pupils, and to help pupils overcome barriers to learning such as challenging behaviour.
o To coach, support and train staff to implement behaviour interventions.
o To work with external agencies as required.
What the school offers its staff
Do you want to work in a positive, supportive school environment where team
work is valued and individuals are encouraged to achieve their full potential?
Dale Community Primary School is a large, vibrant school federated with Stonehill Nursery School and is located in the heart of the city. We are well-established and popular schools with rising standards and a happy and enthusiastic school community.
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic and inspirational Assistant Headteacher to make a difference to the lives of our children.
You will:
- Be a reflective practitioner, striving for excellence within your practice
- Have a determination to raise standards and to create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life
- Enable children to reach their full potential socially and academically
- Have a nurturing approach, caring for the whole child
- Be proactive to make a difference to the lives of children
- Be an excellent team player
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, build and maintain strong relationships with children, staff, parents and carers, governors and the wider local community
We can offer you:
- Happy and enthusiastic children who are keen to learn
- A supportive and positive leadership team who work together for the benefit of our children
- Collaborative planning with PPA in Year Group teams
- Opportunities to develop leadership skills and a commitment to your professional development including access to unlimited online CPD through National College
- A school which prioritises teacher wellbeing with access to on-site counselling
- Carefully chosen schemes for Maths and English to reduce teacher workload
Dale Community 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. This post is subject to suitable references, an enhanced DBS check and a medical check.
Applicants are encouraged to visit the school. To book a visit, please contact the school on 01332 760070 or email admin@dale.derby.sch.uk
Your completed application form and supporting letter of no more than two sides of A4 can be emailed to Mr Pass at cpass@dale.derby.sch.uk
Closing date: Monday 13th October 2025 at 9:00am
Interviews: Monday 20th October 2025
Further information about the job
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Dale Community Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 549 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Dale Community Primary School website
- Email address
- cpass@dale.derby.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01332760070
Arranging a visit to Dale Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cpass@dale.derby.sch.uk.
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