Assistant Head Teacher / Maths Leader
Desford Community Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 9JH15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £49,781 to £56,316 (per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
1) Qualifications and Training
Essential
Qualified Teacher Status.
Desirable
Additional Professional Qualifications.
Experience
Essential
Successful implementation of strategies for raising attainment.
Evidence of being an excellent classroom teacher.
Effective curriculum development.
Striving for high levels of attainment for all pupils
How a school may develop and implement a shared vision and ensure the commitment of all partners.
How to use comparative data, together with information about pupil’s prior attainment to set targets for improvement.
How to promote and implement equal opportunities for staff and pupils.
Desirable
Membership of a leadership team.
At least 4 years teaching experience.
Experience of Phase Leadership.
Personal Qualities
Essential
Friendly, approachable and able to build professional relationships.
Adaptable to changing circumstances and ideas.
Creative, energised and motivated in getting the best outcomes for all pupils.
Uphold and promote the ethos and values of the school.
Not afraid of hard work but recognises the need to manage own workload.
Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively.
Maintain confidentiality at all times.
Commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion.
Senior Leadership
Essential
Be able to assist the Head in the implementation of the school’s performance management policy.
Be able to provide INSET and motivation to the team.
To be able to move the school forward and maintain school improvement in partnership with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team.
Show a firm but fair attitude towards the children that upholds the schools behaviour principles.
Be able to demonstrate success in a leadership role.
Able to mentor and develop staff so that they are supported to improve without doing it for them.
Desirable
Have developed skills in coaching and mentoring.
Team Teach trained.
Can demonstrate assertive, trauma informed approaches to behaviour.
Phase Leader - Skills and Attributes
Essential
Expert knowledge of the national curriculum
Understanding of high-quality teaching and learning strategies, and the ability to model this for others and support others to improve.
Awareness of local and national organisations that can support delivering the national curriculum.
Ability to build effective working relationships with staff and other stakeholders.
Ability to adapt teaching to meet pupils’ needs.
Ability to build effective working relationships with pupils.
Knowledge of guidance and requirements around safeguarding children
Parents
Essential
Clear evidence of a commitment to parents as partners in their child’s education.
Desirable
Experience of initiating parental involvement in school life.
Communication
Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Be an active listener, communicating clearly and taking account of the views of others.
Be supportive of children and adults.
Be able to negotiate and consult effectively.
Be able to give and receive feedback effectively and with compassion & understanding.
Ability to communicate a vision and inspire others.
School Ethos
Essential
Able to place the school’s ‘Be Kind’ ethos at the core of everything they do.
Willing to be part of a hard-working team.
Able to work in partnership with the Head, Deputy and other Assistant Heads to establish the school as a successful centre of learning.
Able to create a climate of mutual respect and achievement that recognizes the values and contributions of the different communities that make up the school.
Willing to learn and be flexible.
What the school offers its staff
- Enthusiastic and friendly children who are well behaved and eager to learn.
- A hard-working team of people who are committed to providing the best education for our children.
- Support and encouragement for your continued professional development.
- A newly established coaching culture that shapes the ethos for personal improvement.
- An established, successful and supportive school with good levels of attainment.
- Strong and supportive Head and Senior Leadership Team and wider support and development groups as part of the LiFE Multi Academy Trust.
- A developing and flexible curriculum and an environment that welcomes innovation and new ideas.
- Opportunities for career development and progression within the school and wider LiFE Multi Academy Trust.
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 are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Desford Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 384 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Desford Community Primary School website
- Email address
- cwilson@desford.leics.sch.uk
Desford Primary School is a vibrant and flourishing school at the heart of the village community. We have around 400 pupils in fourteen classes and are in the midst of significant growth due to large-scale house building in the village. We were awarded "Good" school grading in the Ofsted Inspection of July 2017. The report describes very high standards in all aspects of the school's activities. All school staff are dedicated and capable practitioners and the quality of teaching is at a consistently high level. Outcomes for pupils are consistently good throughout the school. Our children are nurtured, kept safe and are well cared for (Ofsted 2017).
Our school building is modern, attractive and well-maintained and includes an exceptional purpose-built 60-place Foundation Stage unit for Reception children, opened in September 2015 and a two classroom Upper Junior unit opened in May 2018 . All classrooms are spacious and well-equipped and the school prides itself on the quality of the classroom displays.
Our school is one of ten schools in the LiFE Multi Academy Trust. This collaborative school network currently comprises of 4 primary and 6 secondary schools and enables us to keep abreast of current developments in education and continually to develop and improve all aspects of our practice. We work within a group of local schools to the same end.
Arranging a visit to Desford Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cwilson@desford.leics.sch.uk.
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