Assistant Head teacher Portway Primary School

Portway Primary School, London, E13 0JW

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  30 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: Contract Type: Part-time: 3 or 4 days per week, permanent Contract Term: Term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L8-L12

What skills and experience we're looking for

About You

• NASENCO-qualified teacher with strong SEND experience

• Passionate about child-centred, evidence-informed practice

• Reflective practitioner who wants to grow as a leader

• Collaborative, highly organised, and calm under pressure

• Skilled at working with parents, professionals, and LSAs

This Is Your Chance to Lead Something Extraordinary

If you want a role where your passion for inclusion shines, your expertise is valued, and your work changes lives—this is the job for you.

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer

✔ A highly supportive senior leadership team

✔ Thoughtful workload management—you can focus on impact, not paperwork

✔ Investment in your professional development

✔ A warm, inclusive culture where staff wellbeing is a priority

✔ A chance to shape SEND provision with your expertise and passion

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.

Assistant Head teacher– Portway Primary School

Salary: L8-12

Contract Type: Part-time: 3 or 4 days per week, permanent

Contract Term: Term time only

Closing date: 30th January 2026

Interviews: W/C: 9th February 2026

At Portway, we believe every child deserves an education that is joyful, ambitious, and deeply personalised. We are seeking an exceptional Assistant Headteacher to lead the strategic development of SEND provision across the school.

This is your opportunity to lead a provision where children thrive, families feel supported, and staff are energised by expert guidance, high expectations, and care.

Why This Role Is Special

• Lead the strategic SEND provision and statutory responsibilities across the school

• Oversee EHCP applications and reviews, safeguarding, and medical provision

• Line-manage SEND staff and support their professional developmentWork closely with external agencies to ensure the highest quality provision

• Influence long-term outcomes for children with EHCPs

This is a role for someone who wants to make a difference that truly matters—with passion, care, and a relentless belief in what our children can achieve.

Start date: To be agreed Location: Portway Primary School

Applicants must be currently residing in the UK and able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK.

How to Apply:

Download the application form and email your completed application to ncl.recruitment@ncltrust.net

We look forward to hearing from you!

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Portway Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 1 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 547 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 1 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Portway Primary School website
• Email address: skye.beaumont@ncltrust.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/portway-primary-school

Arranging a visit to Portway Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email skye.beaumont@ncltrust.net.

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