Assistant Head teacher– Portway Primary School 

Portway Primary School, London, E13 0JW

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  4 March 2026 at 4pm

• Date listed

  16 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £71,327.00 - £77,691.00 Annually (FTE) Salary: L8-12

Assistant Head teacher– Portway Primary School  job summary

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: 16:00pm 4th March 2026

Interviews: W/C: 9th March 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 development
  Work 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.

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

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.

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.

Visits are strongly encouraged. Come and see our provision, and meet our wonderful children and staff. To arrange a visit, please email: info@portway.ncltrust.net

Portway and Newham Community Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for children.

Portway and Newham Community Learning has a strong commitment to achieving equality of opportunity in both its services to the community and in its employment of people, and expects all staff to understand and to promote its policies in their work.

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 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
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/portway-primary-school

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