Assistant Head Teacher
Salisbury Primary School, Manor Park, E12 6TH17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
24 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
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L8 - L12
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will need to:
Ø Be an outstanding leader, who is passionate about developing teachers at all stages of their careers to ensure the highest quality teaching and learning
Ø Have excellent leadership, inter-personal and organisational skills with the ability to lead and inspire staff with confidence.
Ø Have a track record of improving attainment and achievement through implementing effective assessment, monitoring and tracking procedures.
Ø Have a commitment to giving all children equal access and opportunity to all areas of the curriculum.
Ø Have a commitment to working collaboratively with colleagues, parents and governors.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
Ø Creative and encouraging colleagues who actively promote the vision and aims of the school.
Ø Enthusiastic and friendly pupils with a good attitude to learning.
Ø Supportive parents.
Ø A committed and supportive governing body.
Ø Opportunities to work strategically with the newly appointed Head Teacher and the senior leadership team in taking our school towards ‘outstanding’.
Further details about the role
Want to share your passion for teaching and learning and inspire others to do well? Have a natural leadership style that creates a ‘Can Do’ attitude, then Salisbury Primary School needs you!
This role will involve leading and inspiring staff across the school as well as leading your own team of staff within Key Stage 2. This will be a teaching role.
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to become part of an exciting and highly motivated professional team.
We are proud of our school, the staff and students and would warmly welcome perspective applicants to visit us prior to application to learn more about the role and to view the school.
Closing Date – Monday 12th May 2025
Short listing – Tuesday 13th May 2025
Interviews and Tasks – Tuesday 20th May 2025
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 Salisbury Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 499 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Salisbury Primary School website
- Email address
- andrea.choppy@salisbury.newham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8478 6059
Salisbury Pirmary School is a successful 3 form entry school with over 500 pupils on roll, situated in an area of high social deprivation in the London Borough of Newham. Our community is rich in culture and diversity, enabling our pupils to develop an understanding of the different faiths and beliefs in a multi-cultural society.
The school site consits of four buildings, our main teaching area is housed in a Victorian building, full of history and character.
We are very proud of our creative curriculum, one of our aims is to embed our 'Six Ps,' enabling our pupils to exceed national expectations through high quality teaching and learning, enriched with new technologies.
Salisbury Primary School continues to be a 'Good School,' (Ofsted January 2024). The report recognised that 'we are a happy, inclusive, welcoming school, where behaviour is excellent.'
Arranging a visit to Salisbury Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email andrea.choppy@salisbury.newham.sch.uk.
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