Assistant Head Teacher
St. Mary Cray Primary Academy, Orpington, Kent, BR5 4AR21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January / Easter 2027
Closing date
5 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £56,151.00 - £62,981.00 Annually (Actual) L1 - L6
Assistant Head Teacher job summary
Vacancy: Assistant Head Teacher
Contract: Permanent
Grade: L1 - l6
Hours: Full-time
At St Mary Cray Primary we exist to inspire our community, empower children with the agency to succeed and shape aspirational futures. We achieve this by providing an exceptional education and positioning ourselves as the school of choice.
Responsibilities
To lead by example, providing inspiration and motivation.
To work with the Headteacher/Head of School and Trust Central team in the formulation of the School Improvement Plan, Self Evaluation Form and other key documents.
To work in partnership with the Headteacher/Head of School and the Trust Central team in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of all aspects of the school.
Actively encourage teachers to collaborate with colleagues in other Trust schools to plan, teach, review and develop the Spring Partnership Trust curriculum.
To have a full understanding of school assessment methods and data analysis to ensure that they are used effectively by teaching staff to enable every child to achieve their personal best.
Share the lead in developing learning and teaching styles throughout the school, supporting teachers with planning and delivery of lessons, and working with the Headteacher/Head of School and other key members of staff in monitoring and evaluating their success.
To mentor, coach and develop middle leaders, resulting in quality first teaching rated as ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’.
To take responsibility with the Headteacher/Head of School in securing and maintaining high standards of behaviour in the school.
To take responsibility with the Headteacher/Head of School for the safeguarding of children. To be part of the safeguarding team.
To collaborate with other schools to share expertise and resources for the benefit of the school.
Plan and lead staff CPD as appropriate.
To build upon the very good home-school partnership working with parents and other stakeholders to secure the very best education for the children.
To have responsibility for mentoring ECTs, new teachers and students in school.
To take regular school assemblies and lunch duties.
To undertake specific reasonable responsibilities as designated by the Headteacher/Head of School, for example, class cover, interventions.
To work with the Head of school and Trust partners in all aspects of enrichment throughout the school and to promote, enhance and extend the learning experience of all pupils.
The Spring Trust strives to offer the very best education within our power to every child we can reach. Our member schools are part of a family that shares their knowledge, expertise and resources to change children’s lives. You will be committed and passionate about raising standards and life chances for all children in an inclusive environment.
Our Trust and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. For all shortlisted candidates, references will be requested in advance of the interview, and an online search will be carried out. The successful applicant will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure and checks regarding proof of ID, medical clearance and the right to work in the UK.
We are proud of our diversity and inclusive culture in our workplace. We welcome all applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership.
You are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible as due to volumes and quality of applications received, the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. If you have not been contacted within 1 week of the closing date, unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St. Mary Cray Primary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 233 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
School location
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