Assistant Headteacher
Aston Tower Community Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 5BE13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L4-8
What skills and experience we're looking for
Assistant Headteacher:
Core subject leader and leader for a foundation subject
Leadership Scale 4- 8
- Want to lead an area at the heart of school life?
- Do you have the expertise to lead a core subject area?
- Are you looking for the opportunity to lead across the school and work strategically with the Headteacher and Deputy Teacher?
The role
We seek a highly successful teacher, ideally with recent Key Stage 2 experience, to lead a core subject along with another subject. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside our experienced Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher, and maintain our high standards as recognised at our October 2024 inspection. This identified the school’s outstanding work. Aston Tower has also been awarded the Leading Parent Partnership Award recognising our excellent work with parents.
What the school offers its staff
The school
Aston Tower is a popular two-form entry multi-cultural school that serves a community which really values and supports our work. We have friendly, responsive and enthusiastic children whose attitudes to learning were described as ‘excellent’ by Ofsted along with their outstanding behaviour. Our staff team is skilled, caring, and committed; trustees are keen to be involved and highly supportive. The school is very well-resourced. Our well-kept modern premises are set in spacious grounds which lend themselves to being further developed to promote our pupils’ learning. This term we are opening a resource base for pupils with Special Educational Needs following approval from the Department for Education (DfE).
Potential candidates are invited to discuss this opportunity and visit the school.
Commitment to safeguarding
Please note, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. In addition to the candidate’s ability to perform the duties of the post, the interview will also explore issues relating to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and, any relevant issue which may arise from the references.
Aston Tower MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@astontower.bham.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Aston Tower Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 374 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aston Tower Community Primary School website
- Email address
- vacancies@astontower.bham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 327 0339
Primary School
Arranging a visit to Aston Tower Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@astontower.bham.sch.uk.
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