9 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    19 May 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    9 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L11-L16

What skills and experience we're looking for

Due to our continued growth, we are now seeking to appoint an exceptional Assistant Headteacher to join our school and to work within our dedicated and enthusiastic team.

Wixams is one of the most rapidly growing developments in the southern region, straddling the boundary of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough, and is characterised by beautiful open countryside, lakes, and an aspirational and vibrant close-knit community. Sitting just south of Bedford it has grown rapidly over the last 10 years.

At full capacity by 2030, Wixams Academy will be a Year 7-13 secondary school and sixth form, for 1750 students. We currently have pupils from Year 7-13 and we are adding forms of entry each year to meet local demand. The Academy building provides the community with excellent state-of-the-art facilities throughout with significant extensions and additional sports facilities opening in September 2024.

What the school offers its staff

We work closely with local primary schools including Lakeview, Wilstead and Wixams Tree Primary. Our collective aim is to create an outstanding educational offer for local families.

We are currently in the process of a voluntary merger with Knowledge Schools Trust and Wixams Academy and Wixams Tree Primary will join this larger Multi-Academy Trust in the Spring to create a hub in the region. This will not only create better career opportunities for our staff but will also enable us to work with other schools to share best-practice and innovation.

interviews to be held 21st / 22nd May 2025

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment and safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS clearance check, Prohibition from Teaching Checks and a Section 128 Direction Check (if applicable). KST is committed to the safeguarding of the children and young people in our care and actively promotes their welfare. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. KST is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from minority groups.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Wixams Academy

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
926 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
c.bangar@ks-t.org
Phone number
020 8600 0675

Arranging a visit to Wixams Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.bangar@ks-t.org.

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