Assistant Headteacher (AHT)
Whitmore High School, Harrow, HA2 0AD9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer 2026
Closing date
2 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
24 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £79,157.00 - £86,764.00 Annually (Actual)
Assistant Headteacher (AHT) job summary
WHITMORE HIGH SCHOOL
ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER (AHT)
Are you an inspirational leader with a proven track record of success at middle or senior management? Are you passionate about leading in an innovative and forward-thinking school?
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Assistant Headteacher to join our Leadership Team and drive forward the vision for our school.
The successful candidate will:
- Work to ensure excellent outcomes and provision across all areas and key stages of the school
- Support in the development and communication of the school’s vision and ethos, policies, systems, organisation and processes
- Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and anti-discriminatory practice
- Provide strategic and operational leadership of key areas of the school’s activities
- Line manage linked middle leaders, overseeing the quality of provision in linked departments and year groups, ensuring regular and systematic reviews provide early identification of strengths/weaknesses and effective interventions as required
- Establish a culture of sharing good practice throughout the school and with other schools/organisations to secure excellent outcomes for all
- Develop a broad, balanced and coherent curriculum that meets the needs of all students
- Maintain high standards of behaviour and engagement and provide a safe, calm and well-ordered environment for all students and staff
- Champion and support the progress and personal development of vulnerable, disadvantaged and underachieving groups of students
- Build and maintain positive working relationships among all members of the school community
- Assist as required in ensuring the school meets all statutory safeguarding requirements and safeguarding provision reflects best practice
Why work for Whitmore High School?
- State of the art building with well-equipped classrooms, excellent resources and modern facilities
- Fantastic support from your line managers who will develop you and want to see you succeed in your career
- You’ll be working in an OFSTED rated ‘Outstanding’ school
- Exceptional and wide ranging CPD opportunities
- Staff Wellbeing group who promote a healthy work life balance and arrange activities such as weekly staff yoga, on-site massage, weekly fruit, well-being garden, book club with free Kindle loan for staff etc.
- Free annual flu jab
- Free use of the on-site gym
OFSTED graded the school in March 2025 as Outstanding in all areas and commented “Pupils achieve particularly well at this school due to the ambitious curriculum provided. Pupils are highly engaged and focused in lessons. A clear sense of care resonates through this truly inclusive school.” Our students are happy, well behaved and make excellent progress.
Full details of the post and more information on our school can also be viewed on our website (www.whitmore.harrow.sch.uk)
We reserve the right to interview early for this post should a suitable candidate apply
Whitmore High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and all staff are expected to share this commitment. A copy of our child protection policy can be found on the school website. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and pre-employment checks. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, this post is listed as an exempted employment. You therefore need to reveal all spent convictions during the recruitment and vetting process.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Whitmore High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and all staff are expected to share this commitment.
All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks. Online searches may be completed for shortlisted candidates as part of due diligence checks. It is an offence to apply for any role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all posts are listed as exempted employment. You therefore need to reveal all spent convictions during the recruitment and vetting process.
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 Whitmore High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1739 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whitmore High School website
Whitmore High School is a mixed comprehensive school with an excellent record of achievement.
Students are expected to achieve the highest standards of work and behaviour in a positive, friendly but disciplined atmosphere. Our staff are highly qualified and passionate about ensuring all students reach their full potential and we work closely with parents to achieve this aim.
At Whitmore High School we aim to provide the best possible education for all our students by:
* Promoting a broad and balanced curriculum in which students take an active part in their own learning.
* Recognising the needs of individuals, placing suitable high demands on them and stimulating them to achieve success.
* Encouraging students to aim for the highest standards of work and behaviour at all times.
* Creating an ordered and friendly community where relationships are positive and founded on courtesy, respect and shared values.
* Acknowledging the importance of links between home, school and the wider community.
* Maintaining a spirit of constructive self-criticism, regularly considering improvements to existing practice.
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