Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour & Attitudes
Denbigh School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 6EX35 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
9 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
2 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £71,330.00 - £78,702.00 Annually (FTE) L14 to L18
Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour & Attitudes job summary
Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour and Attitudes
Salary: Leadership Scale (L14-18)
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Start Date: September 2026
Denbigh School is seeking an ambitious, resilient and values-driven Assistant Headteacher to join the senior leadership team of our large and diverse secondary school. This is a key strategic role with a whole-school focus on behaviour, attitudes and culture, ensuring that every pupil is supported to thrive in a calm, safe and purposeful learning environment.
This role is suitable for somebody with previous senior leadership experience or for an exceptional middle leader with substantial whole-school responsibility who is ready to take the next step into senior leadership.
We encourage prospective applicants to read the attached recruitment pack for full details about the role, our school and what to include in your application. Applications close on Monday 9th March at 9.00am.
The Role
The successful candidate will:
- Provide strategic leadership for behaviour, attitudes, and pupil conduct across the school
- Embed high expectations and consistency in behaviour management systems and routines
- Lead on attendance, punctuality, exclusions and reintegration strategies
- Work closely with pastoral leaders, SEND, the mental health team, safeguarding and external agencies to support vulnerable pupils
- Use data intelligently to evaluate impact and drive continuous improvement
- Model outstanding professional conduct and inspire staff and pupils alike
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who:
- Is an experienced and effective leader with a proven track record of leading with impact
- Has excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships with pupils, staff and families
- Is calm, decisive and resilient, with the ability to lead in challenging situations
- Has high expectations of all pupils and a strong commitment to inclusion and equity
- Is ready to contribute strategically as part of a collaborative senior leadership team
What We Offer
- A supportive and experienced leadership team
- The opportunity to make a significant whole-school impact
- High-quality professional development and leadership progression
- A school community committed to staff wellbeing and pupil success
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 Denbigh School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1784 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Denbigh School website
Are you an inspirational, enthusiastic and committed teacher who is looking for the next exciting step in your career?
The Denbigh Alliance is a growing and successful MAT and you will teach across the age, key stage and ability ranges. You must have a passion for teaching and have strong subject knowledge.
Denbigh can offer you:
• The opportunity to be part of a welcoming, dynamic and dedicated community.
• Staff development and well-being is important to us and we offer excellent staff benefits, including pension schemes, an Employee Assistance Programme, social events, staff breakfast, annual flu jabs and discounted gym membership.
• The opportunity to join a growing and successful MAT which has recently been awarded a new school on the western expansion area in Milton Keynes.
• The knowledge that you are making a difference to students lives.
• Opportunities for exciting career development, including a subsidised MA Programme
A bit about us:
The Denbigh Alliance has a track record of delivering academic success in subjects which offers students a real currency to progress into higher education or employment. We consistently outperform the Milton Keynes and national averages in terms of the results our students achieve. This academic success is built on the supportive, well-disciplined and dynamic learning environment we provide, which enables our students to focus on their studies. We believe that for a School to succeed there needs to be a genuine spirit of partnership between students, the School and parents.
We are a Teaching School, Maths Hub, Computing Hub and SCITT and amongst the best in the country in terms of raising standards, both within our Trust and in the schools that we support.
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