Assistant Headteacher Behaviour
The Charter School East Dulwich, London, SE22 8RB2 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 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
- Leadership Payscale Spine 12 - 16 (£74,702 - £81,577)
What skills and experience we're looking for
▪ Experience of working with staff and students to improve behaviour and deliver praise and reward systems.
▪ Strong knowledge of Positive Discipline policies, Behaviour Frameworks and how to impact change.
▪ Knowledge and experience of pastoral programmes and the importance of student voice and engagement.
▪ Experience of implementing change to a detailed, high standard, ensuring consistency and holding a range of staff to account for underperformance.
▪ Knowledge and understanding of student attendance processes.
▪ The ability to work positively with families and students in challenge circumstances around school behaviour and engagement.
▪ Strong understanding of data use to inform projects and impact monitoring.
▪ Experience and knowledge of engaging families in school life.
▪ A track record of excellent teaching and outcomes for students at GCSE and A-level.
▪ Experience of line management and effectively holding staff to account.
▪ Experience of leading a team effectively over a period of time to implement positive change.
▪ The ability to develop positive relationships with all young people.
▪ The ability to skilfully manage and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders.
▪ The ability to manage several projects at once, prioritising to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
▪ Strong IT, systems, administrative and organisational skills.
▪ Excellent written and oral communication skills.
▪ Good knowledge of Safeguarding legislation and experience managing this within a pastoral role.
What the school offers its staff
In return, you will get:
- The chance to work in a highly successful and positive Senior Leadership Team which achieves excellent results.
- The opportunity to work with colleagues from across a diverse and growing Trust.
- A professionally stimulating and collaborative working environment in a school that prioritises staff well-being, support and professional development.
Further details about the role
We are seeking to appoint a driven, motivation and skilled Assistant Headteacher to join our welcoming, successful and growing school, starting in September 2025. The Assistant Headteacher Behaviour has strategic leadership and implementation oversight of Beahviour and Student Culture across Key stages 3 to 5. This is an exciting opportunity to drive, lead, and quality assure the impact of staff work on Pastoral Programmes and Behaviour as part of a dynamic and passionate senior leadership team.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Charter Schools Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be sought and the successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@tcset.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Charter School East Dulwich
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1247 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Charter School East Dulwich website
- Email address
- recruitment@tcset.org.uk
The Charter School East Dulwich serves a diverse community in South East London. Our students are from a truly comprehensive range of socio-economic, racial, religious and gender backgrounds. We strive to be a community where difference is respected, valued and demonstrated in daily life through our core values of Curiosity, Creativity, Care and Courage. As an inclusive and diverse community, we value and actively encourage applications from staff from sectors of society that are currently under-represented in the education sector.
As part of The Charter Schools Educational Trust, we are founded on the conviction that all children deserve the opportunity to succeed, whatever their start in life or personal circumstances. We are a school at the heart of our community: a place where children walk to school together and where friendships, between students and between parents, grow stronger as a result of daily contact in and outside of the classroom. We teach our students to be curious, creative, confident, courageous and caring. They will leave us fully able to participate in our democratic society and prepared to meet the challenges and to harvest the opportunities of life in the 21st century.
The Charter School East Dulwich is a special place to work. We are committed to finding teachers with the energy, enthusiasm and expertise to inspire our students and enliven our community. As Head of PE you would work with an award-winning team in one of the most successful schools in Southwark. We offer a dynamic professional learning environment where teachers are given ongoing opportunities to develop their practice. We commit to our colleagues’ well-being as the only sustainable foundation for success.
As a new and growing school, we also offer excellent prospects for career growth.
Arranging a visit to The Charter School East Dulwich
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tcset.org.uk.
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