Assistant Headteacher

Birkbeck Primary School, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 4ED

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Leadership L6 - L10 (Outer London)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Birkbeck Primary School is seeking an ambitious, inspirational and highly skilled Assistant Head Teacher to join our committed team and play a pivotal role in shaping the next chapter of our school’s journey due to the successful promotion of the previous postholder to Deputy Head Teacher. We are at an exciting point of growth: having already established our core values of equality, integrity, respect and resilience, we are now evaluating and refining our ethos and vision to ensure they fully reflect these principles. The successful candidate will play a key role in embedding our values consistently across all aspects of school life as we move forward. This is an exciting opportunity for a committed school leader who is passionate about delivering excellence, driving improvement and ensuring that every child thrives and belongs to our school community.

We Are Looking For an Assistant Head Teacher Who Will:

• Work in strategic partnership with the Head Teacher and the leadership team to drive cohesive, strategic and aligned leadership
• Model excellence in professional conduct, communication and leadership
• Build strong relationships with pupils, staff, families and the wider community, including governors and the local authority, ensuring that every individual feels a sense of belonging within our community
• Be an excellent classroom practitioner
• Lead with warmth, integrity and resilience
• Demonstrate a deep commitment to inclusion with a strong belief that every child can achieve
• Be committed to developing the workforce through the use of instructional coaching
• Be committed to developing as a leader, with a passion for their own professional development and that of others

What We Offer

• A vibrant, welcoming school with enthusiastic children and staff
• A supportive leadership team
• A committed staff team with a passion for improving outcomes and their own practise
• A culture that values professional development and instructional coaching
• The opportunity to make a significant, lasting impact on the direction of the school

Your Impact Will Include:

• Ensuring every child in your class, year group, phase and the school makes progress as well as ensuring that they feel that they belong to our school community
• Driving high-quality teaching across all subjects and phases
• Championing every child
• Shaping curriculum design and ensuring coherence and high standards
• Managing staff and resources effectively
• Supporting school improvement priorities and long‑term strategy – having areas of responsibility where you can drive and sustain change to develop the school
• Strengthening relationships with families, governors, the LA and community partners

• As a Deputy DSL, support the DSL in embedding a strong, vigilant and inclusive safeguarding culture, ensuring systems, policies and staff practice consistently protect pupils and support early identification of need.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• A determination to create a positive work-life balance for all staff.
• A vibrant school with high standards and expectations.
• Children who are happy, responsive and eager to learn.
• Teacher’s Pension Scheme
• Performance related pay
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Effective CPD opportunities including instructional coaching
• Collaborative working with other schools within The Bexley Borough

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information. Visits to the school are welcome and highly recommended. If you are unable to visit the school an informal discussion about the role can be arranged with the Head Teacher instead. These can be arranged by emailing the School Business Manager, Kristian Saunders, hr@birkbeck.bexley.sch.uk

Birkbeck Primary School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of our children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, references, online suitability checks and other employment checks.

This post is a customer-facing position and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The school has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

Application+form+Teaching...docx - 151 KB (opens in new tab)

JD Assistant Headteacher.pdf - 520 KB (opens in new tab)

Person Specification AHT.pdf - 4.05 MB (opens in new tab)

About Birkbeck Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 625 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Birkbeck Primary School website
• Email address: ksaunders@birkbeck.bexley.sch.uk
• Phone number: 020 8300 4161
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birkbeck-primary-school

Arranging a visit to Birkbeck Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ksaunders@birkbeck.bexley.sch.uk.

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