Assistant Headteacher

Bristol Free School, Bristol, Bristol, BS10 6NJ

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  25 April 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  28 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £65,286.00 - £72,162.00 Annually (FTE) L12-16

Assistant Headteacher job summary

Assistant Headteacher

Bristol Free School is a successful and heavily oversubscribed secondary school with a thriving Sixth Form serving the community of North-West Bristol. We are a caring school with a highly qualified and committed staff, who recognise the importance of creative and challenging teaching alongside high professional standards. All staff and students are greatly valued and emphasis on student and staff wellbeing is central to our culture.

At BFS, we are committed to the young people in our care to encourage and inspire every child to fulfil their potential. We provide our students with the necessary skills to achieve academic and personal growth so they truly thrive, both socially and emotionally. We are excited to be advertising for an Assistant Headteacher to play a crucial role in shaping the future of our school and maintaining our core values of Community, Ambition and Opportunity.

The areas of focus for this position are flexible, due to the expertise of our existing senior leadership team. However, we particularly welcome applications from candidates with experience and skills in:

• Sixth Form Leadership with another area of whole school focus to be agreed. The BFS Sixth Form leadership team is made up of an highly experienced Deputy Head of Sixth, one full time dedicated sixth form operations coordinator and an academic tutor supporting interventions
• Developing Teaching and Learning to include the professional development programme across the school.
• Behaviour, Rewards and Attendance

Please see the attached Recruitment Pack for full details.

BFS celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

The postholder will be required to undergo criminal, teacher status, qualification, medical and reference checks as part of the recruitment process and must be willing to participate in further training as the job requires. All staff are expected to take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students at the School.ed purely on their suitability for the post.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are completely committed to safeguarding the welfare of our students. Those who work for us are expected to share this commitment, which will be fully tested as part of the selection process. Our policies, procedures and practices reflect our commitment to equality and diversity. Individuals will be selected for appointment based purely on their suitability for the post.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Bristol Free School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1277 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bristol Free School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bristol-free-school

Bristol Free School is a successful and heavily oversubscribed secondary school with a thriving Sixth Form serving the community of North West Bristol. We are a caring school with a highly qualified and committed staff, who recognise the importance of creative and challenging teaching alongside high professional standards. All staff and students are greatly valued and emphasis on student and staff wellbeing is central to our culture.

At Bristol Free School, we are committed to the young people in our care to encourage and inspire every child to fulfil their potential. We provide our students with the necessary skills to achieve academic and personal growth so they truly thrive, both socially and emotionally.

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