Assistant Headteacher
Carterton Primary School, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3AD13 days remaining to apply
Closing date
19 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £53,602.00 - £59,167.00 Annually (FTE)
Assistant Headteacher job summary
Assistant Headteacher – Join Us on Our Journey of Rapid Improvement
We are seeking an Assistant Headteacher and we will consider full-time or part-time applications, with a flexible start date.
Are you a passionate, resilient and inspiring teacher ready to take the next step in school leadership? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, ambitious environment where your work will have real impact? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
We are seeking a dynamic and adaptable Assistant Headteacher to join our senior leadership team as we continue our journey of rapid school improvement. As a school currently judged as Requires Improvement, we are making significant strides forward – and you could play a key role in our transformation.
What we’re looking for:
A strong classroom practitioner with a proven track record of securing excellent outcomes for children.
A natural teacher-leader who can model best practice, coach colleagues, and lead professional development with clarity and confidence.
A leader with strong knowledge and experience in curriculum development and structure, with the ability to design, implement and evaluate a high-quality, ambitious curriculum that meets the needs of all children.
Someone who is resilient, adaptable, and solutions-focused, with the drive to overcome challenges and make a real difference.
A leader who thrives on teamwork and is ready to contribute to a supportive, forward-thinking leadership group.
You will be joining a school with high aspirations and a clear moral purpose. We are proud to be working in partnership with Ridgeway Education Trust, an ambitious and values-led trust with a track record of sustainable school improvement.
Why join us?
A committed and collaborative staff team.
Clear, strategic leadership and a culture of professional learning.
The opportunity to shape our future and leave a lasting legacy.
Support and development through our partnership with Ridgeway Education Trust.
If you are excited by challenge, motivated by impact, and committed to ensuring every child succeeds, we encourage you to apply. We are happy to accept applications for full-time or part-time working, with a teaching commitment.
Come and be part of something transformational.
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 are not accepted.
About Carterton Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 315 pupils
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Carterton Primary School website
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