Assistant Headteacher
Castle EAST School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1JS15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
13 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £56,316.00 - £62,202.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Range L6 - L10
Assistant Headteacher job summary
Assistant Headteacher
Salary: Leadership Range L6 – L10
Contract: Fulltime, Permanent
Closing date: Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 12 noon
Interview Date: Monday 19 May 2025
Reporting to: Headteacher
Responsible for: Teachers, HLTAs and LSAs
A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Headteacher at Castle EAST School, a special school for pupils with Communication and Interaction needs.
We are looking for an outstanding leader, with passion and an exciting vision for inclusive education, to join our school. Castle EAST School offers specialist education for pupils with Communication and Interaction needs, between the ages of 9 – 16 years. This age range means that the school provides a curriculum covering three Key Stages.
Main purpose
The Assistant Headteacher, under the direction of the Headteacher, will take a major role in:
- Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
- Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives
- Managing staff and resources to that end
- Monitoring progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives
- The assistant headteacher will be required to teach lessons as per the direction of the Headteacher, and so will be expected to comply with the teachers’ standards and modelling best practice for others
- They may also be required to undertake any of the duties delegated from the Headteacher
The Assistant Headteacher will also be expected to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a Headteacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).
Closing date for applications is Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 12 noon.
Candidates are welcome to call and speak to the Headteacher and/or arrange to visit the school site. Please contact Ashley Elder, Headteacher’s PA on 01986 808 651 or email aelder@castleeastschool.co.uk
Please see the attached documents for a full job description, person specification, letter to applicant and recruitment pack.
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 Castle EAST School
- School type
- Free School, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 78 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Castle EAST School website
School location
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