Assistant Headteacher
Cherry Fields Primary School, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 2DF5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- £49,781 - £54,939 (FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a dynamic and visionary Assistant Headteacher and Curriculum and Pedagogy Lead to join our passionate and experienced leadership team at Cherry Fields Primary School.
Your opportunity
As Assistant Headteacher, you will help to shape the future vision of the school, promote excellence, equality and the highest expectations for our children and staff. You will have a proven track record of success in regard to teaching and learning in primary education and a genuine desire to play a pivotal role in the strategic development of the School’s education strategy and aims.
At GLF schools we are passionate about creating an inclusive culture; the SLT team are highly experienced, so you can be confident in the knowledge you will be fully supported by Senior Leaders who understand the demands of your role.
The role is varied and exciting and includes offering in-school support, coaching, facilitating professional development programmes and developing curriculum to support the school.
You will be a creative thinker, highly organised and above all, passionate about improving the quality of children’s education.
About the Banbury Cluster
Consisting of four schools, the Banbury cluster have a collaborative approach towards working, which means the schools work closely together to provide an outstanding educational experience to the local communities. The schools’ benefit from being able to share resources, knowledge and best practise to support each other and maintain high quality teaching. Joining us will allow for opportunities for career progression across the cluster and give you the chance to enhance your professional skills.
We are looking for an Assistant Headteacher who is:
- You will be a qualified teacher and have both management and extensive teaching across the primary phase.
- An inspirational leader, with the vision and confidence to motivate, challenge and support
- Someone who is passionate about children’s learning and welfare, putting them first in everything they do
- A professional highly effective in communicating with parents and other stakeholders
- A positive, open-minded professional actively supportive of the ethos, vision and values of the school
What the school offers its staff
Join the GLF Schools Community
As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our school support team.
- A Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 17,000 pupils
- Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
- 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
- We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
- Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education
Our Employment Offer
GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish
- Access to our highly competitive teaching pension scheme
- Flexible working options
- Generous holiday allowance
- Work life and family friendly policies
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Access to a staff benefits portal
- Community and collaboration working model
Please read the attached Application candidate pack for further information.
Further details about the role
The Details
Start date:1 September 2025
Contract type:Part time 0.6, Permanent
Pay Scale:GLF Leadership 1-5
Salary:£49,781 - £54,939 (FTE)
Closing date for advert:Monday 20 January 2025
Shortlisting & Interview:Ongoing
This vacancy may close early as shortlisting and interviews will be ongoing.
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
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About Cherry Fields Primary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 138 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- kmortimer1@glfschools.org
School location
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