Assistant Headteacher: Communication, Community, Character and Culture
Budehaven Community School, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 8DQ6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time post
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L13 - L17 ((£66,919 to £78819 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Person specification
Proven leadership experience with the ability to inspire and motivate staff and students.
Strong commitment to the professional development of self and others, with evidence of CPD relating to whole school leadership.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building positive relationships across the school community.
A reflective practitioner with high standards of ethics, behaviour, and professional conduct.
Enthusiastic and resilient, with a positive outlook and a commitment to the school's ethos and values.
A track record of exceptional outcomes at GCSE, and if relevant, post-16 study.
A desire to ensure that all pupils succeed, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds
What the school offers its staff
WE VALUE YOU AND CAN OFFER...
■ Students who are welcoming, well behaved and curious young people
■ The support of an experienced governing body and a dedicated team of staff and leaders
■ A school that is at the heart of its community and is well respected
■ CPD tailored to support you as you develop within your role
■ A school that has innovative education and health care links
■ A successful sixth form with students who go onto top universities
■ Free use of the on-site Gym which was refurbished Autumn 2021
■ Number of after school staff activities such as 5 aside football and a Staff Wellbeing Club
■ Free membership of the Smart Clinic, benefits include:
○ 24 hour helpline
○ ØAccess to a virtual GP 24/7
○ ØSupport and advice on
○ ØManaging a condition
○ Better healthØ
○ ØCognitive behavioural therapy
○ ØCounselling
○ ØAnxiety Management
○ ØPhysiotherapy
○ ØStress Management
○ ØAssertiveness and self-confidence training
○ ØTime management
■ Free onsite parking
■ Lifestyle Savings – Access a huge range of savings across the UK’s major retailers
■ Home and Electronics – Spread the cost of thousands of technology and home appliances shipped by Currys and John Lewis & Partners
■ Cycle to Work – Save up to 43%* on the latest bikes and accessories for your commute to work (savings are realised through a salary sacrifice arrangement. Excluding disposal fee. Figures are a guide only and dependent on personal situation).
■ On site Gym Membership
■ Eye Test Vouchers for eligible staff
■ Physiotherapy – Access to online advice and exercise programmes
■ Counselling & Wellbeing Support - Access to a Wellbeing Resource Library
■ GP Phone & Video Consultation – Accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Further details about the role
The Role:
Responsible to the Headteacher, we are seeking an exceptional Assistant Headteacher to lead and develop our school's Culture, Character, Community, and Communication initiatives. This pivotal role within the Senior Leadership Team requires a dynamic and visionary leader committed to fostering an inclusive and positive school environment. You will be an experienced teacher and leader, with a proven track record of outstanding impact at leadership level in a secondary school setting. You will also be a highly skilled teacher, who can demonstrate sustained impact on pupil outcomes at Key Stages 3 and 4, and potentially Key Stage 5 in your specialist subject.
We are a successful school community, but we can always do more. The key to our future success is the way we develop our culture and ethos, the personal development of our young people and staff, and wider community members, and the way that we all communicate in a clear, open and transparent way.
Following a very successful Ofsted report in May 2024, we are working hard to ensure we strive to be outstanding in everything we do. We have high standards and high expectations of everyone who works within our school community. We are seeking to appoint someone who shares these exceptionally high standards, and will be relentless in upholding them, with the aim of ensuring every child is known and noticed, and can thrive through a highly supportive and impactful personal development offer that reaches every child, regardless of their starting point.
Being a coastal and rural school doesn’t come without its challenges; access to external services is a challenge for us, and we are very creative at finding solutions to the issues we face. A key to this is how we work with external providers, and how we maintain an outward-facing perspective. This is really important to us, and we are looking for someone who is creative, precise, positive and supportive to enable us to be even more successful in the future.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement:
Budehaven Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to clare.brown@budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Budehaven Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1139 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Budehaven Community School website
- Email address
- clare.brown@budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01288 353271
About Budehaven Community School:
Budehaven Community School is a vibrant 11-18 comprehensive. With 1,140 young people, including a thriving Sixth Form of 135 students, our school is deeply rooted in the community. Our ethos is built upon Care, Enjoyment, and Opportunities, fostering Responsibility, Confidence, and Success among our students. In our recent Ofsted inspection (May 2024), we were praised as a "true community school" where "pupils are happy and get on well with one another," and staff are "aspirational for what pupils have the potential to achieve."
Arranging a visit to Budehaven Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email clare.brown@budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk.
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