Assistant Headteacher

Springmead Primary School, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2HB

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  22 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £53,709.00 - £56,359.00 Annually (FTE) Spiral Leadership Scale L1-3

Assistant Headteacher job summary

About the role

The Assistant Head works with the Executive Headteacher, Head of School and members of the leadership team to assist in the leadership, organisation and management of the school. This is a non-class based role with some teaching responsibilities.

Key aspects of the role include:

Raising the quality of teaching, learning and curriculum provision across the school

Supporting and developing teachers to become excellent teachers

The leadership, management and organisation of key aspects of provision

Leading performance management to raise standards of teaching and learning throughout the school

Leading at least one core subject area

A member of the school leadership team

Taking responsibility for the school in the absence of the Executive Headteacher and/or Head of School.

Visits are warmly welcomed. To arrange a telephone conversation and a visit, please contact Hannah Clarke, Head of School at head@springmead.herts.sch.uk

For more details about this exciting role, please read the full job description which is attached with this job advert.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Springmead Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 279 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Springmead Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/springmead-primary-school

Springmead Primary School is a vibrant and caring two-form entry primary school set on the outskirts of leafy Welwyn Garden City. The school has its own nursery provision as part of its Early Years Setting. It is a member of the Spiral Partnership Trust group of schools. We are committed to high academic standards, high expectations and high aspirations which drives our belief in “Believe, Achieve, Succeed”. We pay above the national rate of pay, invest heavily in training and development and offer addition benefits, such as personal days to take during term time, private health care options and nursery vouchers. We would welcome an application from interested candidates who wish to become part of Springmead and the 'Spiral’ family.

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