Assistant Headteacher - Early Years/KS1

Barclay Primary School, London, E10 6EJ

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  31 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £65,642.00 - £72,009.00 Annually (FTE)

Assistant Headteacher - Early Years/KS1 job summary

“Pupils learn to be resilient and independent learners”

OFSTED Inspection - February 2026

• Exceptional: Achievement, Early Years, Leadership and Governance
• Strong Standard: Attendance and Behaviour, Curriculum and Teaching, Inclusion, Personal Development and Wellbeing
• Safeguarding Standards Met

Are you passionate about changing the life chances of young people?

Are you passionate about changing the life chances of young people?

At Barclay Primary School we live, work, and learn through our five values:

ASPIRATION - Aspiring to be the best that we can be.
KINDNESS - Being kind to everybody - our peers, staff, and the community.
RESPECT - We listen to one another, we take feedback and we improve.
HONESTY - We always tell the truth.
RESPONSIBILITY - We take responsibility for our actions.

We are a popular and fully inclusive primary school serving the community in East London. As a co-educational, six-form entry primary school, Barclay is one of the largest and highest-performing primary schools in the country. Since 2008, the school has risen from the bottom 5% of schools nationally to sustain a place in the top 3% nationally.

As a school, we benefit from being part of the Lion Academy Trust, deploying proven systems and pedagogies to inform how we operate. From a highly resilient IT infrastructure to a fully resourced and carefully sequenced curriculum, we proudly function as part of the family of Trust schools and celebrate the opportunities that being part of a high-performing trust affords us.

Support for new colleagues at Barclay is exceptional. We incorporate our trust induction programme alongside bespoke career professional development. Programmes range from Early Career Teacher development to Middle and Senior Leader qualifications. Our partnership with the Institute of Education enhances this CPD offer, with many professional qualifications open to our team.

Our offer for every teacher:

Bespoke CPD and professional development opportunities;
An enhanced PPA offer, including additional “pre-PPA” to support you;
A large leadership team to offer you the support and guidance that you need;
Cutting-edge technology provided by partners Google and Apple;
A staff perks membership, providing loyalty rewards and discounts from retailers.

New for 2026-27:
All teachers receive a Chromebook that converts to a tablet to support planning.
Every teacher is given dedicated teacher development time in addition to PPA to support their personal growth.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Barclay Primary School

• School type: Academies, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 1265 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Barclay Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/barclay-primary-school

We are looking for motivated, passionate and hardworking PE Coach/Teacher to join us at Barclay Primary School. The ideal candidate will be willing to give their best for the children and keen to be developed further in their teaching of PE.
We are a warm, friendly school and team, with wonderful children and supportive parents. Children are motivated to learn, are exceptionally well behaved and deserve the best that we can give them. Teachers are all supported on their ongoing CPD through quality support from the Lion Academy Trust team.

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