Assistant Headteacher: Early Years & Year 1 Lead

Stanbridge Lower School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 9HY

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  17 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 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: £51,773.00 Annually (FTE) L1-L3

Assistant Headteacher: Early Years & Year 1 Lead job summary

We are a small, one form entry lower school where the ‘Stanbridge Way’ underpins everything we do, ‘Be Kind, Work Hard, and Believe in Yourself’. We believe that this creates a culture of respect, compassion and the ability to achieve anything you want to. Our passionate and nurturing staff deliver a vibrant and inspiring curriculum, ensuring that pupil progress goes hand in hand with pupil wellbeing. Children thrive at Stanbridge, because they are happy and motivated to learn.

We are looking for a practitioner who is research‑informed, reflective and proactive, with the confidence and initiative to help build a thriving, nurturing and inclusive Early Years environment. This role would suit an experienced Assistant Headteacher seeking a new challenge, or an ambitious Middle Leader ready to step into their first Senior Leadership role.

The Assistant Headteacher will play a pivotal role in translating the school’s vision into consistent, high-quality practice. A key focus of the role is ensuring children in the Early Years, including our 3-4 year old provision, continue to receive the best early opportunities in a nurturing and creative environment and they continue to make progress as they transition into Year 1. You will also be a key contributor to the Senior Leadership Team and one of the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.

We are looking for a positive, adaptable and solution-focused leader with strong expertise in foundational skills and continuous provision, a commitment to inclusion, and a proven track record of improving teaching and learning. You will be joining a fantastic school with a highly supportive and committed team, access to a wide variety of CPD and working closely with wonderful children and families.

Enquiries and visits are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office on 01525 210328.

Stanbridge Lower School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical clearance proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references.

Following the acceptance of your interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines.

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.

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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 Stanbridge Lower School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 3 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 132 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stanbridge Lower School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stanbridge-lower-school

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