Assistant Headteacher

Elsley Primary School, Wembley, HA9 6HT

49 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Full time Full-time or opportunities for flexible or part-time working. In order to attract and retain excellent staff, we welcome applications from staff looking for flexible or part-time arrangements, or those returning from a career break. Part time Full-time or opportunities for flexible or part-time working. In order to attract and retain excellent staff, we welcome applications from staff looking for flexible or part-time arrangements, or those returning from a career break.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Inner London L6 – L10 (currently £65,731 - £71,614)
• Pay scale: Inner London L6 – L10

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will:

• be passionate about overcoming barriers and relish the challenge to improve children's lives
• be an inspiring teacher and leader who empowers and develops children and staff
• be an empathetic and excellent communicator
• be strategic and analytical but also practical and able to take swift action when required

• be intelligent and confident with your ideas but show humility and flexibility to work well with others
• be courageous at your core but fun and able to excite and engage children and adults

What the school offers its staff

We are a school with:

• A motivated and highly-competent staff team, always striving to improve, and committed to our ethos and values
• A supportive and welcoming atmosphere, at all levels
• Children who are happy and eager to learn
• A creative and holistic approach to education, focused on achieving the best for each individual child
• A commitment and track record of developing staff, including supporting leaders into Headship

Further details about the role

We are excited to be recruiting an Assistant Headteacher for September 2025 following the promotion of a current school leader.

Working with the Headteacher and two Deputy Headteachers, the leadership structure has a total of four assistant headteachers. Our ideal candidate will have successful experience leading English and/ or leading Upper Key Stage 2.

Leaders contribute to formulating the school priorities and action plans, creating and reviewing policies, and managing and developing staff. Leaders play a key role in monitoring standards and progress towards the school's aims, capturing impact and identifying next steps for further improvements.

The main responsibilities of members of the Leadership Team can vary each year. These are based on individuals' prior experience and expertise, the needs of the school, and to provide further development opportunities for leaders.

Members of the leadership team can expect to have a significant whole-school responsibility such as leading a year group or phase, and/ or leading a subject area across the school. Additionally, all of our leaders are trained as deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads, coach or mentor other staff, and undertake Professional Development Reviews (appraisals) for assigned staff. Leaders also have involvement in overseeing cover arrangements for absent staff and supporting the efficient and effective running of the school.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safe recruitment is central to safeguarding children and young people.
Elsley Primary School places the utmost importance on safeguarding and applies these principles to our recruitment processes of volunteers as well as staff.
We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Work history and references will be checked during shortlisting and interview.
Prior to appointment, the successful applicant will be required to successfully pass vetting checks including Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@elsley.brent.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

AHT application pack 2025.pdf - 1.45 MB (opens in new tab)

About Elsley Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 814 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Elsley Primary School website
• Email address: vacancies@elsley.brent.sch.uk
• Phone number: 02089028003
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elsley-primary-school

Our school continues to benefit from increases in pupil numbers and we are excited to be able to continue providing additional opportunities to join our Elsley team.

Our school is an exciting place to work and to learn. Staff are empowered and improve their practice through a coaching culture and there is no data-led performance management. As a reflective school we are committed to continuous improvement whilst aiming to balance the needs and wellbeing of our staff.

See further details in the application pack.

Arranging a visit to Elsley Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@elsley.brent.sch.uk.

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