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Assistant Headteacher

Erasmus Darwin Academy, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3QW

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• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 May 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, Monday - Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £63,812 - £70,290

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a full time well-qualified and enthusiastic Assistant Headteacher to join us at Erasmus Darwin Academy, a highly successful, heavily over-subscribed school which is firmly established as one of the highest performing secondary schools in the region (and in the top 10% of schools nationally for GCSE progress and attainment). We invite applications from excellent leaders and classroom practitioners who can motivate, engage and inspire our students and work collaboratively with colleagues.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong passion for working with young people and a genuine desire to improve their life chances. They must demonstrate their understanding in the pedagogy of teaching and learning, alongside the skills required for effective classroom management. All candidates must demonstrate their commitment to ensure our students develop as young people and secure the best outcomes possible for their future.

Professional Skills

Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they meet the Teachers’ Standards (England) which are set out in detail in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. The Assistant Headteacher must be exemplary and be able to:

• Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
• Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
• Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
• Plan and teach well-structured lessons
• Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
• Make accurate and productive use of assessment
• Manage behaviour effectively
• Fulfil wider professional responsibilities

Personal Qualities

All of the following are considered essential for the post and will be assessed through interview and references:

• Continue to promote the school’s strong educational philosophy and values
• Inspire, challenge, motivate and empower teams and individuals to achieve high goals
• Inspire trust in the school community
• Communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in written English
• Demonstrate personal enthusiasm and commitment to leadership aimed at making a positive difference to children and young people
• Build and maintain quality relationships through interpersonal skills and effective communication
• Demonstrate personal and professional integrity, including modelling values and vision
• Manage and resolve conflict
• Prioritise, plan and organise themselves and others
• Think analytically and creatively and demonstrate initiative in solving problems
• Be aware of their own strengths and areas for development and listen to, and reflect constructively and act upon as appropriate, feedback from others
• Demonstrate a capacity for sustained hard work with energy and vigour

The full Job Description & Person Specification can be seen on our Vacancies page on our website.

What the school offers its staff

We offer an incredibly positive working environment, passionately believing that our human resources are our most important and valuable resources. Therefore, our staff wellbeing strategy is at the heart of our ongoing improvement work, meaning that middle and senior leaders are committed to ensuring that all staff are happy, cared for, listened to and professionally equipped to fulfil their role to the highest possible standard. Furthermore, opportunities for career progression regularly arise, with the Academy having an excellent record of training and developing our own teachers and leaders from within.

We have recently introduced Flexible Working arrangements during all PPA and non-contact periods for all Teaching Professionals, which means you can work off-site should you wish too. In addition, we also operate a friendly cover initiative. The development of our staff is core to our well-being strategy and central in ensuring that we are able to deliver our mission. We will offer you:

• High standards and high expectations whilst ensuring workload is balanced
• Professional development opportunities to develop both pedagogy and leadership
• Friendly and supportive staff body
• Highly compliant and polite students
• A work laptop
• Increased non-contact time to allow for further lesson planning and preparation
• Increased leadership time if you are applying for a leadership role
• Friendly cover arrangements
• A visible and supportive Senior Leadership Team
• A collective team of staff working under our mission to improve the Academy further

Flexible working opportunities

We have recently introduced Flexible Working arrangements during all PPA and non-contact periods for all Teaching Professionals, which means you can work off-site should you wish too.

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.

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Additional documents

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

AHT Advert April 2025.docx - 952 KB (opens in new tab)

AHT Pastoral JD & PS 2025.docx - 111 KB (opens in new tab)

About Erasmus Darwin Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1130 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Erasmus Darwin Academy website
• Email address: j.skelding@eda.staffs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01543 685828
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/erasmus-darwin-academy

Erasmus Darwin Academy is a highly successful co-educational school for girls and boys aged 11-18 years. We are the school of first choice for parents of children from 26 different primary schools. The Academy serves a wide local community, attracting students from the Burntwood area and well beyond.

Arranging a visit to Erasmus Darwin Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.skelding@eda.staffs.sch.uk.

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