Assistant Headteacher - EYFS and KS1
Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1JB24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
12 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- L2
Additional allowances
L2
Assistant Headteacher - EYFS and KS1 job summary
Are you positive, dynamic and inspirational? Do you believe in the power of early years and early reading to transform lives? Have you prevented gaps opening and widening through your own excellent early years practice?
At Okehampton Primary School we say that with respect, kindness and resilience, we flourish together.
This is true for our children, our families and our teams.
Our children are the reason we exist, work hard and show up for work with a smile every day. We are passionately committed to providing a safe, nurturing and inspiring start to children's school journeys. We serve children from two years old and have begun to develop an EYFS unit in which our children can access a balance of adult supported and child-led learning opportunities. We have fantastic indoor and outdoor spaces which are being developed to ensure that their starting points can be met and our high ambitions for their progress can be achieved. Using our new, trust-wide, progression tool, we centre all teaching and provision around assessment information. We are determined that our children are supported to achieve better than their national peers at the end of the EYFS - no matter their starting points - because we know they deserve every opportunity to remain open to them.
Our community put their trust in to deliver the care, education and love that their children deserve. We work with community organisations and are keen to foster more links and develop even more family centred work - especially as we focus on early language development and personal, social and emotional development. Innovative approaches to engaging families and building life-long trust in education are going to be welcomed in the successful candidate.
Our school team is highly committed to our children's success and the living of our school values. Our EYFS and KS1 teams deserve the best leadership and value optimism, problem-solving abilities, positivity, collaborative approaches and presence in their leaders. They are determined that their children should be supported to thrive and achieve and will welcome our successful candidate as a leader and mentor.
The Assistant Headteacher will provide strategic and operational leadership for the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage One (including early reading through the Read, Write, Ink scheme) at Okehampton Primary School. As an integral member of the senior leadership team and with the support and direction of the Headteacher, the post holder will secure high‑quality provision, teaching and outcomes for all children, laying strong foundations for lifelong learning. The role includes leading staff, curriculum, assessment and transition, while modelling excellent early years practice and promoting the school’s ethos, values and commitment to inclusion and safeguarding. This role holds a teaching responsibility of 0.6 through which exceptional early years practice can be modelled.
Please see the attached job description for full details of this role.
We are proud to belong to the Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust. Our Trust comprises of 19 schools, 3 Colleges, 15 Primaries, and one All Through SEMH Special school. Established in 2018. We are situated in beautiful Devon on the out the outskirts of the stunning Dartmoor National Park. The schools vary in size and are all unique. Our schools are a large part of their local communities, and we value those relationships with families and locals.
Our Trust was created to enable schools and staff to work closely together in providing the best education possible for our children. We achieve this through meaningful collaboration both within our schools and beyond our Trust to ensure schools are able to secure and sustain improvement.
Our work is built on our shared values and an unwavering belief that education improves the life chances for the children in our care. We aim for everyone in our organisation, staff and children, to be the best they can be and are relentless in our ambition to achieve this. We want our children to look back on their school experience with a sense of achievement and joy and we provide a wealth of additional curriculum experiences to enrich their learning.
As an established Trust, DMAT can offer a wide range of benefits for our employees:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tech Scheme
- Eyecare Vouchers
- Access to Discounts
- CPD opportunities
- Extensive Health & Wellbeing Package
- Long Service Days
- On site Parking - In some locations
- Excellent Training Package
- Employee Recognition Scheme
Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
All schools in The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS).
‘This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’
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The successful candidate will be required to come to DMAT Central Offices to complete mandatory training.
Training Details:
Location: DMAT Central Offices Okehampton, Devon
Purpose: To provide comprehensive training on company policies, procedures, and systems necessary for successful integration into the role.
Training Schedule: Daily sessions from 9am to 4pm, with breaks provided.
Benefits of Training Week:
- To gain valuable insights into our company culture and values.
- Interact with key stakeholders and team members.
- Acquire essential knowledge and skills to excel in your role.
- Establish a strong foundation for your career growth within Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 420 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
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