Assistant Headteacher

Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre, London, E12 5PB

Deadline is today

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday - Friday 32.5 hours a week
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year
• Pay scale: L1-3

What skills and experience we're looking for

WE ARE EXPANDING!

We are looking for a new Assistant Headteacher to join our outstanding team. The Assistant Headteacher will lead on SEND, Early Help and Parent Partnership.

Our vision: a happy, healthy, enquiring and active childhood for every child.

Our mission: to work in partnership with every family. Together, we can help every child to have the best start in life.

If you share our passion for early years education, and our commitment to ensuring all children have a happy, healthy, successful time at school, then we would love to hear from you.

The children who attend our nursery school and children’s centre are engaging, creative and full of fun. Our committed and talented staff ensure all children learn, progress and thrive, and that they are ready for primary school. Our friendly children’s centre team supports young children’s healthy and happy development, offering extra help when families need it.

We lead the East London Research School, a thriving hub of evidence-based practice. We have also recently been designated a Stronger Practice Hub, providing the opportunity for further dissemination of the school’s excellent work to other settings.

Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre serves a diverse community in Newham, east London. We work in close partnership with parents, families, the local authority and other organisations in the surrounding area. A commitment to serving this community, and a passion for overcoming disadvantage and barriers to achievement, is essential for any applicant for this role.

We are looking for an assistant headteacher who will play a major role under the direction of the headteacher and deputy headteacher and will:

• Develop the strategic overview of provision for pupils with SEN or a disability across the school, monitoring and reviewing the quality of provision,
• Be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the SEN policy and co-ordination of specific provision to support individual pupils with SEN or a disability,
• Provide professional guidance to colleagues, working closely with staff, parents and other agencies
• Lead a dedicated and highly skilled team, providing support and guidance,
• Monitor children’s progress and be part of the extended senior leadership team.

What the school offers its staff

What we can offer you:

• Inner London Salary Range L1-L3 (Negotiable upon experience)
• Highly skilled staff team, dedicated to providing the best for families and their children
• Well-resourced environments, including an extensive, landscaped outdoor space
• Evidence-informed professional development that will support understanding and use of highly effective strategies, enabling the candidate to work at the cutting edge of early years pedagogy and practice
• The opportunity to work with both our Research School and the Stronger Practice Hub helping to disseminate our evidence-informed practice to the early years sector.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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.

SNS_JD_for_AHT___SEND_Sept_25.pdf - 334 KB (opens in new tab)

About Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 5
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 187 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 5
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre website
• Email address: lindsey.foster@sheringham-nur.newham.sch.uk
• Phone number: 02085532479
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sheringham-nursery-school-children-s-centre

Arranging a visit to Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lindsey.foster@sheringham-nur.newham.sch.uk.

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