Assistant Headteacher
Farlingaye High School, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JX13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
28 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £68,586.00 - £75,675.00 Annually (FTE)
Assistant Headteacher job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Assistant Headteacher to join our Senior Leadership Team and help lead our fantastic school. Farlingaye is a high-achieving comprehensive school with over 1900 students. It has a well-established reputation in the county of Suffolk and in the community, situated in the picturesque town of Woodbridge, approximately 10 miles north of Ipswich. We are proud to be part of an exciting and developing local Trust, EAST.
We would like to hear from you if:
- You are an excellent communicator and able to work successfully with both internal and external stakeholders
- You have high standards and expectations of self and others, and be able to lead by example
- You are imaginative, innovative, resourceful and a decisive leader
- You can build and maintain trusting relationships with the key stakeholders including staff, parents, and students
- You share our passion for education, and can demonstrate a clear strategic vision
- You can demonstrate how you have improved the quality of education in your current setting
In return we can offer you:
- Enthusiastic and ambitious students who are keen to learn with proven high achievement and attainment
- A strong reputation locally and in the wider community
- A talented staff team that welcome new challenges and are committed to supporting colleagues and students
- A very wide range of exciting extra-curricular activities
- Opportunities to work in genuine collaboration with EAST and our partner schools
- A supportive community, and Local Governing Body
- A comprehensive induction programme
- Quality continuous professional development
- OFSTED Good, 2022
- Access to the staff Wellbeing ‘Employee Assistance Programme’ and benefits of working for Farlingaye and within EAST
Potential candidates are encouraged to visit the school, and will be warmly welcomed. Requests for visits should be made prior to the closing date of Tuesday, 28th January 2025. Please contact Linda Marsh, HR Manager on hr@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk or 01394 385720.
Full information about the job role is detailed in the attached job information book. If you would like to discuss the job role further, please do not hesitate to contact Peter Smith, Headteacher via Lauren Teeling, Headteacher's PA on lteeling@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
Closing Date: 9.00 am Tuesday, 28th January 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday, 5th & Thursday, 6th February 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
Farlingaye High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Farlingaye High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1912 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Farlingaye High School website (opens in new tab)
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