Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion (Maternity Cover)

Hurst Drive Primary School, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, EN8 8DH

21 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £54,394.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale

Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion (Maternity Cover) job summary

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and ambitious teacher and leader who is an effective team player and committed to securing excellence for all pupils. As a key member of the senior leadership team, you will actively champion and uphold the school’s vision and values, contributing to continuous improvement and the best possible outcomes for every student. You would contribute to the strategic direction of the school, having the opportunity to make a considerable impact on the future lives of our pupils. If you are a passionate, strategic and collaborative leader ready to make a lasting impact, this is an outstanding opportunity for you.

This is a senior leadership role with a strong focus on inclusion, SEND, safeguarding, and whole-school improvement. The successful candidate would be expected to operate both strategically and operationally across the federation. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the school’s strategic leadership through the effective oversight of inclusion, including line management and staff development. Central to the role is driving improved outcomes for vulnerable learners. The role involves a small teaching commitment.

The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational leadership for: 

• Whole-school inclusion

• Pupil Premium

• EAL

• Induction Tutor

• Interventions linked to inclusion e.g. nurture / EAL

We can offer you:-

• A hardworking and dynamic senior leadership team

• Experienced, supportive and welcoming colleagues and Governing Body

• Children who are a pleasure to work with and support.

• Great opportunities for personal and professional development.

• An opportunity to make a real difference to our local community.

Our people are the key to our success. We aim to attract a diverse community of staff from a broad range of backgrounds, demographics and cultures, and create an inclusive environment in which everyone can succeed and flourish. We want to foster a culture in which everyone is united around our shared vision, values and common purpose, and in which individuals are active participants and stakeholders in the success of the Federation.

We reserve the right to interview before the closing date 

Please contact Cetta Guglielmo (PA to Headteacher) if you would like to arrange to visit the school. Candidates wishing to apply must read the person specification carefully and ensure they write about their experience, knowledge and skills in line with the essential and/or desirable criteria when completing the personal statement portion of their application.  

Safeguarding

• The Greenfield and Hurst Drive Federation together with the local authority are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment

• The school is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and diversity.

• The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

• The Greenfield and Hurst Drive Federation actively promotes the core British Values defined by the Department for Education as: democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs

• The Greenfield and Hurst Drive Federation is a safer recruitment school. The successful candidate will be subject to rigorous safeguarding check and will be expected to undertake safeguarding training as part of the induction process.

Employment checks required:

• Enhanced DBS check

• Evidence of entitlement to work in the UK

• Evidence of essential qualifications

• Two satisfactory references

• Confirmation of medical fitness for employment

• Registration with appropriate bodies (where applicable)

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

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.

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.

About Hurst Drive Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 390 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hurst Drive Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hurst-drive-primary-school

Hurst Drive Primary School is a two-form entry school situated in Waltham Cross in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire – easily accessed by car via the A10 junction of the M25 (Junction 25) or by train being only a ten-minute walk from Theobalds Grove or Waltham Cross railway stations. Placed in extensive grounds, including a very large field, pond and woodland area, the school serves a diverse local community with children who are kind, polite and a pleasure to teach.

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