8 days remaining to apply

  • Earliest start date

    28 October 2024

  • Latest start date

    6 January 2025

  • Closing date

    4 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    9 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher

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Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1

Working pattern

Part time: 0.6 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L1-L5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hillcrest Early Years Academy are looking to recruit an inspirational and aspirational Assistant Headteacher to lead Safeguarding and Inclusion at our welcoming and highly inclusive Infant Academy. The successful candidate will help us to continue to develop our already established SEN, safeguarding and pastoral support programmes and will liaise closely with the headteacher, promoting achievement for all our pupils. The Assistant Headteacher will be a part of the Senior Leadership Team.

We are seeking:

  • A leader with vision and experience, able to lead by example and motivate and inspire staff and children and develop their own and others' leadership skills;
  • A practitioner who can demonstrate that they have had an impact in raising standards through high expectations;
  • An outstanding and inspirational teacher who has a proven track record of high standards in their own teaching and providing high quality learning experiences for all children, especially for children with additional needs;
  • An up-to-date practitioner with relevant experience of the primary phase and curriculum and a creative approach to learning;
  • A well-organised professional with excellent inter-personal and communication skills;
  • Someone who is determined, resilient and would work well with our established team;
  • Someone who has, or is interested in working towards the SENCO qualification.
  • Someone who has experience of forming established relationships with pupils, staff, families and external partners in a safeguarding capacity.

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you:

  • An ambitious, successful welcoming and vibrant place to work with great staff and children who deserve the very best;
  • A place to work whereby Wellbeing is a key priority
  • A supportive and nurturing environment
  • An excellent Employee Assistance Scheme
  • Continuing opportunities for CPD

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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About The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 7
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
237 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 7
Phone number
01427 613483

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