Assistant Headteacher for January 2027 or Earlier
Hornsey School for Girls, London, N8 9JF12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2027
Closing date
12 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
30 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.50 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Pay Scale L10 to L14 dependent on experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
The role:
All staff will be responsible to their Heads of Department, the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team of the school for ensuring the general good order and discipline of the school, and in the implementation of all policies. All staff are expected to have a clear understanding of the vision, aims, and ethos of the school, and an awareness of its role in the community. It is essential that the academic and pastoral frameworks of the school are seen as inter-related.
All teacher’s job descriptions define the responsibilities of the postholder as being:
• Under the reasonable direction of the Headteacher to carry out the professional duties of a school teacher as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay & Conditions Document (STPCD)
• To meet the National Professional Teacher Standards and working towards or meeting the National Headteacher standards
• To fulfil expectations of teachers with TLRs as outlined in The Education (STPC, No.2) Order 2005
• To comply with Health and Safety at Work Legislation
In addition to the above, a person appointed as a deputy or assistant headteacher in a school, in addition to carrying out the professional duties of a teacher other than a headteacher including those duties particularly assigned by the headteacher, must play a major role under the overall direction of the headteacher in (STPCD):
• Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
• Establishing the policies through which they are to be achieved
• Managing the staff and resources to that end
• Monitoring progress towards their achievement
• And undertake any professional duties of the Headteacher reasonably delegated by the Headteacher
What the school offers its staff
Work Benefits
Our school is committed to ensuring all employees have support and guidance to ensure their mental wellbeing and work life balance is healthy.
Additionally the school offers:
• Enhanced PPA allocation in excess of STPCD
• Meeting schedules and timeframes shared at the start of the year to enable planning
• Directed time used to support CPE as well as operational management
• Welcomes flexible working applications and agree all those that meet the business needs of the school
• Centralised detention systems to reduce demands on middle leaders/teachers
• Staff consulation group to share ideas and hear staff views
Hornsey School for Girls is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workforce and will make any reasonable adjustments required to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled applicants, or to support the continued employment of any staff member who develops a disabling condition.
Further information about the job
School Values
Hornsey School for Girls expects excellence from all members of its community. We provide a dynamic and challenging learning environment that enables students to realise their ambitions, achieve exam results consistently above the national average, and become confident, articulate, and intellectually curious individuals. We are committed to preparing students to engage thoughtfully and responsibly with the world around them.
Creativity and innovation in teaching and learning are both supported and expected. The successful applicant will be required to carry out their responsibilities in accordance with these values and the school’s broader educational philosophy.
Ethos
Our key priority is to ensure high achievement for every girl at Hornsey. Through high standards of teaching, our broad and balanced academic curriculum and our extensive opportunities we inspire every young woman to raise her expectations and to be ambitious to fulfil her potential. We foster a love of learning for all of our students and encourage creativity and innovation across the curriculum.
As an international school, Hornsey students are encouraged to participate in national and international issues with integrity and confidence. We believe that every student has an opportunity to have an impact in influencing the world around us and we nurture leadership qualities in all of our students.
Our safe and welcoming school ethos is conducive to effective learning enabling every student to thrive in a calm and purposeful atmosphere. We foster healthy relationships, resilience and collaboration between students in order to prepare them for their world of tomorrow as well as today.
Values
1. Have respect for all. Treat everyone and everything around you with the highest respect.
2. Show kindness to everyone. Celebrate everyone for who they are including their race, culture, ability, sexuality and individuality.
3. Give 100%. Work hard in lessons and at home; give everything you do your absolute best at all times.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. DBS check required
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hornsey School for Girls
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 560 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- personnel@hornseyschool.com
- Phone number
- 020 8348 6191
Hornsey School for Girls is consistently recognised as a high Performing School by National Standards
Pupils enjoy school and are safe. They spoke of the sense of family they get from being in a small school. Relationships between staff and pupils are positive. They reflect respect and kindness, both of which are at the core of this community school’s ethos. Ofsted 2022
Hornsey School for Girls lives and breathes its motto – ‘The better prepared the stronger’. We recognise
that our students have limitless potential and our school will create, through its experiences and teaching,
the next generation of leaders, innovators and social change. We know that in extremely competitive
environments in the workplace as well as academically, preparation to succeed is critical. Academia is
important to us – but not at the cost of the emotional wellbeing of our school community. For students
this means we support their wellbeing every step of the way. We also value our staff team. We want all of
our team to have a healthy work/life balance and have a confidential employee assistance programme in
place.
Arranging a visit to Hornsey School for Girls
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@hornseyschool.com.
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