Assistant Headteacher ( Inclusion Lead)

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2AR

140 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  30 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £57,693.00 - £65,188.00 Annually (FTE)

Assistant Headteacher ( Inclusion Lead) job summary

The Assistant Headteacher will support the Headteacher in:

Communicating the school’s vision compellingly and supporting the Headteacher’s strategic leadership.

The day-to-day management of the school.

Deputising for the Headteacher in their absence.

Formulating the aims and objectives of the school.

Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives.

Managing staff and resources to that end.

Monitoring progress towards meeting the school’s aims and objectives.

The Assistant Headteacher will ordinarily have a timetabled teaching commitment of up to 30% complying with the Teachers’ Standards and modelling best practice for others. This post in non-class based.

They may also be required to undertake any of the duties delegated by the Headteacher.

The Assistant Headteacher will:

Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct.

Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community.

Serve in the best interests of the school’s pupils.

By personal behaviour, set high professional standards in line with the Nolan Principles and the school’s vision and values.

Keep up to date with research-based developments in education.

Commitment to safeguarding

St Mary’s CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our pupils. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a successful enhanced DBS clearance process.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Mary's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 682 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-church-of-england-primary-school-slough

St Mary’s school is between Slough's main high street and Upton Park. It is surrounded by thriving businesses, housing, churches as well as parks and woodlands. The school was set up by the church in the 19th century to serve the needs of its local community and it still does today.

St Mary's started off very small and today we accept on role around 660 pupils. The school centres around a busy and bustling diverse community that celebrates a range of ethnicities and culturally rich families that represent many parts of our integral world.

As a Church of England school, we value and are ambitious for all children and are committed to providing a positive, happy, safe and stimulating environment for them to enjoy and excel in their learning; grow in confidence, resilience and independence; achieve their full potential and flourish as individuals whatever their ability. To provide a safe, supportive and happy learning environment where all children can learn, grow, achieve and flourish.

We take every opportunity to work with churches and faith groups, schools, charities, businesses and organisations, resulting in exciting learning opportunities for our children and learning outside the classroom.

We also take part in many local, national and international events such as fundraising for global charities, competitions and campaigns, reflecting our school vision and core values. The Slough Foodbank, Defibrillators in Public Places (DiPPs), The Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service, NSPCC; Children in Need; Comic and Sports Relief; Macmillan Cancer Support; UNICEF UK campaigns are a few of the charities that we support.

In addition, we respond to emergency appeals when we can e.g. Cyclone Idai and the hurricane disaster Fund, supporting Alwyn Allison Primary School, Anguilla following Hurricane Irma.

We engage with our MPs, previously Fiona Mactaggart and Tan Dhesi and have visited them in The Houses of Parliament and have visited Slough Mayors’ Office. Slough Youth Parliament have several representatives who were previous pupils and who have now enjoyed prestigious political experiences in secondary schools. Black History Month is elaborated with local representative and creative partners. Sustrans worked with us to support sustainable transport and we have taken part in farm projects and county estates’ programmes for increasing access to local food, and attended Countryside Food and Music festivals.

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