24 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January or April 2027

  • Closing date

    20 November 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    27 October 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£73,517.00 - £80,953.00 Annually (Actual) L13 - L17

Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion/SENDCO job summary

Can you RISE to the challenge?

We are looking for a special individual to join our leadership team as we continue to grow and develop our school. Our school values articulate what we hold dear as a community.

Resilience - the inner strength to keep going and adapting to new situations and circumstances.

Integrity - leading your team holding on to your core values; professionalism throughout.

Success - ensuring all students and professionals can succeed at Sir Thomas Fremantle.

Empathy - responding to colleagues, students and families with a considered insight

Sir Thomas Fremantle is set in North Buckinghamshire for 11-16 year olds serving the local community. The school is in easy reach of Milton Keynes and Aylesbury. We benefit from great facilities - the school building was only opened in 2017.

We are driven to ensure all our students have an incredible education that inspires and prepares them for the next step in their journey. With 730 students we are able to really get to know each of them and our sense of community is a real strength of our school.

Your professional development is really important to us. We want you to have the skills and training so you can flourish in your role. We care about your wellbeing and we want to work with you to ensure we do all we can to support you.

About you:

You’ll care about students, and you will want the best for them regardless of their circumstances or backgrounds. You’ll have an excellent inclusive ethos and advocate and you’ll support the team in breaking barriers to their success. You will use your analytical and evaluative skills to review our provision for students. You will reflect on research and maintain an understanding of how we can support our students to succeed. You will work with external agencies to find solutions to enable students to rise to the challenge. You’ll be ambitious, highly organised and an outstanding teacher.

You will lead the team to support to ensure our school puts everything in place to enable all to succeed. You will be supported by an amazing SEND team along with a supportive leadership team.

We will support you via training programmes, such as NPQs, Leadership Training, Peer Reviews.

Now is an exciting time to join us - help us lead Sir Thomas Fremantle to rise to the challenge!

We’d love to show you around and visit the school. To arrange a tour and meeting with the Headteacher, please contact, Kate Duckmanton, PA to the Head Teacher on 01296 711853 or kate.duckmanton@sirthomasfremantle.org

STFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS check will be undertaken for the successful applicant.

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

STFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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About Sir Thomas Fremantle School

Organisation type
Free School, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
681 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Website
Sir Thomas Fremantle School website
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STFS is a welcoming and caring school that is oversubscribed and academically successful. Our GCSE results place us firmly as one of the top performing non-selective schools across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. Being a small school, we have a unique opportunity to get to know each of our young people and their families, to develop a genuinely personalised approach to their learning and to offer the very best in academic rigour and pastoral care.

The students at STFS benefit from highly qualified and committed staff who understand the various challenges that young people face. The smaller class sizes and relationships that are deep rooted in mutual respect mean that students at STFS are more than a statistic. They feel valued and are keen to learn. We are committed to providing an environment where learners can learn and teachers can teach.

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