Assistant Headteacher (Learning & Teaching)
Roundwood Park School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3AE22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September or January
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 7am
Date listed
14 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
- L12-16
Assistant Headteacher (Learning & Teaching) job summary
Assistant Headteacher – Learning & Teaching
Leadership Scale Pt 12-16
Full-time
Start date: September or January
Due to the promotion of the current postholder to deputy headship, we are seeking an exceptional leader who will take on specific responsibility for strategic leadership of learning and teaching. They will be accountable for developing and implementing innovative and high-quality strategies to deliver continuous improvement in learning and teaching practice and outcomes, including through the design, engagement and delivery of programmes of staff continuous professional development. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the AHT(L&T) will also join in the leadership and management of all SLT shared responsibilities.
Our OFSTED grading has recently been confirmed as Outstanding (November 2023) and the inspection team have written that:
‘Staff say that they are very well supported. Staff feel valued. They have high praise for how leaders look after the staff’s well-being and their workload.’
‘A school of exceptional quality.’
‘Pupils meet leaders’ exceptionally high expectations for their work, personal development and behaviour.’
‘A highly ambitious curriculum is in place for all pupils. A broad and rich curriculum prepares pupils exceptionally well.’
You can find out more about us from our website or from our various very lively social media pages.
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You are very welcome to visit before you decide whether you may wish to apply. If you would like to visit please phone or email Janet Wallis, PA to the Headteacher, on 01582 714004 j.wallis@roundwoodpark.co.uk
At Roundwood Park School, we continue to strive to build a diverse and inclusive workplace ensuring that our student body is represented in the staff and where everyone feels valued. Through our work in the last year with the Great Representation programme and the completion of the Anti-racist School Audit with HfL Education, we are actively committed to ensuring equity and inclusion is a continued priority throughout all things we do. It forms a major element of our school improvement plan in order that the work we do makes a sustained difference for all. We therefore strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds, particularly those from underrepresented groups, and are committed to create an environment where everyone feels seen, heard and feels that they belong - a place where everyone can flourish.
We will need to obtain references in advance of interview for any candidate short-listed, and all job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare. We also have a sincere commitment to equal opportunity and to the celebration of diversity, including in our staff recruitment. We welcome applications from all sections of our community very warmly, and we recognise the huge strength and opportunity that comes from diversity in all aspects of our make-up. We will need to obtain references in advance of interview for any candidate short- listed, and all job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
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.
About Roundwood Park School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1370 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Roundwood Park School website
Roundwood Park is a high achieving 11-18 school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Our OFSTED grading has recently been confirmed as Outstanding (November 2023) and the inspection team have written that:
‘Staff say that they are very well supported. Staff feel valued. They have high praise for how leaders look after the staff’s well-being and their workload.’
‘A school of exceptional quality.’
‘Pupils meet leaders’ exceptionally high expectations for their work, personal development and behaviour.’
‘A highly ambitious curriculum is in place for all pupils. A broad and rich curriculum prepares pupils exceptionally well.’
You can find out more about us from our website or from our various very lively social media pages.
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