Assistant Headteacher (0.8 FTE, Maternity Cover)
Fonthill Primary Academy, Bristol, BS10 5SW4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026 or sooner
Closing date
23 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £54,392.00 - £58,568.00 Annually (FTE) L3 - L6, Actual Salary: £43,514 - £46,854
Assistant Headteacher (0.8 FTE, Maternity Cover) job summary
Salary: £54,392 - £58,568, L3 - L6
Actual Salary: £43,514 - £46,854
Contract: Part Time 0.8 FTE / Fixed term until May 2027
Closing date: Monday 23 February 2026
Interview date: Thursday 26 February 2026
Purpose:
As our new Assistant Headteacher, you will lead high-quality teaching and learning across the school, using instructional coaching and expert classroom practice to improve outcomes for all pupils. You will provide strategic leadership to ensure strong, consistent standards in curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, while upholding a culture of vigilance as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead. You will share our commitment to the "Achievement for all" mission, modelling outstanding pedagogy and high expectations to help every child reach their full potential.
You will work closely with our friendly and dedicated staff team, bringing a reflective and solution-focused approach to our dynamic environment. Communicating with clarity and warmth, you will build trust with families, colleagues, and the wider Trust community to further our vision of developing well-rounded, future-ready learners. You will bring a deep belief that every individual is unique and that by working collaboratively, we can lay the foundations of success for all our pupils.
Please note, we are looking for the candidate to start September 2026, or sooner if the candidate is available from April 2026.
Duties (further details in the attached application pack):
- Lead high-quality teaching and learning across the school by using instructional coaching and expert classroom practice to improve pupil outcomes.
- Provide strategic leadership to ensure strong, consistent standards are met across curriculum, pedagogy, behavior and assessment.
- Serve as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), upholding a culture of vigilance and ensuring robust, timely and effective safeguarding practices.
- Maintain a teaching responsibility, modelling outstanding classroom practice and high expectations for all pupils.
- Use data and appropriate sources of information to evaluate performance, set targets and generate priorities for continuous improvement.
- Coach and mentor colleagues to develop their professional learning and improve the overall quality of teaching and learning.
- Support the Headteachers in securing high standards of achievement and ensuring the agreed strategic direction of the school is understood by all staff.
- Provide professional leadership for the effective day-to-day running of the school as directed by the Headteachers.
- Promote a school culture that prioritizes excellence, equality, ambition and inclusive practice for every child.
- Foster effective partnerships with families, other local schools and external agencies to support the wider school community.
We offer:
- Enhanced CPD, including access to professional networks across the Trust
- Paid induction and training suited to the role
- Confidential access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Free parking
- Use of the Cycle Scheme
- Paid completion of a DBS check
- Flu vaccination vouchers
- Free eye tests (where the employee is desk-based)
- Where eligible, automatic enrolment to the relevant pension scheme
- Honouring of continuous service earned in the Local Authority
Fluency Duty
This role has been identified as falling within the definition of requiring fluency in spoken English. You will be required to speak English with confidence and be able to conduct a conversation and answer questions for extended periods of time.
Safeguarding Statement
Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Fonthill Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 226 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fonthill Primary Academy website
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