Assistant Headteacher

North Star 180°, Bath, BA2 5RF

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  29 May 2025

• Closing date

  11 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  29 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: L6 £56,316 – L10 £62,202 per annum

Assistant Headteacher job summary

North Star Academy Trust is a small multi-academy trust that was set up with the ambition to improve the SEND provision in the South West and provide as many young people as possible with a bespoke, specialist education that is tailored to each individual’s needs. We are a small but growing Trust, we currently consist of 4 schools including both Primary and Secondary provisions, an Alternative Learning Provision and an Outreach Team. 

We have an exciting new opportunity at North Star 180°, we are looking for an Assistant Headteacher to join our Senior Leadership Team. The Assistant Headteacher will lead and manage the pastoral teams to provide a positive, secure and values led environment for the students where each student has a sense of achievement, belonging and worth. You will work with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure outstanding levels of pastoral care and professional leadership and management of the pastoral teams. This will require the effective use of resources within the school, the ability to understand and motivate the different pastoral teams while striving to continually improve the standards and achievements of all students.

The Assistant Headteacher is a senior manager and leader within the school and has a key role to play in both the strategic development of the school and the day to day management of it. We are looking for a candidate who demonstrates a positive and successful impact on the experience and outcomes for young people, alongside the raising of standards in staff performance. They must have strategic and operational safeguarding experience.

Main Responsibilities

• To model exemplary relationships with staff and pupils, demonstrating to the school community how high expectations can be maintained alongside high quality relationships and communication.

• Supporting the Headteacher with the leadership of the safeguarding team

• Lead, manage and have strategic oversight of the implementation of the school’s pastoral systems

• Management of whole school attendance

• Identification of key improvement for that area, followed by planning of activities with key success indicators and milestones.

• Lead aspects of the School Improvement Plan and Self Evaluation relating to the agreed area.

• Provide effective line management and leadership of identified team leaders.

• To model outstanding practice in the classroom, including teaching, planning and feedback

• Attend and participate in all SLT meetings, presenting reports and updates as required

Leadership & Management

• Share the responsibility for the leadership of the school and contribute to the decision-making processes of school leadership.

• To take a lead in the maintaining of high standards of behaviour and dress code.

• To raise expectations and standards of learning and teaching

• To provide professional leadership and management to secure improvement in achievement and attainment for all students

• To actively promote the ethos and policies of the school.

• To communicate and consult with governors, staff, students, parents/carers and members of the wider school community.

We can offer you:

• a friendly, professional and committed team with a strong ethos of working together for the good of our students

• an experienced, supportive senior leadership team and trustees

• a rewarding role supporting the education of vulnerable learners

• training and professional development as required

This is a full time, fixed term position with the potential to move to permanent. 

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.

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About North Star 180°

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 101 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Star 180° website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aspire-academy-bath

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