Assistant Headteacher

Northumberland Heath Primary School, Erith, Kent, DA8 1JE

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Spring 2025 or earlier if possible

• Closing date

  9 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £53,731.00 - £63,117.00 Annually (Actual)

Assistant Headteacher job summary

Are you an experienced and dedicated leader eager to make a real impact on teaching and learning in a vibrant primary school environment? Northumberland Heath Primary School is looking to appoint a motivated and skilled Assistant Headteacher to support the development and delivery of an inclusive and rich curriculum across all Key Stages (EYFS to KS2).

About the Role
This exciting leadership role offers an excellent opportunity for a passionate educator to shape our school’s teaching and learning culture. The successful candidate will lead on the development of high-quality teaching practices, collaborating with teachers and the leadership team to foster an environment where excellence is the standard.

• Non-Class Based Role for the rest of the Academic Year: In the first year, the role will be non-class based, allowing a full focus on supporting and developing best practices across the school.
• Class-Based Role with Leadership Release in Year 2: Transitioning to a part-time class-based role with leadership release time, enabling continued school-wide support as well as being able to model best practice for others to observe.
• Mentorship & Best Practice: Serve as a model for other staff, providing opportunities for observation, team teaching, and professional development.
• Leadership & Collaboration: Lead, support, and empower staff to ensure consistency in teaching quality and raise standards across the school

Key Responsibilities

• Curriculum Development: Drive the delivery of an inclusive and rich curriculum, ensuring it meets the needs of all pupils.
• Staff Development: Act as a hub of expertise, providing guidance, mentoring, and training to staff to enhance their teaching practices.
• Policy Implementation: Support the development, embedding, monitoring, and review of policies that drive strong teaching and learning outcomes.
• Teaching Standards: Work closely with the leadership team to ensure the highest quality of teaching is maintained, through training, intervention, and support.

About You
We are looking for someone with:

• Proven experience in teaching and learning development across Key Stages (EYFS to KS2).
• Strong leadership skills, capable of inspiring and supporting staff to achieve excellence.
• A passion for providing all children with the very best learning experiences.
• Experience in policy development and implementation to drive school improvement.

This role is perfect for an aspiring senior leader who wants to build a legacy of impactful teaching and learning at Northumberland Heath Primary School. If you are committed to fostering an environment where staff feel supported and empowered to excel, we encourage you to apply.

Please Note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found, so early applications are encouraged.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Northumberland Heath Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 513 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Northumberland Heath Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northumberland-heath-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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