Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral
St Werburgh's Primary School, Bristol, Bristol, BS2 9US13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time position but 4 days considered for the right candidate.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L4-7 (£53,602-57,831 subject to pay award)
What skills and experience we're looking for
About Us
Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a family of schools committed to inspiring learning both in and beyond the classroom. With a strong focus on music and the creative arts, we support every student and staff member in reaching their full potential. If you’re looking for a Trust that values creativity, growth, and meaningful learning, CST could be the perfect place for you.
We invite you to join our team at St Werburgh’s Primary School. Applications are invited from charismatic, enthusiastic and suitably qualified leaders for this exciting, rewarding and demanding post.
The Opportunity
We are seeking the right leader to be our new Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for safeguarding, behaviour and attendance. The successful candidate will be an outstanding teacher, a caring advocate for all children’s safety and wellbeing and an inspiring, empathetic leader. This is a full time role, but 4 days could be considered for the right candidate.
The role of the Assistant Head is to develop and lead safeguarding and pastoral care across the school, including behaviour, attendance and well-being. To be the designated teacher for looked after children, previously looked after children and those in kinship care. To be a visible presence in the school, supporting colleagues in embedding the Behaviour and Motivation policy and leading on safeguarding as the designated safeguarding lead (DSL).
If you join us, a typical day will be very varied but may include working directly with children and their families, supporting teachers with writing personal support plans, managing conflict, making referrals or teaching in a classroom. It is a really varied role.
About You
You are likely to have gained excellent behaviour management skills and have provided impactful support to colleagues through your career or personal experience. You will be able to bring to us commitment to all children achieving their best and excellent organisational and people skills. The successful candidate will be able to build strong relationships with colleagues, children and families. They will be kind and curious. .
You will have Qualified Teacher Status and some leadership experience.
More information about the Trust, School and Role
To find out more about this role, please read the job description and person specification.
To find out more about Cathedral Schools Trust and St Werburgh’s Primary School or visit our website: https://www.cathedralschoolstrust.org/ or www.stwerburghsprimary.com.
Informal enquiries can be made via email to Ginny Crellin, School Business Manager, ginny.crellin@stwerburghsprimary.com
School visits can be arranged via email to Karen Haines, School Administrator, school@stwerburghsprimary.com
How to apply …
We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.
Please complete our application form by Midnight on Monday 12th May 2025.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview on Friday 16th May.
All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you
In this role you would be supported by the Primary Safeguarding Lead and have opportunities to attend regular trustwide safeguarding and attendance group meetings where best practice is shared.
Continuing Professional and Leadership development
Employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas
Discounted gym membership, Cycle-to-work scheme, Eyesight test vouchers
For staff members who drive we offer free onsite or nearby street parking.
Flexible working fully supported and enhanced family friendly policies
All new staff are automatically enrolled in the Teacher’s Pension or LGPS Avon Pension Fund.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Werburgh's Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 389 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Werburgh's Primary School website
- Email address
- school@stwerburghsprimary.com
- Phone number
- 0117 903 1466
Our school lives and breathes the values of Kindness, Curiosity and Commitment. We are a rights respecting school where we all work together, on the same team. We are a community which celebrates diversity and includes everyone. Together we learn to show each other kindness in all we do. At St Werburgh’s Primary we love learning and aim for excellence. We help everyone discover what they are passionate about by encouraging our whole school community to take pride in themselves, be curious about the world and aspire to make a difference.
Arranging a visit to St Werburgh's Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email school@stwerburghsprimary.com.
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