Assistant Headteacher (Pastoral)
The Bridge Short Stay School, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 7EP26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 54,393 - 60,145 L3-L7
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate must believe in the potential of all young people whatever their background and be able to demonstrate a commitment to supporting the growth and development of students who demonstrate challenging behaviours. They will be joining a school where this is an ethos shared by all, ensuring a positive and supportive culture amongst our experienced staff team.
Pastoral care of our students is of equal importance to our school community as the curriculum and teaching & learning. Getting this right for our students is often an essential precursor to them being able to access education. Alongside responsibility for safeguarding there will be a particular focus on leading both strategic and operational approaches to improving attendance; ensuring good mental health and wellbeing of students & staff; trauma informed practice and working in partnership with families
This role is vital to our school being successful in changing young people’s lives and therefore needs someone special to fulfil it. In a fast-paced environment you’ll need the organisational skills and resilience that allows you to ensure you maintain a keen eye for detail while prioritising a complex workload and ensuring our students feel known, heard and understood. As a senior leader you’ll play a key role in influencing others and creating culture within school whilst maintaining the ability to ‘walk the talk’ and lead by example, working directly with students and their families.
The knowledge and skills of the successful candidate are important, but we place equal value on someone having the right motivation, resilience, empathy and aspirations to work with our students and continue to drive forward standards in our school. If you have these qualities, we’ll look forward to receiving your application, the successful candidate will join an experienced, happy and hardworking staff team who care passionately about improving the life chances of young people.
- Proven track record of high-quality secondary teaching
- Experience of contributing towards multi-agency planning
- Experience of working with students with SEN, including those presenting with challenging behaviour
- Evidence of excellent behaviour management skills
- Experience of leadership within a school context
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Experience of involvement in processes to improve
attendance
What the school offers its staff
This appointment comes at an exciting time in our journey as we work with the local Council to develop significantly improved facilities ahead of converting to Academy status as a founding school within The People’s Learning Trust. You will develop as a senior leader with significant impact on our individual school, whilst being able to make the most of the opportunities which will come through this future growth.
The successful candidate will join an experienced, happy and hardworking staff team who care passionately about improving the life chances of young people.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Bridge Short Stay School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of all young people and expect staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Applying for the job
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About The Bridge Short Stay School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 16
- School size
- 59 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Bridge Short Stay School website
- Email address
- enquiries@thebridge.cheshire.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01512453877
The Bridge Short Stay School, is a Pupil Referral Unit, The Bridge caters for young people across Cheshire West and Chester. The majority of our students have been permanently excluded from mainstream schools, others, for a variety of reasons, have found themselves without a school place. All students are offered the support they need within a personalised programme to give them a second opportunity to succeed in education. We change lives by putting our students in a position to make the most of the opportunities that will come their way in life.
The Headteacher and all staff, believe in our young people and regularly go above and beyond in order to support them. Our students may have experienced difficulty in school previously but they have boundless potential and it is a privilege to watch them grow into the young adults they can be. Previous students are graduating from University, successfully completing apprenticeships and contributing to society in meaningful employment.
Arranging a visit to The Bridge Short Stay School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@thebridge.cheshire.sch.uk.
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