Assistant Headteacher (Secondary)

Reach Academy Hanworth Park, Feltham, TW13 4AB

37 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  15 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £63,434.00 - £74,452.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership scale, C0-C5

Assistant Headteacher (Secondary) job summary

We are looking for a leader who believes that every single child can and should leave our school to enjoy a life of choice and opportunity.

Our first two years at Reach Academy Hanworth Park have been extraordinarily successful with our founding Year 7 cohort achieving 98% attendance at the end of their first year, making incredible academic progress and gaining a reputation for exceptional behaviour.

We now need a secondary Assistant Headteacher to lead our incredibly talented founding team alongside the Co-headteacher (secondary) to nationally-leading outcomes.

This should be someone with a track record of success in their current role who has a desire to continue improving and learning. They should be a passionate and driven leader with the highest expectations of staff, families and children. They must have the “start-up energy” required for Reach Academy Hanworth Park to become a proof point for what comprehensive education can achieve.

The successful candidate will gain a broad range of senior leadership experience within Reach Schools and will be fully supported to excel in their leadership journey.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

About Reach Academy Hanworth Park

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 19
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 150 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Reach Academy Hanworth Park website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/reach-academy-hanworth-park

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