Assistant Headteacher & SENDCO

Halling Primary School, Rochester, Kent, ME2 1ER

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  24 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £53,602.00 - £59,167.00 Annually (Actual)

Assistant Headteacher & SENDCO job summary

Assistant Headteacher and SENDCO

Maternity Cover

Full Time

L4 - L8

Required to start: September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Headteacher and SENDCo of exceptional ability to join our team to work in this welcoming primary school.

The Assistant Headteacher will support the Headteacher and work alongside the Assistant Headteacher in:

Communicating the school’s vision compellingly and supporting the headteacher’s strategic leadership

The day-to-day management of the school

Formulating the aims and objectives of the school

Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives

Managing staff and resources to that end

Monitoring progress towards meeting the school’s aims and objectives.

The Assistant Headteacher will also have a timetabled teaching commitment of up to 40% complying with the Teachers’ Standards and modelling best practice for others. This will be across the whole school from Year R to Year 6 and will change from term to term, depending on the needs of the school.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Want to be involved in shaping and developing outstanding learning experiences to enable all children to thrive.
• Want to work in a supportive and caring environment.
• Have proven leadership experience.
• Are committed to enabling every child to achieve the very best they can.

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 Halling Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 389 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Halling Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/halling-primary-school-rochester (opens in new tab)

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