Assistant Headteacher, St Joseph's Catholic Infant School & St Edward's Catholic Junior School

St Edward's Catholic Junior School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7JF

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  24 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L3

Assistant Headteacher, St Joseph's Catholic Infant School & St Edward's Catholic Junior School job summary

The successful candidate will work with senior leaders in all aspects of leadership and management and take responsibility for managing and developing teaching and learning, curriculum, assessment and enrichment across both schools. The Assistant Headteacher is required to play a leading role in all aspects of the development of the schools and to work at all times inspired by the gospels and guided by the Mission Statement to support the Catholic ethos of the school.

The Assistant Headteacher will take a central role as part of the Leadership Team, LAC and STCAT to develop our schools in accordance with our shared values and our school development plans.

The Assistant Headteacher is to be a primary teacher, preferably with experience across the primary age range; an experienced curriculum and team leader, a leader in assessment for learning and assessing pupils’ progress. The functions and specific responsibilities in the job description are to be undertaken in conjunction with the duties of an Assistant Headteacher as defined in the Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.

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.

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About St Edward's Catholic Junior School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 256 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Edward's Catholic Junior School website (opens in new tab)
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