Assistant Headteacher

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN11 8EF

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  8 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 July 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 - Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L1 – L5 (£49,781 to £54,939 FTE Pay Award Pending)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeing a candidate who can work with the Headteacher to protect the long-standing traditions of the school as well as introducing new, innovative strategies to take our school into the next stage of its journey. Alongside the support and community of our Trust leaders, the successful candidate will have a passion for teaching and learning and curriculum design in order to continue to develop our school and prepare our children for the most outstanding futures.

What the school offers its staff

We will offer you:

• A good school with a strong Catholic ethos and excellent community and parish links
• A caring and positive working environment
• Enthusiastic and confident children who enjoy all aspects of school life
• Effective, supportive and dedicated staff, governors and parents
• Opportunities to grow professionally

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

AHT Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 352 KB (opens in new tab)

St. Patrick's Assistant Headteacher Sept 25.pdf - 316 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 114 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Patrick's Catholic Primary School website
• Email address: vmccurrach@st-patricks.notts.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01302 743145
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-patrick-s-catholic-primary-school-dn11-8ef

St. Patrick’s, Bircotes, is one of 13 primary schools within the St Francis Catholic Multi Academy trust. St Patrick’s is a small, Catholic Primary School in Bircotes serving children from across our local area. Recently rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted (April 2023), the school is looking forward to further building on this success.

Arranging a visit to St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vmccurrach@st-patricks.notts.sch.uk.

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