Assistant Headteacher
Stamshaw Junior School, Portsmouth, PO2 8QH16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £57,137.00 to £63,070.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
Supporting the Head of Academy for Stamshaw Junior school and working collaboratively with Stamshaw Infant school you will assist in providing strategic leadership and direction, with responsibility for improving teaching and learning across the school. As a member of the School Leadership Team, you will lead a team of MPS Teachers and Teaching Assistants, ensuring a progress focussed approach where teaching is consistently good or better. Fostering confidence, ambition and motivation in staff to promote and deliver a positive, exciting and relevant learning experience for pupils, you will engage and enthuse parents for the benefit of the pupils and Schools.
•To lead in establishing excellent practice in teaching and learning across the schools, establishing and implementing policies that promote high expectations and best practice, improving and developing teaching.
•Lead and model innovative and engaging teaching, creating a learning environment in which staff are inspired and motivated to deliver high quality teaching that, along with robust assessment and other procedures, meets the needs of all pupils leading to improved learning outcomes and standards of education.
•Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) Senior designated person for safeguarding including child protection to include:
• Acting as SENCO. Ensuring safeguarding practice, policies, procedures, systems and training are robust, up-to-date and implemented by all staff
• Attendance at exclusion, suspensions and reintegration meetings and a range of child protection/safeguarding meetings as required.
• Lead person for behaviour, well-being and pastoral care and equalities.
• As Inclusion leader and a member of the School Leadership Team to contribute to the development of strategies, policies and practices aimed at raising standards of attainment and achievement throughout the school. This includes taking a clear strategic lead as an attendance champion (Pupil Premium 0.2)
• To provide regular progress updates to SLT in relation to Inclusion, SEN and pastoral care to ensure we are fully aware of all associated successes, issues and concerns.
• To assist with the formulation, communication and monitoring of the School Improvement Plan, particularly in relation to inclusion, ensuring concerns and ideas are considered, and that all staff understand our priorities and the part they play in achieving these.
• Supporting the SENCO to regularly update and monitor the effectiveness of our Inclusion and safeguarding policies including SEN, Behaviour, Safeguarding and Equality Plan.
• To lead on aspects of the School Improvement Plan, completing the writing and evaluation of SEF. Ensuring day to day and in school assessment, intervention planning, tracking and monitoring.
• To play a significant role in training and coaching colleagues.
• In liaison with the Headteacher lead and facilitate curriculum innovation and pioneering practices, monitoring, reviewing and evaluating the curriculum to ensure that provision expectations and standards are high.
• With a teaching commitment (0.2) with responsibility to support with cover for ensuring high standards, ensuring teaching is good or better within a challenging, enriching and rewarding environment.
• Be available to attend governing body meetings when necessary.
• To lead staff meetings, staff INSET and parents’ meetings as appropriate.
• Manage rotas and cover for Teaching Assistants and Teachers.
• To take a leading role in appraisal; to monitor planning/work, target setting, assessment and classroom practice; to mentor MPS Teachers
• To ensure that all newly appointed staff have adequate support as part of their initial and ongoing induction.
• To work alongside other leaders and advisory staff involved in supporting the development of inclusive practice across the school.
• To be responsible for the professional duties of the Headteacher in the event of their absence when directed.
• To support effective safeguarding within the school as a DDSL.
• Support the Headteacher to ensure all aspects of staff management are effectively carried out e.g. recruitment and selection, staff inductions and training, performance management, absence management, record keeping, consultation and effective communication, in accordance with Academy and Trust policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the success of the Trust, building
and promoting the engagement with community
stakeholders and other schools and
organisations to enhance learning, support and
to build community cohesion and school to
school support structures.
What the school offers its staff
At the University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust, we are dedicated to your growth. We understand that everyone's career aspirations are unique, and we are here to provide personalised support to help you succeed.
- Directly linked with the University of Chichester, sharing an ethos of excellence and lifelong learning.
- Coaching and mentoring to support your career journey.
- Workshops, seminars and conferences to help you enhance your skills.
- Personalised Development Plans that align with your goals.
- Teacher's Pension Scheme for teaching staff (https://www.teacherspensions.co.uk)
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff (https://www.lgpsmember.org)
- Benefits Platform Assistance Programme
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of all relevant pre-employment checks
Applying for the job
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About Stamshaw Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 282 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Stamshaw Junior School website
- Email address
- e.akmenkalns@chi.ac.uk
We are a values led school which underpins all that we do at Stamshaw Junior School in order to be kind, do our best and achieve together. We have high expectations of work & behaviour and we aim to foster a life-long love of learning in our pupils and equip them with skills and attributes which will allow them to flourish both in school and beyond.
Arranging a visit to Stamshaw Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email e.akmenkalns@chi.ac.uk.
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