Assistant Headteacher – Teaching & Learning
Grafham Grange School, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 0LH14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025 (or sooner)
Closing date
10 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Surrey Fringe L6-L11 (£57,693-£65,188)
What skills and experience we're looking for
An ambitious and dedicated Assistant Headteacher is required to lead Teaching and Learning within the school, raising standards by implementing and monitoring a diverse curriculum allowing pupils to discover their talents, achieve meaningful qualifications, and develop the skills they need for a successful future. This is a non-teaching position.
Interest is very much encouraged from talented middle or senior leaders with a passion for high quality teaching along with the ability inspire and engage staff and pupils.
Applications are welcomed from both primary and secondary trained candidates from either a specialist or mainstream (primary or secondary) education background. As secondary aged pupils will be working at both a Primary and Secondary level the successful candidate must also bring with them a willingness to swiftly grasp curriculum knowledge of the key stages they are less familiar with.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a committed and collaborative team open to new ideas and different ways of working to propel Grafham Grange School forward elevating the whole community and establishing an educational setting where everyone feels valued and empowered.
What the school offers its staff
A full candidate pack is available and can be found in the supporting documents of this advert. This pack provides detailed information along with contact details to arrange a visit or conversation.
Please note we reserve the right to close this role upon receipt of suitable applications.
** It is important to point out that Grafham Grange School is in the process of transitioning from OHC&AT to London South East Academies Trust **
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 are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Grafham Grange School
- School type
- Academy, ages 10 to 19
- School size
- 74 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 10 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Grafham Grange School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- MollyKing@orchardhill.ac.uk
Grafham Grange School is a special school set in 42 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside in Grafham. Our school offers education and care for up to 52 students, referred from local authorities across the South of England from the age of 10 to 16 (Year 6 to Year 11).
All our students have Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) with SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) as their primary identified need, though the majority of students have additional special educational needs such as autistic spectrum conditions; speech, language and communication difficulties; ADHD; opposition defiance; medical conditions and attachment disorders.
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