Assistant Headteacher

The Springboard Project, Oldham, OL1 1AN

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: 1.0 FTE
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership Pay Range L4-L8 - £55,747 - £61,534 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Experience of leading a team within a school environment
• Be fully up to date with pedagogy and research in delivering high quality experiences to SEMH young people
• Experience of reporting on data and identifying patterns as well as recommending solutions to enhance the area of responsibility
• Experience of developing options and alternatives that will support young people to engage in the learning process
• Experience of planning and delivering a range of curriculum areas
• Experience of current assessment practice and the use of data and pupil progress tracking to ensure that all learners achieve
• A genuine appreciation of the potential barriers to a pupil’s learning, and sensitivity towards their circumstances and life experiences
• High expectations of young people, and a commitment to raising standards of attainment to ensure that they can achieve their full educational potential

What the school offers its staff

TOIL scheme, Occupational Pension Scheme, Occupational Sickness Scheme

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

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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

Verification of right to work in UK MAT 2021.pdf - 262 KB (opens in new tab)

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.docx - 883 KB (opens in new tab)

Privacy-Notice-MAT.pdf - 183 KB (opens in new tab)

Springboard Project - Assistant Head of Site JD-PS October 2025.docx - 61.8 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Springboard Project

• School type: Free School, ages 14 to 19
• School size: 141 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 14 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Springboard Project website
• Email address: recruitment@newbridgegroup.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-springboard-project

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