14 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    9 March 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    23 February 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time: Monday to Friday Standard School Hours

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership Spine

What skills and experience we're looking for

Villiers High School is looking to appoint a professional, self-motivated, and organised person to join the school.

The Assistant Headteacher (AHT) is a pivotal senior leadership role designed for an aspiring professional with the potential to become a Deputy Headteacher. You will be involved in strategic planning, the formulation of policy, and the delivery of the school strategy to ensure pupils from all backgrounds are prepared for their next phase of education and life.

This role requires a leader who can drive the school towards its vision with tenacity while maintaining high standards of ethics, professional conduct, and a deep commitment to the school’s core values: Honesty, Equity, Aspiration, Respect, and Tenacity.

Grade: Leadership Spine We particularly welcome applications from those under-represented in Leadership nationwide, namely the global majority, people with disabilities, candidates over 50 and females as well as candidates who identify as LGBTQ+.

We would welcome speculative visits prior to the application deadline to be arranged at a mutually convenient time by contacting hr@villiers.ealing.sch.uk


What the school offers its staff

Benefits

    • Highly competitive salary
    • Subsided School meals
    • Subsided coffee shop on site
    • Local authority pension scheme with up to 13% employer contributions
    • Additional 3 wellbeing days (1 day per term for all staff)
    • Access to Ealing Borough Services employee discounts including cycle to work, Ealing Credit Union and reimbursement on eye tests for screen users

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.

Additional documents

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

About Villiers High School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1445 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
02088138001

Arranging a visit to Villiers High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mkatoch@villiers.ealing.sch.uk.

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