Assistant Headteacher

Watchlytes Primary School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 2AZ

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 1st 2025

• Closing date

  22 May 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  15 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £56,320.00 - £62,019.00 Annually (Actual) L5 - L9

Assistant Headteacher job summary

We are looking for an Assistant Headteacher to join our team at Watchlytes Primary School.

Watchlytes is a warm and welcoming nursery and primary school in Welwyn Garden City. Our community works together to ensure that children thrive during their years with us and grow into happy, confident individuals with a love of learning that will last a lifetime. Watchlytes children take pride in their work and enjoy the wonderful facilities and grounds. Watchlytes is part of Ivy Learning Trust, a family of schools dedicated to giving children a great education.

The Assistant Headteacher will support the Head of School in:

• Communicating the school’s vision compellingly and supporting the

• Head of School’s strategic leadership.

• The day-to-day management of the school.

• Formulating the aims and objectives of the school.

• Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives.

• Managing staff and resources to that end.

• Monitoring progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives.

The Assistant Headteacher will also have a timetabled teaching commitment of 50%, complying with the Teachers Standards and modelling best practice to others.

Ivy Learning Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 10874173. The registered office is at Ivy Cottage, Rosemary Avenue, Enfield, EN2 0SP

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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Watchlytes Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 183 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watchlytes Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watchlytes-primary-school-welwyn-garden-city

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