Assistant Headteacher
Willow Primary Academy, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0JY31 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
22 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £54,394.00 - £57,137.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale L3-L5 (L3: £54,394 – L5 £57,137)
Assistant Headteacher job summary
Please Note: We may close this vacancy earlier than the advertised deadline based on the numbers of applications received. Early applications are strongly encouraged.
About you
The successful applicant should have a passion for delivering the best possible outcomes for all pupils. You should be able to evidence outstanding strategic leadership skills and have experience leading curriculum development and monitoring quality of education ensuring consistently high classroom practice.
The Role
We are looking to appoint a dynamic Assistant Headteacher to join our team. The Assistant Headteacher will play a key role in the school, working closely with Headteacher and the wider SLT to ensure successful outcomes for pupils across the school. Please note that this role has a 0.4 FTE (2 day teaching commitment).
The Trust
We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more / wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.
Our Benefits
By joining our team, we can offer you, generous annual leave allowance, generous pension scheme (TPS), Employee Assistance Program & Counselling, Occupational Health Service, Continuing Professional Development and Staff Get Staff Referral Scheme. Applications for flexible working or job share will be considered on an individual basis.
Additional Information
SAND Academies Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. As part of our Safe Recruitment Practice, we will need a completed application form before any offers, and all staff will require safeguarding/pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK. Please ensure that you have read and understood the information within the Candidate Information pack and understood our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders which can be found on our careers page.
Further information about the job
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.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Willow Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 213 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Willow Primary Academy website
School location
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