Assistant Headteacher (with oversight for Inclusion & SEND)

Market Drayton Junior School, MARKET DRAYTON, Shropshire, TF9 3HU

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  14 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £49,780.00 - £54,938.00 Annually (Actual) L1 - L5

Assistant Headteacher (with oversight for Inclusion & SEND) job summary

This is a unique and exciting post that requires a substantial level of creativity, innovation, ambition and determination and will provide rich reward for anyone with the ambition of making a real difference to children’s education.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

The Assistant Headteacher, working under the guidance of the Headteacher and working with the governing body, will play a key role in the strategic leadership and management of the school, in its community and analyse and plan for its future needs and further development within the local, national and international context.

• Lead by example, in driving forward the school’s vision, values and objectives.
• Create and implement strategic plans, underpinned by sound financial planning, identifying priorities and targets for ensuring that pupils achieve high standards and make progress, increasing teachers’ effectiveness and securing school improvement
• Ensure that all those involved in the school are committed to its aims, motivated to achieve them, and involved in meeting long, medium and short-term objectives and targets which secure the educational success of the school
• Ensure that the management, finance, organisation and administration of the school supports its vision and aims
• Ensure that policies and practices take account of national, local and school information and inspection and research findings
• Monitor, evaluate and review the effects of policies and targets of the school in practice, and take action if necessary

Teaching & Learning

This post will include a 0.6 teaching commitment, which is negotiable as the new Headteacher embeds in the school. The teaching commitment will be reduced to support SEND & Inclusion over the next few years.

The position requires the teacher to meet the requirements of the DfE Teachers’ Standards June 2013. The standards define the minimum level of practice expected of trainees and teachers from the point of being awarded qualified teacher status (QTS).to promote children's learning.

The Assistant Headteacher working under the guidance of the Headteacher and working with the governing body, will secure and sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the school, monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and standards of pupils achievement, and use benchmarks and set targets for improvement.

If you would like an informal chat, to arrange a visit to the school or any further information, please feel free to contact me on 01743 598200 or via my Director of People & Culture and Executive Assistant, Michelle Harrington. Please email michelle.harrington@empowermat.co.uk

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Market Drayton Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 362 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Market Drayton Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/market-drayton-junior-school-market-drayton

Market Drayton Junior School is a thriving three form entry school whose core purpose is to equip every individual with skills for life and a passion for learning through the delivery of a dynamic, vibrant curriculum and inspirational, innovative teaching. The school aims to provide a happy and safe learning community in which all individuals are nurtured and

inspired to achieve their best.

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