Assistant Headteacher
Wixams Tree Primary Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 6BA36 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
9 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, Term Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership C
What skills and experience we're looking for
Wixams Tree are recruiting an Assistant Headteacher to join our growing school.
Wixams Tree Academy is a friendly, caring and lively community where children are enthusiastic learners, well-motivated and encouraged to think for themselves. We have an amazing and dedicated school team, with highly engaged parents and a fully supportive Governing Body. We are looking for an individual who shares our passion and love of learning to join our team.
The successful applicant must be:
- passionate about providing a high quality and inclusive education for all children
- able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with pupils, staff and parents
- positive, enthusiastic, committed and self-motivated
- able to work effectively as part of a team, accept challenges and motivate others
- able to deliver consistently good and outstanding teaching and learning in order to help all pupils achieve their best
- flexible, resilience, adaptability and commitment to working as part of a team
- able to enthuse and inspiring a love of learning for all
- open to embedding a carefully sequenced, knowledge and vocabulary rich curriculum
What the school offers its staff
What we can offer you:
- a high level of support and commitment from our experienced senior leadership team
- a staff that is committed to the children and their development
- children who are eager to learn in our creative and challenging atmosphere
- a vibrant and supportive parent body and community
- a forward-thinking MAT who support schools both within the trust as well as schools externally through our curriculum work and as a DfE appointed English Hub
- a commitment to personalised professional development
- a highly supportive Board of Governors
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and are an equal opportunities employer. Any offer of employment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, satisfactory references and medical check.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and advised. Please telephone the school office to make an appointment to view our school.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment and safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS clearance check, Prohibition from Teaching Checks and a Section 128 Direction Check (if applicable). KST is committed to the safeguarding of the children and young people in our care and actively promotes their welfare. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. KST is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from minority groups.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wixams Tree Primary Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 502 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wixams Tree Primary Academy website
- Email address
- c.bangar@ks-t.org
- Phone number
- 01234 608960
Arranging a visit to Wixams Tree Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.bangar@ks-t.org.
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