Assistant Headteacher
Woodland Community Primary School, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 3BX18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
15 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 27.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L7 to L11
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
- Have a proven track record of leading teaching and learning and accelerating pupil progress at a high level in the primary phase
- Be enthusiastic, creative, innovative and prepared to ‘roll their sleeves up and have a go’
- Have high expectations of pupils behaviour, behaviours for learning and achievement
- Be an excellent communicator who is committed to being proactive in working in positive partnership with all stakeholders
- Be willing to involve themselves in, and support, the wider aspects of school life
What the school offers its staff
The children, staff and Governors of Woodland Community Primary School are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, creative and inspirational leader to join our caring and aspirational team. This position is for a September 2025 start and is to cover a maternity leave.
‘Woodland Community Primary School is a warm and supportive community. The school has high ambitions for pupils’ achievement and behaviour. Pupils work hard to meet these aspirations… Pupils and staff enjoy excellent relationships. Pupils feel happy and well cared for.’ (Ofsted 2025)
Based in fantastic grounds and with amazing resources, Woodland Community Primary School is a happy, inclusive school with high standards of behaviour.
We can offer:
- A happy, inclusive and supportive school environment
- Children who are polite, well behaved and enthusiastic learners
- Excellent support for your professional development
- A very well resourced learning environment
- A welcoming, friendly and extremely hardworking staff team
Further details about the role
For further information, please contact Joanne Cunningham, Headteacher by email (jcunningham@woodland.rochdale.sch.uk) or telephone 01706 620305. Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.
Closing Date - Thursday 15th May 2025
Shortlisting: (Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted). Friday 16th May 2025
Interviews – Wednesday 21st May 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background check.
The ability to converse at ease with customers and service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is an essential requirement of this post.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to cpickles@woodland.rochdale.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Woodland Community Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 567 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Woodland Community Primary School website
- Email address
- cpickles@woodland.rochdale.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01706 620305
Based in fantastic grounds and with state of the art resources, Woodland Community Primary School is a happy, inclusive school with high standards of behaviour.
Arranging a visit to Woodland Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cpickles@woodland.rochdale.sch.uk.
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