Assistant Headteacher
Woodlea Primary School, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 9QX24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
21 March 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £49,781.00 - £53,602.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
Skills - Essential
A skilful communicator with strong, interpersonal and presentation skills, both verbal and written, which naturally adapts to a diverse audience, e.g. governors, parents and carers, staff, pupils and the wider community on a wide range of issues to provide clarity of vision, influence and direct or challenge others.
ICT skills that enables efficient and effective administration, supports the work of the school and enhances pupil learning in the classroom.
Evidence of leadership and team qualities that contribute to an effective and strong leadership team, with the ability to set and achieve challenging goals in a supportive environment. Identify and deliver change to a high level, which promotes organisational reflection and an enthusiasm and motivation for continued improvement and shared thinking.
Skill set required to successfully extrapolate, analyse and report data to a diverse audience.
Organisational, financial, budgetary, management and administration skills relevant to the effective delivery of the duties of the post to achieve the academy’s educational goals and priorities.
Excellent people skills, managing issues in a sensitive, supportive and appropriate manner to support the effective operation of the Academy.
Networking skills that build a professional learning community and enable good practice to be shared for the benefit of the Academy and the Academy Trust.
Experience - Essential
An exemplary cross primary phase classroom practitioner who is leading in curriculum innovation, supporting and motivating colleagues to enhance teaching through good primary practice and shared thinking to enable successful school improvement with evidence of how this has a positive impact on pupils achieving their full potential.
Supporting elements of whole school management in a similar or SLT role, including financial, budgetary and resource management and staff recruitment.
Experience of managing and using pupil attainment, tracking and interpreting data and moderating achievement.
Experience of moderation.
Proven track record of monitoring, evaluating and improving quality of learning and teaching, building effective strategies for academy self-evaluation and making effective use of ICT in learning
Demonstrable evidence of being part of a successful team that delivers measurable improvement.
Evidence of collaborating and building effective relationships with parents, carers and the wider community to enrich teaching and learning for the wellbeing of pupils.
Evidence of strong behaviour management skills to support colleagues with the personal and social development of all pupils.
Demonstrable evidence of being part of a successful team that delivers measurable improvement in teaching practice with shared thinking and operational management
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer You
To your career
- A strong commitment and support for your personal leadership journey
- Opportunities for shared learning and collaboration across the Trust and the wider network
- Extensive professional and personal development opportunities
- To help shape the future of successful and innovative schools.
To be part of something bigger
- A system leader on the local and regional stage
- A strong and supportive governing body
- The opportunity to be part of the Academy Leadership Teams, where they are passionate and committed to a shared set of values to make a difference as we drive improvement in a changing world
- A collaborative Trust which inspires innovation and a network of professionals who, through can influence and shape the strategy of the whole organisation.
To make a difference
- To be part of a team that makes a real difference to the life chances of our children and young people
- Contributing to the creation of a culture and environment in which staff feel valued, are inspired and work in buildings which promote and enhance the progress and learning of our young people.
Other staff benefits
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- The mental health and wellbeing of staff is of key importance and in addition to professional support we provide an extensive employee assistance provision, including 24/7 telephone helpline and counselling
- Lifestyle health and wellbeing programme
- Access to an extensive personal development programme
- Access to the University’s vast Library resources and to the National College resource
- Employee Discounts platform, saving £££’s on a range of goods and services
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Eyecare Voucher Scheme
- Eligibility to join TOTUM (NUS Extra)
- Security of knowing you are joining an organisation whose sponsor has been promoting education for almost 180 years.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to j.whittle@chi.ac.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Woodlea Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 210 pupils
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Woodlea Primary School website
- Email address
- j.whittle@chi.ac.uk
Arranging a visit to Woodlea Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.whittle@chi.ac.uk.
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