Assistant Headteacher
Yeo Moor Primary School, Clevedon, Somerset, BS21 6JL17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
31 March 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L4-8
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic Assistant Headteacher with:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Substantial teaching experience and exemplary teaching skills.
- Knowledge of and the ability to identify high-quality teaching.
- Ability to support staff development.
- Experience in school self-evaluation, development planning, and staff management.
- Ability to build effective relationships with staff, pupils, governors, and other members of the school community.
- Strong communication, both oral and written, and interpersonal skills.
- Data analysis skills for setting targets and identifying school weaknesses.
- Strong commitment to student outcomes and school ethos.
- Commitment to creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of the school community.
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritize effectively, and solve problems.
- Commitment to confidentiality, safeguarding, and equality.
- Alignment to trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.
What the school offers its staff
- Professional Growth: Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes.
- Wellbeing Support: Initiatives like ‘Wellbeing Moments’, flexible working arrangements, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health support.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Generous defined pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy appointments etc.), and multiple retail discount schemes.
- Sustainability Commitment: Reducing our carbon footprint through our Climate and Nature initiatives across all schools.
- Inclusive Culture: A collaborative environment where diversity is celebrated, helping staff bring their best selves to work and thrive in their roles.
Further details about the role
Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?
Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?
Join us!
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee - whether in teaching, support, or leadership - can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion.
Your Role in Building Brighter Futures
As an Assistant Headteacher at Yeo Moor Primary School, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish”. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.
Due to the promotion of our current Assistant Headteacher, we are recruiting for a full time Assistant Headteacher who will become part of a highly effective leadership team. The successful candidate will lead on a core subject and teaching and learning. This is an exciting opportunity to join a very successful and popular school and make a big difference to the lives of children.
As Assistant Headteacher, you will be responsible for:
- Formulate and monitor school aims, policies, and objectives.
- Lead on a core subject, phase (TBC) and teaching and learning.
- Act as Headteacher in their absence.
- Foster a positive school culture with high standards of behaviour and staff professionalism.
- Oversee behaviour management and support teachers.
- Ensure high-quality teaching across all subjects and phases.
- Lead CPD and provide staff development opportunities.
- Ensure effective use of data to inform teaching and school improvement.
- Ensure compliance with child protection and safeguarding regulations.
- Line management of staff.
- Work with the leadership team to drive school development.
If you are ready to join a thriving school community and lead with passion and commitment, we would love to hear from you!
Visits to the school are welcomed; please contact the school office to arrange a visit.
Key Information:
Application Deadline: 23:59 Monday 21st April 2025
Interviews are likely to be held Friday 25th April 2025
Start date: September 2025
Contract Type: permanent, full time
PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Futura Learning Partnership is Committed to Safeguarding:
Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your existing/most recent employer and completed by a Headteacher/appropriate senior manager/HR Lead, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, online searches and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.
Equal Opportunities:
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is treated fairly. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting our staff to achieve their full potential.
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 Yeo Moor Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 367 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Yeo Moor Primary School website
- Email address
- bpattenden@futuralearning.co.uk
Arranging a visit to Yeo Moor Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bpattenden@futuralearning.co.uk.
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