Assistant Headteachere (Inclusion)
Orchard Park High School, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 7NJ9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
13 April 2026
Closing date
14 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday - 32.50 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £73,708 - £80,884
What skills and experience we're looking for
Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
Excellent communicator – sensitive, compassionate and effective
Knowledge of strategies to inspire and improve outcomes for students
An ability to establish good working relationships with a wide range of people including students, parents, governors and colleagues
Outstanding organisational skills to ensure efficient and effective implementation of the role
Knowledge of strategies to recognise and reward efforts and achievements and the ability to encourage students to become self-reliant and independent learners
Experience of implementing systems and processes to aid learning, teaching and student development
Experience of implementing whole school strategies
Experience of working with staff to improve their teaching practice
Experience of line managing staff
Experience of successful leadership of a department
What the school offers its staff
Professional development and career progression
Generous pension scheme
Blue Light Card
Eligibility for Teacher Art Pass (teaching staff only)
An Employee Assistance Programme
Gym Discounts
Free eye tests
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme
Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
Further information about the job
ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
With the Headteacher and Leadership Team:
Share responsibility for school policies, decision-making and strategic planning
Develop an ethos of extremely high expectations of staff and students
Take full accountability for key areas of the school’s work
Manage staff and resources
Monitor progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives
Be a highly visible presence around the school and model expectations of staff and students
Have a strategic overview of your areas
Contribute to the development of all areas of the school
Inclusion
To be the named SENDCo
To work with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team to ensure that the school meets its statutory duties in relation to SEND
To ensure that students with special and additional educational needs receive appropriate provision and make good progress in mainstream curriculum lessons and through targeted support
To ensure that the special educational needs of stud
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 will not be accepted for this application.
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About Orchard Park High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 634 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Orchard Park High School website
- Email address
- hrmanager@orchardparkhigh.net
- Phone number
- 0208770220
Orchard Park is one of the most successful schools in the area, performing well above the national average for progress 8. The school is highly successful and we are proud of its ambitions and diverse community. We pride ourselves on routines, systems and excellence. We are a calm, happy and high achieving school, providing the very best education to all.
Orchard Park High School is an 11 to 16 mixed school. The school is situated in Shirley on the border of Croydon and Bromley. The school is ambitious for its students, and provides a happy, caring, and inclusive environment in which all children can thrive.
Arranging a visit to Orchard Park High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hrmanager@orchardparkhigh.net.
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