Assistant Principal (EYFS Leader)

Mountbatten Primary School, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU9 4HR

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  17 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £51,773.00 - £57,137.00 Annually (FTE)

Assistant Principal (EYFS Leader) job summary

Assistant Principal (EYFS Lead)
Permanent
Start Date: September 2026

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, compassionate, and skilled Assistant Principal to join the leadership team at Mountbatten Primary School.

The successful candidate will play a key role in modelling and communicating our vision and values across the school community. They will help foster a culture of both challenge and support, ensuring that all pupils and staff are empowered to have a voice and achieve success.

This role includes leadership of EYFS, with responsibility for its development, implementation, and ongoing improvement to enhance outcomes for pupils with SEND. Working closely with the senior leadership team, the Assistant Principal will contribute to driving whole-school improvement and maintaining high standards of teaching and learning at Mountbatten Primary School.

We are looking for an individual who understands the contextual challenges within our setting and is deeply committed to improving outcomes for some of the most vulnerable children in the city. The successful candidate will demonstrate high expectations in learning, teaching, behaviour & care and will remain calm, resilient and solution-focused in the face of challenge.

The role includes a teaching commitment, alongside dedicated leadership time out of the classroom. You will be supported by an experienced and passionate leadership team who are committed to your professional development.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Mountbatten Primary School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 280 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Mountbatten Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mountbatten-primary-school-hu9-4hr

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