Assistant Principal

Heckmondwike Primary Academy, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0AN

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  2 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time: Two days a week, 13.3 hours
• Contract type: Fixed term - 8 months
• Pay scale: L1-L5

What skills and experience we're looking for

• A teaching qualification together with qualified teacher status
• Knowledge of teaching, learning and assessment at primary
• A good understanding of recent curriculum developments and initiatives in primary and their impact in the academy
• An understanding of the use of data to assess and inform teaching and learning and target appropriate intervention
• Experience of dynamic and successful team leadership at middle leader/senior leader level
• Experience of leading and implementing strategies which have ensured high standards of pupil achievement
• An excellent classroom practitioner that can model best practice
• Effective planning and teaching
• Effective behaviour/classroom management
• An ability to work independently and be a team player
• An ability to develop and support other staff to develop a variety of teaching strategies
• An ability to enthuse and direct pupils and staff towards raising expectations and levels of achievement
• An ability to meet deadlines
• Strong ICT skills
• A commitment to both self and team development
• Ability to take the initiative
• Ability to make difficult decisions and relay these effectively
• Self-motivated

What the school offers its staff

At Heckmondwike Academy, we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged and supported to achieve their very best.

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your:

Financial Wellbeing:

• Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme
• Access to anextensivediscounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

• 24/7 access to an online GP
• Gym & fitness discounts
• Cycle to Workscheme*
• Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

• Access to an industry leadingEmployee Assistance Programme
• Menopause Support Service
• TrainedMental Health First Aidersin all our settings

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

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About Heckmondwike Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 435 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: sylvesterc1@heckmondwikepa.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/heckmondwike-primary-school-heckmondwike

Arranging a visit to Heckmondwike Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sylvesterc1@heckmondwikepa.org.uk.

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