Assistant Principal Lead for Enhanced Curriculum

Bedelsford School, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2QZ

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February 2026

• Closing date

  30 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time, Maternity Cover
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Full-time equivalent salary: Leadership Group Spine point £65,642 - £72,008 (L8-L12)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an inspiring and committed Assistant Principal to join our Senior Leadership Team, contributing to strategic school development, leading high-quality teaching and curriculum provision, and overseeing our Enhanced Curriculum and extended learning opportunities. The successful candidate will be an outstanding practitioner with strong leadership, organisational and partnership-working skills, and a clear commitment to inclusive, high-quality education for pupils with complex needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership & School Development - Contribute to the strategic leadership, organisation and management of the school alongside the Principal, Vice Principal, Governors and Senior Leadership Team, ensuring policies, staffing structures, budgets and health & safety requirements are effectively implemented and reviewed.

• Teaching, Learning and & Curriculum Leadership - Lead and coordinate high-quality curriculum planning and delivery, ensuring a stimulating, inclusive learning environment that meets the complex needs of pupils with severe and profound learning disabilities.

• Enhanced Curriculum & Extended Provision - Lead the operational delivery of the Enhanced Curriculum, including home-based learning, family liaison, ILIs, EHCP reporting, after-school clubs, summer school provision and participation in residential visits.

• People Management & Partnership Working - Build strong professional relationships with staff, families and external agencies, line-manage support staff within the Enhanced Curriculum provision, and promote a positive, collaborative team culture.

• Safeguarding, Inclusion & Professional Responsibility - Uphold safeguarding, equality, confidentiality and attendance policies, participate in SLT meetings and INSET, deputise for senior leaders when required, and ensure all responsibilities are delivered within agreed budgets and statutory frameworks.

Key Requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status with substantial, recent experience teaching pupils with severe, profound and multiple learning disabilities, including physical difficulties, and those who present with challenging behaviour.

• Outstanding classroom practitioner, with a proven track record of sustained high-quality teaching and a strong commitment to providing exceptional education for all pupils.

• Curriculum leadership experience, including successfully leading a core curriculum area and demonstrating secure knowledge of current best practice in special education provision.

• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with the proven ability to manage high-level administrative responsibilities appropriate to an Assistant Principal role.

• Inspirational and forward-thinking professional, able to generate enthusiasm for new ideas among pupils and staff, inspire confidence in others, and contribute positively to school improvement.

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

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

Bedelsford School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Bedelsford School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 132 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bedelsford School website
• Email address: MHartzenberg@bedelsfordschool.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bedelsford-school

Bedelsford School is an outstanding special school which aims to provide innovative education and a challenging environment for pupils aged 2 to 19. The school specialises in educating pupils with a wide range of Physical Disabilities including those with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Moderate Learning Difficulties and Complex Health needs. However, we are a changing population and many of our pupils now have CLDD (complex learning difficulties and disabilities).

The school converted to Academy status in April 2016 and was last inspected by Ofsted in December 2018 . Inspectors observed: Bedelsford School has high expectations of all and aims to provide consistent and sustained improvement, working collegiately with key partners.

We keenly take account of the development of neuroscientific knowledge and research to better enable us to develop the skills of our staff team, understand the unique ways our pupils learn and implement the teaching strategies which will ensure pupils make the maximum progress they can.

Bedelsford School works in close partnership with Parents/Carers to ensure that collaborative goal setting takes place and that all students reach their full potential.

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