Associate Assistant Headteacher (Director of Year 7 (for 2026/27))

Bexhill High Academy, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4BY

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  15 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year or phase
  • Assistant headteacher
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership scale (L7-11)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Mulberry Academy Bexhill is looking for a dynamic and inspiring Associate Assistant Headteacher to be the Director of Year 7 and have another significant whole school responsibility (to be discussed at interview).

The Directors of Year at Mulberry Academy Bexhill have the following responsibilities:

-Analyse all data from the students in the year group (including progress data, attendance, behaviour) to coordinate actions to drive progress, especially for key student groups (including SEND, PP, CLA), and students making the least academic progress

-Coordinate and drive the actions of the year team to improve progress, behaviour and attitudes

-Present the actions and impact of actions at a termly progress meeting to a panel comprising the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, SENCO, behaviour lead (SLT), attendance lead and DSL.

-Direct and line manage the members of the year team (Head of Year, Quality of Education lead (SLT), Pastoral manager (non-teaching), year group administrator)

-Lead weekly year team meetings to coordinate actions to improve progress, behaviour and attitudes

-Coordinate the graduated response for key students

-Coordinate reintegration meetings (RIGs)

-Coordinate safeguarding for the year group

-Coordinate the writing of additional needs plans

-Coordinate appropriate interventions for students

-Manage parental communications effectively

-Work closely with the inclusion team

-Teaching (any subject)

What the school offers its staff

In return, we can offer an environment where you will gain whole school experience and learn much on your journey of career progression to senior leadership and beyond.

Our school is unique, exciting and innovative – our philosophy is inclusive and founded on respect. If you feel this fits with your own value set and you have a track record of leading change, raising standards and you strive for excellence, then this might be just the role for you.

We aim to recruit staff who:

• Love the processes of teaching and learning and are keen to continually develop their own skills;

Recognise that teaching can be a demanding job and react positively to those demands;

• Will subscribe to the ethos of the Academy and be committed to get the very best from our students;

• Take every opportunity, in and out of the classroom, to talk to students, model expected behaviours and build positive relationships;

• Remain at the forefront of pedagogy, educational research and debate.

• See themselves as having the potential to become senior school leaders of the future.

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

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Associate Assistant Headteacher.pdf - 1.06 MB (opens in new tab)

About Bexhill High Academy

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bexhill High Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@bexhillacademy.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bexhill-high-academy

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