Associate Assistant Headteacher - English and Communications Faculty
The Billericay School, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9LH12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2026
Closing date
6 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £61,582.00 - £67,796.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale - Points 7 - 11
Associate Assistant Headteacher - English and Communications Faculty job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious practitioner to lead our highly successful English and Communications Faculty. We welcome applications from colleagues currently in middle or senior leadership roles, including high-performing and aspirational English Key Stage Coordinators who are ready to take the next step in their leadership journey. This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking colleague to drive continued excellence, innovation and growth within a faculty with a strong track record of success.
With over 90 students studying English or Film at Poist-16, the faculty plays a central role in the academic life of the school and aspirations of our school community. We are looking for a leader with a deep appreciation for English Language and Literature, who can inspire students and staff alike, further develop an already strong specialist team, and build on our established success at both KS4 and KS5.
Main responsibilities include:
- To provide professional leadership to subject teachers of English and Film for KS3, KS4 and KS5
- To develop innovative teaching and learning in the English department
- Direct Line Management of Key Stage leaders in English
- Direct Line Management of Head of Film
- To be accountable for student progress in English and Film
- To be an outstanding practitioner of English
The successful candidate will combine strategic vision with a genuine passion for classroom practice. They will be equally committed to supporting our Year 7 nurture students as they are to stretching and championing our Year 13 Oxbridge students. We want a leader who believes that excellence and inclusion go hand in hand, and who can ensure outstanding provision across the full ability range.
Our Governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, and where applicable a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Billericay School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1702 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Billericay School website
The Billericay School is one of the largest schools in Essex with a roll of almost 1700 students, including 300 in the Sixth Form. The school site enjoys an enviable location; close to the town centre, yet situated in spacious grounds, the school is positioned on an elevated site with distant and sweeping views down towards the River Thames and beyond. In times past, a windmill stood nearby, a piece of local history still commemorated in the school badge.
Teaching takes place in five principal blocks.
The original structure, that dates from the school's foundation some sixty years ago includes an open air, furnished and planted quadrangle for lower school students to use during the summer months.
Other buildings include a modern Technology and Business Studies block, an Art, Food Technology and Textiles building and a Sixth Form Centre that provides a modern, attractive environment for our older students.
Other resources include a large assembly hall with television link, a drama studio, a music suite with recording studio, a media area with video editing suite and a large library/ resource based learning centre, which includes extensive ICT and study facilities as well as housing over 30,000 books.
The school's sporting facilities are exceptional, including a swimming pool, sports hall, gymnasium and fitness suite.
Our grounds include tennis and netball courts and football, rugby and cricket pitches. The school has recently achieved the national Sportsmark Award for its sporting excellence and work with the community.
The school also has a medical room, with the services of qualified staff throughout the school day.
It is also worthy of note that many of our staff have chosen to send their own children to the school. What greater sign of confidence could there be!
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