Associate Assistant Headteacher

Potters Green Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 2GF

38 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L1-L5

Associate Assistant Headteacher job summary

ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER

L1- L5

Required for September 2026

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and ambitious leader to play a key role in the next step on our journey to providing an outstanding quality of education for every child.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, experienced professional to broaden their experience and further develop their leadership and management skills.

We are very proud of our dedicated and caring staff team; hard-working and well-behaved children and our learning environment. We are committed to ensuring that children of all abilities and backgrounds achieve their very best in everything they do. We are also committed to growing the talent in all our staff, enabling them to flourish and succeed.

At Potters Green School, we are committed to, ‘nurture the bright futures of our pupils by giving them a love of learning, broadening their life experiences and enabling them to develop key skills for future success’. Our school team are integral in achieving this for our pupils. We have a strong, passionate and dedicated team that places the pupils at the heart of everything we do. Ofsted reported, ‘Staff enjoy working at the school and feel leaders consider their workload and well-being’. Potters Green is not just a place to work—it’s a place to grow, inspire, and make a lasting impact. Join us and be part of something special!

We are looking for a candidate who:

• Is an excellent classroom practitioner with a love of teaching and an enthusiasm for ensuring that every child achieves their full potential;

• Is passionate about children’s learning, with a proven track record of raising attainment and accelerating progress;

• Is an experienced leader who has previously worked in a TLR or similar leadership role;

• Is keen to progress in their career and have an influence on teaching and learning beyond their own classroom.

• Has the drive and ambition to go the extra mile to make great things happen at Potters Green.

• Has a good understanding of the primary curriculum particularly for reading and writing

We can offer:

• The opportunity to take a full and strategic role in the leadership of the school;

• Ongoing professional development, including access to senior leadership development and the opportunity to work alongside assistant headteachers within our Trust primary schools

• The opportunity to work as part of an experienced and successful leadership team with a proven track record of securing school improvement across schools within our Trust

• A supportive, friendly and hardworking staff team who are united in their drive to achieve the very best outcomes for every child;

• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition, through the Trust people strategy, and a range of benefits which include the provision of an iPad, the teachers’ pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, an employee discount scheme and healthcare plan and a commitment to developing the use of new technologies to support learning and streamline workload.

• A supportive Trust and local governing body who are committed to helping the school move forwards

If you are committed to ensuring that every child achieves their very best and enjoy making a difference, then come and see us in action and find out more about what this role can offer.

Visits and applications: Visits to the school prior to application are strongly encouraged and will be warmly welcomed. We would be delighted to meet you and talk about the opportunity. To arrange a visit please contact: 

Application deadline: 12pm Monday 20 April 2026

Interviews: Thursday 23 April 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

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 Potters Green Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 420 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Potters Green Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/potters-green-primary-school-coventry

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