Associate Assistant Headteacher - Science

Icknield High School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2AH

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Leadership Scale L10-L14

Associate Assistant Headteacher - Science job summary

Icknield High School is a state funded secondary academy school with 1450 students. It has an Ofsted rating of ‘good’ – February 2024. It caters for students aged between 11 and 16 in Luton, Bedfordshire. The school is located in north Luton and just off the A6.

At Icknield High School everything we do is underpinned by our overriding philosophy of ‘Raising the Achievement of All’. We believe that every student, regardless of background, should be afforded the same opportunities to be successful and that nothing should hold a child back from pursuing their talents and passions. We have consistently high expectations of our students and encourage excellence in all aspects of school life. In 2024, the school achieved a progress 8 score of +0.55 with 60% of students achieving a grade 5 and above in Science and English. The 2024 outcomes rank the school in the top 10% in the country for GCSE outcomes.

As the Associate Assistant Headteacher of Science, you will be part of a team of lead professionals that take responsibility for the quality of individual subject provision, curriculum teaching and assessment.

You will be jointly accountable for subject performance improvement, attainment, and progress in your discreet subject area, in particular outcomes for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. You will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to accelerate improvement and raise standards.

Within your role, you will plan and teach high quality lessons, deliver intervention programmes and challenge and support subject teams to achieve stretching targets for student outcomes. You will analyse performance data to ensure that students are appropriately targeted for support.

Furthermore, you will lead on a key aspects of school development plan and operations based on your expertise and at the discretion of the Headteacher.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience for the above position and are interested in joining our staff team, for further details and an application pack please contact Mrs Tina Freeman-Headteacher’s PA, - telephone 01582 576561 or e-mail tfreeman@icknield.beds.sch.uk Alternatively, please visit our web site www.icknield.beds.sch.uk

Visits to the school are welcomed.

Closing date: 28 April 2025

Icknield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service

Commitment to safeguarding

Icknield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Icknield High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1453 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Icknield High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/icknield-high-school

Icknield High School is a highly successful 11-16 mixed Academy with an excellent reputation, situated in pleasant grounds on the northern outskirts of town. We pride ourselves on our excellent GCSE results and offering an enriching educational experience to all of our students. We are justifiably proud of our excellent reputation and believe that we offer both students and staff a caring environment in which they can succeed.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) formerly the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

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