Careers and Next Steps Lead

Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7SX

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2026

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,450.00 Annually (Actual) Salary From: £28,565 with Level 6 Careers Guidance and Development

Careers and Next Steps Lead job summary

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Assistant Headteacher

May 2026

30 hours per week, with two weeks in the Summer holiday

Range 4 (without Level 6 Qualification) (£23,450 to £25,661)

Range 6 (with Level 6 Qualification) (£28,565 to £32,062)

To provide strategic leadership and professional management of Careers and Enterprise Education and Next Steps.

The Careers Lead will ensure that all students—particularly those in Years 10-13—receive expert careers guidance and targeted support.

You will work to achieve the Gatsby benchmarks and meet statutory guidance.

You will bridge the gap between education and the professional world, coordinating with staff to support students in future pathways including UCAS applications and delivering high-impact events that ensure successful transitions into employment, apprenticeships, or higher education.

FLEXIBLE WORKING

AHS is a supporter of Flexible Working; over a third of our staff have a flexible work arrangement. We recognise that a better work-life balance can improve employee motivation, performance and productivity, and reduce stress and therefore want to support our employees in achieving a better balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning and other interests.

Please include detail in your letter of application or talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We cannot promise to give you exactly what you want, but we will do our best to accommodate your needs. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, {remote working}, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours.

AHS is committed to agreeing any flexible working arrangements, provided that the needs and objectives of both the organisation and the employee can be met.

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

CVs alone cannot be accepted for safeguarding reasons

If you are shortlisted for this post, you will also be required to complete a self-disclosure form as part of the recruitment process; this will not be used for shortlisting purposes.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our Safeguarding Statement is here. The appointment will be subject to references, which are satisfactory for the advertised post, an enhanced DBS check with a Child Barred List check, identity checks, prohibition orders and qualification checks as appropriate.

AHS is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage early applications for all vacancies and reserve the right to close our vacancies at any time should the right candidates be found.

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 Aylesbury High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1358 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aylesbury High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aylesbury-high-school-aylesbury

Aylesbury High School (AHS) is a forward-thinking girls’ grammar school that values both academic and pastoral excellence and co-curricular opportunities with the vision of developing uniquely talented young adults, who are independent, strong and confident.
We create a welcoming environment which draws the very best from all in our community, achieved by providing an ambitious education that stimulates creative and critical thinking, values diversity and facilitates dynamic personal development.
The AHS values are Confidence, Respect, Engagement, Aspiration, Teamwork and Enjoyment and we want all in our community to experience, develop and demonstrate these characteristics both within the curriculum and through our extensive co-curricular offering.

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