Careers Lead

Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7SX

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  18 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 May 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: £20,478.00 Annually (Actual) Without Level 6 Qualification (£20, 478 to £22, 378) With range 6 Qualification (£24, 903 to £27, 918)

Careers Lead job summary

LINE MANAGED BY:

HOURS PER WEEK:

PAY SCALES:

Assistant Headteacher

27.5 hours per week, term time only

Range 4 (without Level 6 Qualification) (£20, 478 to £22, 378)

Range 6 (with Level 6 Qualification) (£24, 903 to £27, 918)

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 and delivering high-impact events that ensure successful transitions into employment, apprenticeships, or higher education.

Please see the job description for further details about the role and person specification.

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: Academies, 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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