Co-Headteacher

Thameside Primary School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5NL

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  7 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £70,293.00 Annually (FTE) 1 Year Fixed Term. Leadership Pay Scale L15. 0.4 FTE Actual annual salary up to £28,117

Co-Headteacher job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an interim Co-Headteacher to work alongside the current Headteacher for the next academic year. This is whilst the substantive Headteacher completes a one-year secondment in the local authority for two days per week.

We are looking for an inspirational and inclusive leader who will nurture the children and work with the Co-Headteacher to lead the staff to excel. We are keen to appoint an Interim Co-Headteacher with a strong vision and passion to build on the school’s current success and ensure that Thameside Primary School continues to provide an engaging curriculum whilst raising aspirations for all learners. Your drive and vision will help us to continue to maximise the personal, social and academic development and achievements of all our children, as well as contributing to our local community. You will have the opportunity to work closely with our enthusiastic children who are proud of their school and their achievements, our committed and motivated staff, supportive parents and Governing Committee.

Substantial deputy head experience is essential.

Thameside Primary School and Cambrian Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.  We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.  All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.

Cambrian Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.

Commitment to safeguarding

SAFER RECRUITMENT STATEMENT

Thameside School and The Vale Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory “Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check.

Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.

The Vale Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ communities.

Applying for the job

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About Thameside Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 193 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thameside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thameside-primary-school-ox14-5nl

‘Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day’

We want our children to be confident and independent, have a love of learning and to care about themselves, other people and the world around them.

OUR VISION IS TO NURTURE LIFE-LONG LEARNERS WHO ARE ASPIRATIONAL, COURAGEOUS, CREATIVE AND KIND.

Throughout their time at Thameside, we will ensure every child has excellent opportunities with memorable and meaningful experiences which will inspire and challenge them at school while also preparing them for their future. Everything we do is underpinned by our values of respect, responsibility, resilience, resourcefulness and reflectiveness.

WE AIM TO DO THIS BY:

Our Standards and ambition for all:

- achieving the highest standards possible

- being a learning community where all are enabled to experience success and to achieve their best

- providing excellent teaching which is based on high expectations, an ambitious and coherently planned curriculum, and stimulating learning activities

Our Values:

- putting the well-being of each child at the heart of our work

- celebrating the successes of our school community within a culture of mutual respect for others

- enabling children to make positive and informed life choices in the school, local and wider community

Our Curriculum:

- ensuring that our curriculum takes into account children’s starting points

- promoting excellence in all areas of the National Curriculum

mastering and applying the key skills of English and Maths

- ensuring that every second counts

Our Partnership with Parents:

- developing a home/school partnership that is focused on the child’s learning and development

- ensuring supportive and positive communication links between home and school

- actively involving parents and the wider community in the life of the school

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