Deputy Headteacher For Inclusion - Full-time
Aylesham Primary School, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 3BS21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L7-11
What skills and experience we're looking for
Join Our Team as Deputy Headteacher for Inclusion
Are you a visionary leader with a passion for fostering educational excellence? Do you have the empathy and strategic mindset needed to drive school improvement? We're seeking a dedicated and dynamic Deputy Headteacher for Inclusion to join our leadership team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead with Empathy and Strategy: Inspire and guide a diverse team towards achieving shared goals. Use your creativity and resilience to navigate the challenges of modern teaching environments.
- Champion Inclusion: Ensure all pupils, regardless of their needs or backgrounds, feel included and have access to high-quality education. Put pupils at the heart of everything you do.
- Foster a Strong School Community: Believe that a strong school community is the backbone of student success. Create an inclusive environment where both students and staff can excel.
- Break Down Barriers: Lead our inclusion, behaviour, and safeguarding strategies to ensure all pupils receive the support they need to become agents of their own personal growth.
- Collaborate and Communicate: Work closely with staff, children, families, and external agencies to promote wellbeing and achievement. Guide staff in implementing strategies for diverse needs.
Ideal Candidate
- Proven track record in breaking down barriers to learning
- Passionate about enabling access and inclusion
- Committed to creating a positive and inclusive educational environment
This full-time role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our school community. If you're ready to lead and inspire, and are committed to excellence and inclusion, we want to hear from you.
Join us at the heart of our local community and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our school. We look forward to welcoming a Deputy Headteacher who shares our vision and values.
We warmly invite all interested candidates to join us for a tour ofAylesham Primary School. During the visit, you'll have the opportunity to meet our Headteacher, and learn more about our vibrant school community. We look forward to welcoming you!
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and two successful references. In line with KCSIE guidance, paragraph 220, all candidates who are shortlisted may be subject to an online search. This search is not part of the shortlisting process itself and all shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to address any issues of concern resulting from the search.
What the school offers its staff
EKC Schools Trust is committed to the continuous professional development (CPD) of all staff. We provide access to a range of learning and development opportunities, including formal training courses, workshops, webinars, conferences, and professional qualifications.
Employees are encouraged to maintain and enhance their skills through role-specific training, knowledge-sharing activities, mentoring, coaching, and regular development discussions. We support career progression by helping staff identify development goals, build new competencies, and access opportunities that contribute to both their professional growth and the success of the Trust.
Further information about the job
Aylesham Primary School is a two-form entry primary school in the heart of the Kent countryside, six miles south of Canterbury, serving Aylesham and the surrounding villages. Our school is a fun, creative and positive place that provides a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment that offers opportunities for all the children "to dig deep and expand their minds". Our mission is…‘To create a learning community that is prepared for an ever-changing future; that believes in the unlimited potential to improve themselves and others in the world around them.’ It is our intention that all children leave our school with a well-rounded education to prepare them for life, underpinned with a strong sense of morality and aspirational goals, to create new futures. In order to achieve this, our school values underpin classroom practice and are a part of our school culture and climate for learning. Our talented and hardworking staff and Leadership Team provide an outstanding quality of care and encourage an environment where children feel confident to try out new skills both inside and outside of the classroom. In February 2025 the school academised and joined the EKC Schools Trust. As a family of schools, colleges and business units, EKC Schools Trust and its sister organisation, the East Kent Colleges Group, are committed to raising the aspirations of all within the communities they serve. Enabling all ages to access the highest quality educational provision, helping them to grow and flourish, and achieve their ambitions. If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact our friendly school office on 01304 840392 or visit the school website www.aylesham.kent.sch.uk
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Aylesham Primary School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 382 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@aylesham.kent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01304840392
Arranging a visit to Aylesham Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@aylesham.kent.sch.uk.
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