Herringham Primary Academy: Assistant Headteacher
Herringham Primary Academy, Grays, Essex, RM16 4JX60 days remaining to apply
Job start date
13 April 2026
Closing date
9 January 2026 at 10am
Date listed
10 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £60,013 - £66,130
Herringham Primary Academy: Assistant Headteacher job summary
Assistant Head Teacher - Responsibility negotiable
Herringham Primary Academy
Salary: Leadership Pay scale L6 £60,013 - £66,130 FTE
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time - Talk to us about Flexible Working
Closing Date: 9th January 2026 at 10am
Herringham Primary Academy is part of the Gateway Learning Community [GLC] which is a partnership of one secondary academy and four primary academies located within Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary in the borough of Thurrock, to the east of London. We are a vibrant, innovative and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 academies of the GLC, we celebrate differences and pledge that everyone enjoys an equality of opportunity and is not discriminated against in any way.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate significant evidence in whole-school transformation leading directly to outstanding outcomes for pupils. They must be able to evidence exceptional leadership as well as exemplary practice as a classroom practitioner. The final responsibilities for this role will be negotiated according to the successful candidates experience and ambitions.
The successful candidate will be thoroughly committed to community regeneration through education; be professionally generous and be prepared to focus relentlessly on teaching, learning, the curriculum and ethos.
Watch our video for an insight in to our academy: https://youtu.be/rnymR1LxuZ4
Click here to view our GLC Brochure
You can read our latest Ofsted Report here: https://www.theglc.org.uk/page/?title=Ofsted+Reports&pid=21
Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC:
- 3 hours of planning, preparation and assessment time [Primary]
- No expectations for teachers to lead after school clubs [Primary]
- Staff well-being programme: including access to Westfield Health Insurance
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Cycle to work Scheme
- Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service
- State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning
- A paid 'My Day' each year
- Excellent career development and training
- 2-week October half term break
- A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching
- Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs
- Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff
- Free Access to the Gateway Academy Fitness Suite
- GLC Staff Nursery [Competitive rates and term time only]
The GLC embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We warmly welcome applicants who are interested in this position to visit our school prior to making an application. Please contact Donna.Dennett@theglc.org.uk to arrange a visit.
If you would like to apply for this position, please do so by selecting the 'Apply Now' button.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Herringham Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 423 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Herringham Primary Academy website
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