Permanent Assistant Headteacher
Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 5ED18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
8 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
20 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L3-L7; £54,394 - £60,145
What skills and experience we're looking for
Sheffield South East Trust is seeking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher at Wybourn Community Primary School, starting in September 2026.
You need to have:
- Excellent teaching skills
- Ability to inspire and support staff
- A commitment to developing and maximising the potential of all our pupils
- Good organisational and interpersonal skills, with the resilience to be fully responsive to day to day issues in school
- Some relevant leadership and management experience
- The skills and experience to support the school’s phase leaders
- Experience of and enthusiasm for working in partnership with families
Please ensure that your application details the areas of your expertise and experience. Knowledge and experience of SEND and inclusion is not essential but is desirable.
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
- A key role within the Senior Leadership Team
- A forward thinking, committed staff and governor team
- Enthusiastic children and parents
- Quality leadership and preparation time
- Continuing professional development opportunities
Further information about the job
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed: please could potential applicants contact the school on 0114 2721988 to make arrangements. If you wish to apply for this post, please apply via the DFE Teaching Vacancies website or by downloading an application pack from the school or trust website. Completed applications should be returned by email to recruitment@wybourncommunity.sheffield.sch.uk
Closing date: 8th May 2026 at 9am
Interviews: w/c 11th May 2026
As this is SATS week the observations and interviews will not take place on any morning Monday to Thursday.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 559 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School website
- Email address
- recruitment@wybourncommunity.sheffield.sch.uk
Sheffield South East Trust (SSET) formed in 2016 and unites seven local primary schools. The schools within the Trust work closely together for the benefit of the children and communities they serve. There are many opportunities for support, training and networking between the schools.
Wybourn is a thriving and successful school providing a happy and secure environment that encourages learning through a creative curriculum.
We have developed a 2–11 extended services provision, across the school and nursery. The school and nursery provide quality childcare, education and important services for children and their families. The school has maintained a 'Good' rating from Ofsted.
We offer a supportive, positive environment with a forward thinking, committed staff team and enthusiastic children and parents. We are looking for someone who is well motivated and passionate, a team player who is also able to work independently using their own initiative.
Arranging a visit to Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@wybourncommunity.sheffield.sch.uk.
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