Senior Assistant Headteacher
Meopham School, Gravesend, Kent, DA13 0AH9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April or September 2025
Closing date
13 February 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
31 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £70,292 - £75,675 - FTE
Pay scale
- L15 - L18
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Meopham School
- L15 – L18 (£66,627 - £71,729)
- April or September 2025 start
Meopham School is seeking an exceptional Senior Assistant Headteacher who is keen to take their next step in senior leadership.
If you are an innovator - someone with energy, drive, passion - keen to embrace new ideas and challenge conventional thinking, then we want to hear from you. We need a Senior Assistant Headteacher with the tenacity and drive to be a catalyst of change within this school community.
Our new Senior Assistant Headteacher will be at the core of our leadership team, meeting weekly with the Deputy Headteachers and Headteacher to drive the strategic direction of the school. You will have direct leadership of both Personal Development across the school, and our rapidly developing Sixth Form. These are two crucial areas that are fundamental to the school’s success.
Exam results and future destinations are of course so important to a young person’s development. However, the experiences that a student has at school, outside and beyond the classroom are equally important. We want our young people to flourish into the confident, tenacious, excellent young adults we know they are capable of becoming. To do that, we need to broaden their cultural horizons and offer them an enrichment programme that develops all aspects of their character, not just their academic success. That is why we are committed to developing a Cultural Capital Pledge - a commitment to a minimum expectation of the cultural and enrichment experiences that each of our students will be offered. The role of the Senior Assistant Headteacher will be to lead on this innovative new approach, working with middle leaders and other staff to ensure our students leave Meopham School with amazing memories of their time with us.
Furthermore, our Sixth Form is at an ambitious point of development, with over 100 applications for Year 12 next year, and a range of new A-Level courses being introduced to offer the broad curriculum offer that young people in the local area deserve. Along with the Head of Sixth Form, our Senior Assistant Headteacher will lead on ensuring our Sixth Form becomes a beacon of academic excellence in the local area.
We are an 11-18 school located in the beautiful village of Meopham, taking students from the surrounding villages and also from Gravesend, which is close by via public transport. We are very proud to be able to offer these young people a dynamic and forward-thinking school that embraces modernity, whilst also providing the tranquility and natural beauty of a traditional village setting. We believe that all young people - regardless of background - should be able to benefit from an education in such a setting.
As part of Swale Academies Trust, we benefit from a collaborative network of nine secondary schools in Kent and East Sussex, and as such, there are a range of professional development and further career progression opportunities available. If you have ambitions to move towards Deputy Headship or even Headship, this position as Senior Assistant Head is an excellent opportunity to develop experience at “top table” level within a trust that is committed to developing its leaders. We would happily facilitate our Senior Assistant Head completing either the National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL) or Headship (NPQH).
We’re a supportive, friendly, approachable team who all work together because we all believe in the same thing: that our job, as educators, is to make the world - and its future - a better place. If you believe in the same thing too, then we warmly welcome you to come and take a look at what our school has to offer. To arrange a visit, feel free to contact the Headteacher directly at ethan.roberts@swale.at. We’d love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Join us to benefit from:
- Teacher Pension Scheme – with a generous employer contribution
- Employee Referral Recruitment Incentive
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Access to training and development
- On-site Parking
- Employee Assistance Programme – Wellbeing and advice
- Discounts with local and national retailers, cinemas and restaurants
- Cycle to Work scheme
Further details about the role
Full details of the requirements of the post can be found in the accompanying recruitment pack.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Ethan Roberts, Headteacher at ethan.roberts@swale.at or 01474 814646.
Applications should be made via Kent Teach/TES, or by submitting a completed application form to ethan.roberts@swale.at. Please note, we cannot accept CVs.
If you experience any difficulty in completing the application form, please contact recruitment@swale.at or 01795 905989 (option 2)
We are happy to discuss any support you may need during your application process as part of our reasonable adjustment approach.
In accordance with current GDPR compliance we will not keep any details / application forms on file once the position is filled.
Interview Dates: 24/02/2025 and 25/02/2025
Swale Academies Trust 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 exempt from ROA and will require an enhanced DBS disclosure
Swale Academies Trust schools will conduct an online check of shortlisted candidates in line with the Keeping Children Safe In Education guidelines.
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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to ethan.roberts@swale.at
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Meopham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1001 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Meopham School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ethan.roberts@swale.at
- Phone number
- 01474 814646
Arranging a visit to Meopham School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ethan.roberts@swale.at.
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