11 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    6 March 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    14 February 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: Full Time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

L11-18

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required for September 2025, an outstanding, energetic and well-qualified teacher, who has the ambition and drive to join our Senior Leadership Team and to develop and deliver an ambitious vision for student and community engagement.

We are looking for a middle leader or existing senior leader with a proven track record of excellent leadership within their department, year group or area and who is ready to move on to the next stage of their career.


What the school offers its staff

In return, we can offer:

  • a strong, supportive, forward looking and effective leadership team
  • very positive climate for learning where students want to work hard and do well
  • an ethos of staff well- being, including early finishes ahead of parents’ evenings, minimal evening events, and off- site PPA
  • a team of cover supervisors to ensure teachers rarely cover colleagues’ absence
  • personalised pathways of CPD, including coaching and leadership training for aspirant middle and senior leaders



Further details about the role

THE HOLT SCHOOL Holt Lane Wokingham RG41 1EE

Tel: 0118 978 0165

holtschool@holt.wokingham.sch.uk

www.holtschool.co.uk

Assistant Headteacher

Leadership of Student and Community Engagement

Required September 2025

L11-18

Required for September 2025, an outstanding, energetic and well-qualified teacher, who has the ambition and drive to join our Senior Leadership Team and to develop and deliver an ambitious vision for student and community engagement.

We are looking for a middle leader or existing senior leader with a proven track record of excellent leadership within their department, year group or area and who is ready to move on to the next stage of their career.

The successful applicant’s main role will be to lead student and community engagement. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate how their initiative and ability to lead teams along with their involvement in student engagement has contributed to the life of the school. They will understand the needs of young people and the pressures and choices they face, and they will inspire our students to be the best they can be.

The Holt is a popular and oversubscribed 11-16 girls and 16-18 co-ed comprehensive school. Further details and an application form are available from the school website

Prospective applicants are welcome to telephone Mrs Katie Warner HR manager for more information about this post and to arrange a visit.

The Holt School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Closing Date: 9am on Thursday, 6th March 2025


Commitment to safeguarding

The Holt School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Applying for the job

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About The Holt School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1417 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Phone number
0118 978 0165

The Holt is a popular and oversubscribed 11-16 girls and 16-18 co-ed comprehensive school.

Arranging a visit to The Holt School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email holtschool@holt.wokingham.sch.uk.

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