Assistant Headteacher

Due to the promotion of the previous postholder, the Governors of St. John’s C.E. Primary School are looking to appoint a highly effective, highly motivated, and ambitious Assistant Headteacher to strengthen the Leadership Team further. The post requires an experienced Teacher who is creative and innovative, with vision, drive, and commitment to work in partnership with the Senior Leadership Team, all staff, and parents to build on the school’s achievements.

 

The successful candidate will teach and lead across the priamry phase, and be a member of the Senior Leadership Team. The post will include responsibility for leading the curriculum, and candidates should state their curriculum strengths in their application.

 

The successful Assistant Headteacher will:

• Be committed to actively supporting and promoting the school’s Christian vision, ethos and values
• Be an outstanding teacher with recent, successful experience across the primary phase
• Have effective subject leadership experience with sustained impact across the primary phase
• Use vision and expertise to assist the headteacher in leading the school
• Be effective in leading, inspiring, and supporting staff
• Be an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills
• Be an innovator who can lead new initiatives/projects
• Can make a significant contribution to the wider life of our school
• Be a resilient professional who can enable excellence and ensure our curriculum intent is implemented successfully

 

In return, we can offer: 

• a welcoming, caring, aspirational ‘highly effective church school’ (SIAMS 2023) with a strong Christian ethos and clear Christian vision for education
• a positive working environment 
• well-behaved, respectful children who are excited to learn
• a talented, dedicated, and supportive team of staff and governors 
• an outward-facing school that is committed to the continuous professional development  of our team

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This is a permanent appointment from 22 April 2025.

 

 

Please visit the school’s website for further information about the school: https://www.stjohnsceprimarywaterloo.co.uk/

 

Closing Date:    12pm Wednesday 08 January 2025

Interview Date:  Tuesday 28 January 2025

 

The recruitment process for this post will be underpinned by rigorous safer recruitment assessment to ensure that children are protected.

 

As an employee of St. John’s C.E Primary School, you will have a responsibility for and must be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.

The school’s safeguarding and child protection information and policy can be found of the school’s website: https://www.stjohnsceprimarywaterloo.co.uk/safeguarding/

 

Due to the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful candidate must be able to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure (via the Disclosure & Barring Service DBS) in order to be appointed to the post.