Assistant Headteacher

Gladstone Park Primary School

Our school is proud to be part of Anthem, a multi-academy trust that creates ambitious and successful schools where every child thrives.

Gladstone Park Primary School strives to enable all children to maximise their potential and develop as confident, resilient and emotionally literate individuals, fully prepared for future life. Gladstone Park Primary School provides an exciting and relevant curriculum that encourages a lifelong love of learning, within a stimulating and positive environment where children feel happy, safe and valued as individuals.

What does it mean to be a leader at Gladstone Park?

We don’t sit still. We get stuck in. And we believe in being 1% better every day.

Gladstone Park is a school with energy, ambition and heart, and we are looking for an Assistant Headteacher who wants to be right at the centre of it. Someone who is visible, hands-on and relentlessly focused on making things better for children. Someone who will notice what needs doing and do something about it; who will challenge us, contribute ideas and bring others with them; and who understands that great leadership is as much about rolling up your sleeves as it is about setting direction.

We are proud of what we have achieved, but we are not interested in standing still. We want a leader who is excited by that: someone who is curious, reflective and ambitious for themselves, their colleagues and every child in our community. If you want to work somewhere where people care deeply, work hard, laugh often, back one another and are always asking “how can we make this 1% better?”, you might just be our person.

Job purpose

To fulfil the professional responsibilities of an assistant headteacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document

The assistant headteacher will support the headteacher and deputy headteacher in:

Providing professional leadership and management of the school

Leading strategic development of the school

Implementing strategies for school improvement

Ensuring effective and efficient organisation and administration of the school

Creating a stimulating, nurturing, happy, safe and productive learning environment that is engaging and fulfilling for all students

Ensuring the curriculum is broad, balanced and underpinned by the trust principles of curriculum design

Benefits

As part of Anthem Schools Trust, staff benefit from a supportive working environment and access to a range of employee benefits, including health and wellbeing support, professional development opportunities and financial benefits.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, suitable references and other essential checks. Staff involved in recruitment and selection are trained in safer recruitment, and all staff and volunteers undertake child protection training.