Assistant Headteacher

Apply by:         Midday Thursday 1st December 2022                                       

Interviews:       w/c 5th December 2022

Salary Scale:    Leadership Scale L4 to L8 (Outer London - £51,225 - £56,174)

Hours:              Full time                            

Contract Term: Permanent          

Job Start:         ASAP     

Delta Primary School is looking for an enthusiastic, inspirational Assistant Headteacher to become part of our senior leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly formed senior leadership team in order to make a real impact on the life of the whole school. The role of a class based Assistant Headteacher includes: monitoring and being accountable for the achievement and progress of pupils; raising standards of teaching and learning; contributing to whole school planning of the School Development Plan and leading a curriculum area across the school.

‘A Small School with a Big Heart and Big Ambition’ is our motto, where we foster a nurturing environment and every child is encouraged to find their own voice and grow as a person, while developing a lifelong love for learning. Our children are motivated to achieve and encouraged to be independent. Pupil voice is encouraged through our School Parliament and Delta assemblies that celebrate children’s achievements.

As part of the Connect Education Trust, we are strongly committed to providing high quality professional development and career progression for all staff. We are constantly reviewing our practices to ensure that our staff can focus on what matters, providing a rich environment in which children can learn and thrive. We are able to offer significant opportunities to work in collaboration with colleagues at Delta Primary School and across the Trust. At Delta Primary School staff are able to be involved with developments within the curriculum in areas that interest them. We encourage expertise and a staff that supports one another to develop their own practice by creating remarkable futures for all pupils.

As part of the Trust, we offer:

• Well-being days
• Perkbox app – with access to hundreds of exclusive company perks e.g. high street discounts
• Employee support hub
• Attendance reward scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

In line with recent legislation, applicants must have a command of spoken English that is sufficient to effectively carry out duties of the role.  Visits to the school are warmly welcome, a telephone call with the Headteacher can also be arranged to find out more about the school and role. For an application pack please email Lisa Gannon, Business Support Officer at lisa.gannon@deltaprimary.org Please visit our website to learn more about Delta Primary: https://www.deltaprimary.org.

Connect Education Trust is committed to safeguarding, therefore all employees working within the Trust must have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of our children and young people. All candidates are required to complete the school’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ declaration and will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). For posts in regulated activity, this will include a barred list check. The Trust also requires consent from applicants to carry out online searches of publicly available information, including social media, prior to interview. The Trust and its schools are committed to ensuring that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment or is disadvantaged on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, and we welcome applications from all sections of society.