Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher

Salary: L12-L17

£56,506 - £63,746 including Fringe

Full Time  Permanent

Required for September 2022 

Rickmansworth School is an 11-18 heavily oversubscribed co-educational partially (35%) selective academy with over 1400 students on roll, increasing to around 1575 students over the next five years. Academic results are strong at KS4 and KS5 with the vast majority of students securing their first choice university destinations.

The School is in a very strong, stable financial position with nearly £6M recently spent on school expansion including a new Sixth-form centre, performing arts theatres and an Innovation & Design Centre. The School is also supported extremely well by a fantastic PTA and Foundation. Our outstanding staff well-being programme includes fortnightly well-being periods, access to our fitness suite and swimming pool, flu vaccinations and complimentary eye tests. The School’s admissions criteria gives preference to staff members’ children.

Our students enjoy learning and are an absolute pleasure to teach. We believe every child deserves the best and we aim to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life.

We are seeking to appoint a full-time Assistant Headteacher. The current core function of the post is to oversee Inclusion at Rickmansworth School, which includes SEND oversight, Disadvantaged provision, Able & Ambitious and Stakeholder Voice  The Assistant Headteacher  will support the Headteacher in providing strategic leadership and development at a whole school level, monitoring and improving the quality of provision and thereby positively impacting on the outcomes for all members of the School community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and are an equal opportunities employer.  Applicants must declare any criminal convictions and submit to a check with the Disclosing and Barring Service as the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  Application forms and further details can be obtained from the website www.rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk, by calling the School on 01923 773296 or by email to applications@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk.

Deadline for applications: 08:00 Friday 25 February 2022

Interview date: Thursday 10 March 2022