Assistant Headteacher - Teaching, Learning & Assessment

After our recent successful reinspection by OFSTED, we are looking forward to joining a new very successful Trust for 2025-26. We are now in a position to invest in this crucial role as Teaching, Learning and Assessment lead to further boost provision here and be part of leading the future of excellence at Chaucer School.  ​

As an Assistant Headteacher at Chaucer School, you’ll have the opportunity to work with in an environment that is supportive, ambitious, rewarding, and challenging, all within each day. Chaucer School is a school that makes a difference for all students, where the drive for a first class education goes hand in hand with first class support.  ​

We’re fiercely proud of our school, the opportunities we have on offer, and the service we provide to our community. You’ll need to be able to work under pressure, but always within and with the senior leadership team and dedicated staff team towards our challenging goals. If you can bring leadership that culminates in the feeling of pride and accomplishment for all, and you want to strive for and achieve excellence together, then Chaucer may be the environment for you. ​

The right person will have the ability to or will demonstrate the potential to:​

• Drive our goal of first class education hand in hand with first class support​
• Ensure every young person is supported and challenged to reach their potential and achieve their life chances and dreams. ​
• Develop the quality of support and safeguarding to maximise opportunity for students, staff and parents. ​
• Lead and drive accountability for all levels of colleagues towards first class standards at all levels, with an impact on practice and outcomes. ​
• Create urgency and galvanise people in teams and as individuals​
• Have the capacity for vision and be pro-active in driving to clear success criteria​
• Deliver, sustain and evaluate the best broad outcomes for all our young people.