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.

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 the strategic development of inclusion and safeguarding across the school
• Implementing strategies for school improvement with a particular focus on inclusion, SEND, behaviour, and wellbeing
• Ensuring effective and efficient organisation and administration of inclusion-related provision
• Creating a safe, nurturing, and stimulating learning environment where all pupils can thrive

• Ensuring the curriculum is broad, balanced, and inclusive, underpinned by the Trust’s 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.