Assistant Head of House in Bristol

To start as soon as possible. Full Time. JG6, Term Time Only plus 5 INSET days plus 3 additional days. SCP 19, £32,061 – SCP 23, £34,434 pa pro rata Actual salary £28,529 - £30,341 pa.

The School: Gordano School, part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, is a large and successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. Our school includes a thriving Sixth Form of approximately 350 students that is strongly integrated into the life of the school and offers significant opportunities for sixth form teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community. We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success but wholeheartedly believe that a student's education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in the complete sense, developing our young people’s key skills and behaviours that set them up for a successful future pathway.

As well as consistently strong outcomes at GCSE and A Level, we place great emphasis on the opportunities available to our students including developing student leadership across our student body, offering an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and ensuring clear guidance for students when considering progression to their next steps of their educational journey. We pride ourselves on high-quality support for colleagues at all stages of their career through internal and external CPD, including our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with staff involved in a range of developmental opportunities across schools in the Trust as well as supporting staff in bespoke training such as completing different levels of the NPQ programmes. We maintain significant involvement in Initial Teacher Training and deliver a comprehensive ECT induction in association with the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and Ambition Institute. Our very large staff body allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles at all levels. Importantly, beyond the wider experiences on offer to our student body, we seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than through our recent work in delivering our core principles of ‘Dream big, do your best, give back’, fostering a community filled with kindness and respect.

The Role: We are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated Assistant Head of House to join us on a permanent contract to work with and support their Head of House and the wider Pastoral and Inclusion Teams. The Assistant Head of House is required to start no later than 8.30 am Monday to Friday. We welcome applications from non-teaching or qualified teaching staff (the role post does not involve any classroom teaching). This post will involve regular contact with children and the postholder will engage in regulated activity with children.

It is important that applicants recognise the safeguarding responsibilities that all adults in schools hold, and the checks that are needed to allow all adults in school communities to work there. The role will involve contact with students in the school, and the successful applicant will need to fully understand, and undertake regular training updates on, our safeguarding protocols and how to report on these if needed.

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience of working with children in an educational setting
• Previous experience of working as part of a team
• An ability to make sound and logical judgments in decision making
• A proven team player, adding value to the team
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
• An ability to stay calm and to use a measured, informed approach to deal with conflict or pressured situations
• An ability to work under pressure whilst helping others to remain calm and measured
• Resilience and positivity in equal measure
• An ability to multi-task even when under pressure

Gordano School offers an excellent benefits package including contributory pension scheme, a comprehensive employee assistance programme and benefits (offering discounts on shopping), cycle to work scheme, discounted on-site gym membership and on-site parking.

Closing date: 23.59 on Tuesday 12th May 2026

Interview date: w/c 18th May 2026

*Early applications are encouraged. Gordano School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the School be able to identify an appropriate candidate.