Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral (Maternity Cover)
| Posting date: | 16 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9RG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | d57ddb00-8852-45f7-ab18-f5aa9452930e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral on a maternity cover basis.
Whether you're an aspiring leader looking for your first step into senior leadership or someone with previous experience seeking a rewarding new challenge, this role offers a chance to make a meaningful impact.
You’ll lead on pastoral care, safeguarding, inclusion, and SEND across the school, working closely with staff, pupils, and families to ensure every child thrives. If you're passionate about supporting vulnerable groups and shaping whole-school strategy, we’d love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
• Eligibility to join excellent pension scheme.
• Option to make additional voluntary contributions to pension for local government pension scheme members which can help boost retirement benefits.
• Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
• Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
• Access to wellbeing provision which offers information and advice on a range of workplace and personal issues.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Enhanced special leave provision, including additional time off as part of our ‘Personal Day’ entitlement which supports employees to achieve a better work/life balance.
• Free car parking.
• On site catering facilities, all of which provide healthy and nutritious meals at a low cost.
• Gym membership. Many of our schools have on-site gyms, the use of which is available to employees at a discounted rate.
• Cycle to work scheme which enables employees to purchase a bike and accessories for their commute to work.
• Free tea and coffee.
Commitment to safeguarding
Neroche Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral on a maternity cover basis.
Whether you're an aspiring leader looking for your first step into senior leadership or someone with previous experience seeking a rewarding new challenge, this role offers a chance to make a meaningful impact.
You’ll lead on pastoral care, safeguarding, inclusion, and SEND across the school, working closely with staff, pupils, and families to ensure every child thrives. If you're passionate about supporting vulnerable groups and shaping whole-school strategy, we’d love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
• Eligibility to join excellent pension scheme.
• Option to make additional voluntary contributions to pension for local government pension scheme members which can help boost retirement benefits.
• Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
• Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
• Access to wellbeing provision which offers information and advice on a range of workplace and personal issues.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Enhanced special leave provision, including additional time off as part of our ‘Personal Day’ entitlement which supports employees to achieve a better work/life balance.
• Free car parking.
• On site catering facilities, all of which provide healthy and nutritious meals at a low cost.
• Gym membership. Many of our schools have on-site gyms, the use of which is available to employees at a discounted rate.
• Cycle to work scheme which enables employees to purchase a bike and accessories for their commute to work.
• Free tea and coffee.
Commitment to safeguarding
Neroche Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.