Assistant Headteacher
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Manchester, M19 3GH |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | c77f86ff-71dd-45d5-bff4-b9aff8e557df |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
About the role
Are you looking for the next step in your career, a new challenge and opportunity to widen the positive impact you have?
This vacancy is the ideal opportunity for someone looking for a stepping stone to gain experience and growth for leadership progression.
Due to the upcoming maternity leave of our current Senior Assistant Headteacher, we are delighted to offer a vacancy to join our Senior Leadership Team on a maternity contract as a LKS2 Assistant Headteacher. To support with a smooth transition for the new Assistant Headteacher, our pupils, families and team we are looking for someone who can start as soon as possible and be with us until 31st August 2027. We are also open to considering secondment opportunities, where you are already employed within a school that is open to this too.
You will find more information below and in the attached information about the role.
We look forward to welcoming an application from you.
About the candidate
The most important thing to us, is that we find the right person for our children, team and community.
You will be passionate about making a difference and share our belief in the importance of relationships and our core values of: respect, inclusion and growth.
You will want to work in a large, diverse, urban primary school and understand the wonderful and unique opportunities and challenges this can bring.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer you as a leader
As a school we are proud of our excellent offer for leaders and our strong commitment to their personal and professional development. The quality of this support has enabled previous Assistant Headteachers to successfully achieve their career aspirations of promotion into roles such as Deputy Headteacher, Headteacher, specialist consultants and Trust leads.
Our leadership development offer can be tailored to your specific strengths and areas for growth. The attached ‘Information about the post’ contains more detail but for all our Assistant Headteachers this offer includes:
• Opportunity to make a real difference to the provision and outcomes for 180 pupils in your phase – through leading and managing a team of 5+ teachers and wider support staff;
• Building a portfolio of evidence of your impact through implementation of whole school improvement projects across a three-form primary school;
• Support, coaching, mentoring and development from our:
• Headteacher – who is also an ILM Accredited Coach, People Management Expert for The Key, Associate Leadership Coach for One Education and experienced in school-to-school support for Headteachers and leadership teams;
• Deputy Headteacher – who is also a National College SEND Expert, SLE for Inclusion, SEND and Behaviour and experienced in school-to-school support for SEND and Inclusion;
• External professional supervision;
• Leadership coaching;
• Internal and external CPD – including through National Professional Qualifications, accredited courses, local networks / clusters, links with high-quality external professionals and bespoke opportunities to shadow and learn from specialists in a range of fields across teaching and learning and wider school leadership (such as governance, finance, HR and health and safety);
What we offer all our team
• The chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our children – the heart and highlight of our school community;
• The opportunity to contribute to a large, diverse, and vibrant primary school environment;
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing, clearly reflected in our daily practices, policies, systems, and support;
• An incredibly supportive and proactive governing body, fully engaged in school life;
• A collaborative and forward-thinking leadership team, with senior and middle leaders working within a distributed leadership model;
• A truly inclusive, warm, and welcoming staff team – including teachers, teaching assistants, admin, premises, cleaning, and lunchtime staff – all working together with shared purpose;
• A respectful, engaged parent and carer community, reflecting a rich diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding is of upmost importance at Chapel Street. Our commitment to safeguarding is evident in all elements of our practice and provision and is central to our recruitment processes including at least one member of each panel trained in Safer Recruitment; the interview process will assess your suitability to work with children and ensure you have the right knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours; offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of all required vetting checks and Safeguarding and Child Protection are an integral part of our induction process for all new staff.
About the role
Are you looking for the next step in your career, a new challenge and opportunity to widen the positive impact you have?
This vacancy is the ideal opportunity for someone looking for a stepping stone to gain experience and growth for leadership progression.
Due to the upcoming maternity leave of our current Senior Assistant Headteacher, we are delighted to offer a vacancy to join our Senior Leadership Team on a maternity contract as a LKS2 Assistant Headteacher. To support with a smooth transition for the new Assistant Headteacher, our pupils, families and team we are looking for someone who can start as soon as possible and be with us until 31st August 2027. We are also open to considering secondment opportunities, where you are already employed within a school that is open to this too.
You will find more information below and in the attached information about the role.
We look forward to welcoming an application from you.
About the candidate
The most important thing to us, is that we find the right person for our children, team and community.
You will be passionate about making a difference and share our belief in the importance of relationships and our core values of: respect, inclusion and growth.
You will want to work in a large, diverse, urban primary school and understand the wonderful and unique opportunities and challenges this can bring.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer you as a leader
As a school we are proud of our excellent offer for leaders and our strong commitment to their personal and professional development. The quality of this support has enabled previous Assistant Headteachers to successfully achieve their career aspirations of promotion into roles such as Deputy Headteacher, Headteacher, specialist consultants and Trust leads.
Our leadership development offer can be tailored to your specific strengths and areas for growth. The attached ‘Information about the post’ contains more detail but for all our Assistant Headteachers this offer includes:
• Opportunity to make a real difference to the provision and outcomes for 180 pupils in your phase – through leading and managing a team of 5+ teachers and wider support staff;
• Building a portfolio of evidence of your impact through implementation of whole school improvement projects across a three-form primary school;
• Support, coaching, mentoring and development from our:
• Headteacher – who is also an ILM Accredited Coach, People Management Expert for The Key, Associate Leadership Coach for One Education and experienced in school-to-school support for Headteachers and leadership teams;
• Deputy Headteacher – who is also a National College SEND Expert, SLE for Inclusion, SEND and Behaviour and experienced in school-to-school support for SEND and Inclusion;
• External professional supervision;
• Leadership coaching;
• Internal and external CPD – including through National Professional Qualifications, accredited courses, local networks / clusters, links with high-quality external professionals and bespoke opportunities to shadow and learn from specialists in a range of fields across teaching and learning and wider school leadership (such as governance, finance, HR and health and safety);
What we offer all our team
• The chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our children – the heart and highlight of our school community;
• The opportunity to contribute to a large, diverse, and vibrant primary school environment;
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing, clearly reflected in our daily practices, policies, systems, and support;
• An incredibly supportive and proactive governing body, fully engaged in school life;
• A collaborative and forward-thinking leadership team, with senior and middle leaders working within a distributed leadership model;
• A truly inclusive, warm, and welcoming staff team – including teachers, teaching assistants, admin, premises, cleaning, and lunchtime staff – all working together with shared purpose;
• A respectful, engaged parent and carer community, reflecting a rich diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding is of upmost importance at Chapel Street. Our commitment to safeguarding is evident in all elements of our practice and provision and is central to our recruitment processes including at least one member of each panel trained in Safer Recruitment; the interview process will assess your suitability to work with children and ensure you have the right knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours; offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of all required vetting checks and Safeguarding and Child Protection are an integral part of our induction process for all new staff.