Assistant Headteacher
| Posting date: | 01 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2026 |
| Location: | Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 5HB |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 017b6eb3-4de5-4e99-b26e-9bb8c85fda8d |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
• Have the ability to lead, manage, motivate and inspire children, colleagues, partners and parents/carers with flair, sensitivity and consistently high expectations
• Be an excellent classroom practitioner and lead in KS1 or KS2
• Enjoy a challenge
• Be a lifelong learner, reflective and open to feedback
• Be a creative, strategic thinker who works well as part of a collaborative team
• Have a real commitment to supporting all areas of an inclusive ethos
What the school offers its staff
Caldecott is an exciting, diverse and well-resourced school working with a range of forward-thinking and creative partners. We want to appoint a positive, well-informed and highly effective leader and teacher for this important role within our school. We are looking for a candidate who has real motivation, determination and vision to share in leading and managing our happy school; in return, we will provide you with proactive support and the opportunities to broaden your experience and grow as a leader. This is a chance to join our school and have a real and lasting impact.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
• Have the ability to lead, manage, motivate and inspire children, colleagues, partners and parents/carers with flair, sensitivity and consistently high expectations
• Be an excellent classroom practitioner and lead in KS1 or KS2
• Enjoy a challenge
• Be a lifelong learner, reflective and open to feedback
• Be a creative, strategic thinker who works well as part of a collaborative team
• Have a real commitment to supporting all areas of an inclusive ethos
What the school offers its staff
Caldecott is an exciting, diverse and well-resourced school working with a range of forward-thinking and creative partners. We want to appoint a positive, well-informed and highly effective leader and teacher for this important role within our school. We are looking for a candidate who has real motivation, determination and vision to share in leading and managing our happy school; in return, we will provide you with proactive support and the opportunities to broaden your experience and grow as a leader. This is a chance to join our school and have a real and lasting impact.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.