Assistant Head Teacher

St. John’s Primary

Dates: From September 2025

Closing date for applications: 18 April 2025

Interviews: 1 May 2025 or in agreement with the candidate

Salary; Leadership Scale (fringe, ISR 5-9)

Location; Caterham, Surrey

Contract type: Full Time

Contract term: Permanent

St John’s Church of England Primary School is seeking to appoint a dynamic and innovative Assistant Head Teacher. This is a great opportunity to join an ambitious, committed and vibrant leadership team.

The ideal candidate will be someone currently in middle / senior leadership position, looking for new challenge, or a highly skilled, exemplary teacher with experience at leading initiatives across the school.

It is planned for the position to be 50% class based (possible in upper Key Stage 2) and 50% performing leadership duties.

As a key member of our Leadership team you would be involved in managing the school on a day to day basis and be expected to take the lead in key aspects of strategic school development and the raising of standards. The successful candidate should be prepared to lead on such areas as curriculum development, monitoring of standards and teacher effectiveness, tracking and analysis of results/data, behaviour management, external relations and community links, staff development, training and induction.

We are looking to appoint someone who:

• is an outstanding classroom practitioner who can inspire, challenge, support and empower others to drive our school forward.
• can demonstrate excellent organisational and inter-personal skills
• has clear vision, energy and commitment to all aspects of school life
• has a desire and passion to make a real difference to the lives and life-chances of our children
• a keen desire to support the aims and Christian ethos of this church school

We can offer you:

• enthusiastic, friendly children who are eager to learn and a joy to be with
• the opportunity to work in strategic partnership with the Headteacher and Leadership Team
• a supportive and committed Governing Body
• opportunities to further relationships and work with our local parish church and the wider community
• support and encouragement for continuous professional development

Visits to the school are greatly encouraged. Application forms and further details are available via email, or from the school’s website.

St John’s is an equal opportunities employer, committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our children. All appointments will be subject to full DBS disclosure and satisfactory references prior to appointment, pre-employment checks and a health check.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept or do any work in ‘regulated activity. The position advertised is regulated activity. Scholars will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates

Successful candidates are required to declare any convictions, adult cautions or other matters which may affect your suitability to work with children. As a result of amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions in 1975), 2013 and 2020, some minor offences ae now protected (filtered) and should not be disclosed to potential employers.

If you are unsure whether you need to disclose criminal information, you should seek legal advice or you may wish to contact NACRO or UNLOCK from impartial advice. More information is available on filtering and protected offences on the Ministry of Justice Website.