Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion). Permanent.
Scale: L7 – L11 (Inner London) £67,251 to £73,225
Required for September 2025
The Governors are looking to recruit an Assistant Headteacher from September 2025. This post has arisen due to our Assistant Headteacher taking up a new role. You will be a key part of our effective SLT and will ensure the delivery of high-quality education with high standards in our popular two form entry school. You will take the key responsibility of inclusion and deploying resources effectively to meet the needs of the children. This will involve effective liaison with the SENDCO and other staff. This role also includes a teaching commitment of 0.5 in year 6.
We are looking for a candidate who already has experience in a middle leader role and has a proven record of effective organisation and impact on the school. We would expect you to have the experience and skills to deal with delivering a well-designed curriculum, and developing and maintaining high quality teaching and learning, as well as managing interventions leading to progress and high standards (experience as a SENDCO is not required for this role). Experience of safeguarding would be essential. You must have the capacity to understand the logistics of working and organising a busy, primary school and be calm under pressure.
We are a friendly, hardworking team in our Ofsted rated Good School (September 2023) and you will join a highly effective Senior Leadership. We serve a diverse community with over 50 languages spoken and additionally have significant levels of SEND and Pupil Premium. Our recent inspection report notes that behaviour in class in excellent and that children enjoy learning and look forward to coming to school. West Twyford is a school where children’s interests are the priority. The staff are passionate, dedicated and work well as a team. We value staff CPD and all relevant training will be offered. We are conveniently located near to the A40 and the central and piccadilly and buses from Ealing Broadway, we also have a staff car park. Our newly built school building is well maintained, spacious and a pleasure to work in.
We welcome you to come and have a tour of the school from our Headteacher, Matthew Shapland. Tours will be offered on: Wednesday 12th February PM, Thursday 13th February, Friday 14th February AM, Tuesday 25th February or Wednesday 26th February after 4pm (although we encourage you to see the school when pupils are learning, we understand the difficulties being released from school at times). Please phone the school office on 0208 985 6858 to arrange.
We have a clear commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The Successful candidate will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service. Further information can be found at www.gov.uk.
To apply for this position, you can download an application pack from https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/assistant-headteacher-ealing-2171833
Closing date: By 9 am on Monday 03 March 2025
Interviews: 13 and 14 of March 2025