Assistant Headteacher

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Ashley Park (Epsom)

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Salary: up to £55,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Hours:

37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

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Job Title:
Assistant Headteacher
Location:
Ashley Park School, Epsom, Surrey KT18 7LR

Salary:
Up to £55,000 per annum (depending on experience, not pro rata)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week | Monday to Friday
Contract:
Permanent | Term Time Only
Start:
December 2026

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

Lead an Ambitious Curriculum. Shape Future Pathways. Help Every Pupil Prepare for Adulthood. We’re looking for an inspirational and ambitious Assistant Headteacher to join the senior leadership team at Ashley Park School.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced educational leader with a strong understanding of the secondary age range, including Post 16, who can help ensure pupils have access to the right curriculum, qualifications and pathways for their individual needs and future aspirations.

Working closely with the Headteacher, you’ll influence curriculum development, teaching, assessment and pupil outcomes across the school. You’ll also take a key leadership role in Post 16 provision and preparation for adulthood, using your knowledge of the different qualifications available to young people to help create meaningful and ambitious pathways.

Experience of leading and developing curriculum would be particularly advantageous, giving you the opportunity to influence provision at whole school level while supporting subject leaders and colleagues to continually strengthen practice.

As Assistant Headteacher, you’ll:

• Provide strong curriculum leadership, supporting subject leaders to develop their expertise and strengthen provision across the school
• Lead Post 16 provision and preparation for adulthood, ensuring pupils have meaningful pathways towards further education, training, employment and greater independence
• Use your knowledge of the different types of qualifications available to young people to help ensure individual pathways are appropriate, ambitious and achievable
• Oversee examination and qualification arrangements, ensuring the school is appropriately registered with relevant bodies and remains compliant with requirements
• Strengthen approaches to assessment, ensuring they provide a valid and reliable understanding of pupils’ knowledge, progress and next steps
• Champion an ambitious and inclusive curriculum, ensuring pupils with SEND can access learning through appropriate support and adaptations
• Work effectively with parents, carers and other professionals to identify needs and strengthen outcomes for individual pupils
• Contribute towhole school improvement, safeguarding and organisational leadership, helping develop effective systems, processes and practices

For this position, it is important that you bring experience across the secondary age range, including Post 16, alongside a strong understanding of the different pathways available to young people.

You’ll bring:

• Experience working across the secondary age range, including Post 16
• A good working knowledge of the different types of qualifications and accreditation pathways available to young people
• An understanding of how curriculum and qualification choices can support progression and preparation for adulthood
• Strong educational leadership experience and the ability to maintain ambitious expectations for pupils
• Experience of working with pupils with SEND and adapting provision around individual needs
• The ability to support and develop colleagues while promoting high quality teaching and learning
• Strong communication and collaborative…