Job description

Position: Assistant Headteacher

Salary: L6 – L10; Inner London

Hours of work: Full Time

Contract Term: Permanent; Full-time (Flexible working requests will be considered); 1 day a week teaching responsibility

Closing Date: Thursday 23 April 2026 midday.

Interviews: shortlisted candidates will be invited for selection activities on Thursday 30 April 2026/ Second round: successful applicants will be invited for final interviews on Tuesday 5 May 2026.

Start date : September 2026

Welbourne Primary School and Children’s Centre is located in Tottenham Hale, with excellent travel links with Tottenham Hale and Bruce Grove stations within walking distance. The school also has some parking spaces.

We have nurseries from the ages of 2 and two forms of entry from Reception to Year 6.

There is a vision to strengthen the work between our Children’s Centre and the school, so we have a strong Birth to 11 offer for our families.

Together with our wraparound provision, there is a staff team of over 60. As we move into the new academic year, we are working towards reviewing our nursery offer to include wraparound hours for working families.

We are fortunate to have a sprawling site in the centre of Tottenham and are at the very beginnings of a DfE Rebuilding programme.

We are at the discovery stage of a transformative digital strategy, that future proofs our school’s digital infrastructure.

There are various partnerships the school prides itself on, including with Streetz Ahead, Haringey Music Service, East London Research School and Haringey’s HAF programme. We are strengthening links with Tottenham Hotspurs Foundation, ArtsBridge and other local partners.

From April 2026, Welbourne is a pilot school for the DfE’s Free Breakfast Clubs programme.

We are looking for a leader to join our team to ensure our school’s strategic vision is enacted consistently across all classrooms and corridors. This is a crucial, high-impact role focused on the lived reality of our school culture. This role is vital in providing total clarity and a single-point accountability for reinforcing our daily habits and shared norms, bridging between the strategic and operational leadership of the school. The leader will be an exceptional classroom teacher; modelling high competency of the teacher standards.

The Assistant Headteacher will be a guardian of the school’s “Daily Habits.” They will ensure that the school is a safe, calm, and inclusive environment where every pupil, regardless of background, can thrive.

They will move the school’s “shared language” into “observable actions” through coaching, vigilance, and clear systems.

Under the direction of the headteacher, to ensure that the school fulfils its aims for excellence in teaching & learning & enables all pupils to achieve:

To work alongside the headteacher to continue to develop a culture where individuals feel valued & personal development is encouraged
To work alongside the headteacher to achieve the aims & objectives set out in the school’s development plans & the school’s vision
To have high expectations of themselves& work with the headteacher to ensure that staff &pupils continually seek to improve & have high expectations of themselves & others
To keep governors informed about the development of keyareas & encourage their involvement so that they can effectively evaluate progress against development plans

The assistant headteacher will also be expected to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a teacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged before an application is submitted.

We have tour dates with the Head teacher :

Wednesday 25 March 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Wednesday 15 April 4pm – 5pm
Thursday 16 April 9.15am -10.15am
Monday 20 April 2pm – 3pm

You can book a space on a tour by emailing sbm@welbourne.haringey.sch.uk or call the school on 0208 808 0427

If there are access arrangements we can assist with, please let us know.

I want to be here.

Applications can only be accepted on the Haringey application form, which you can download from our website. The supporting statement must be no longer than 2 A4 pages, font size 12 and meet the person specification. Applications must be emailed to our School Business Manager, Dawne McKenzie at sbm@welbourne.haringey.sch.uk. In line with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s.

The school wants to see more of me.

First round: shortlisted candidates will be invited for selection activities on Thursday 30 April 2026.
Second round: successful applicants will be invited for final interviews on Tuesday 5 May 2026.

References will be sought prior to interviews.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks including social media as part of our Prevent Duty.

Further information about the disclosure can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service.

As a school, we embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the essential selection criteria.