Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral Lead (Spanish or French Specialist)

Job Title: Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral lead (Spanish or French Specialist)

Hours of work: Full Time

Salary: Leadership scale commensurate with experience

Start date: September 2025

Hello!

I am delighted you have taken the time to look at the Assistant Headteacher opportunity we have available, and are considering joining George Mitchell School.

We are looking to appoint an outstanding Pastoral Leader who will join the Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Headteacher to lead the further development of our pastoral/behaviour systems.

As the Pastoral leader you will have responsibility for leading, developing and managing behaviour systems; ensuring that standards of attainment and achievement are high and students make accelerated and sustained progress. We are looking to appoint an inspirational leader who will:

• Be an outstanding teacher with a passion for teaching.
• Be up to date with positive behaviour management strategies and trauma informed practice
• Be passionate about inclusive practice an equality of opportunity.
• Be an excellent communicator.

The pastoral support team includes a full-time, non-teaching pastoral support manager, 2 pastoral support workers, and 5 Learning leaders (Heads of year), for which the successful candidate will have line management responsibility.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant difference to the life chances of our students. You will have an important role in building on the good standards already achieved at George Mitchell School. We are very proud of the achievements our students make academically and in many other areas of their lives, whether that be through participation in sports clubs or the Duke of Edinburgh Award. We aspire to provide the very best educational opportunities and outcomes for all our students.

Please explore our website or come and visit to find out more about our students, our team and the school. The job description and person specification give you an indication of the scale and ambition we have for this post. If you have the passion, commitment and resilience to make a significant difference in this role I would be delighted to receive your application.

We welcome visitors to the school. Please contact us if you would like to arrange a visit by 8am on 22nd April 25. Please complete our application form (found on our website) and write an accompanying letter that outlines your experience and achievements that equip you for this role and how you will make an impact in our school. Your letter must be no longer than two sides of A4 with a minimum font size of 11. Your application should be submitted by 9am on Friday 25th April 2025.

Successful candidates will be notified of interview arrangements in due course.

With best wishes,

Benita Simmons, Headteacher

Equal Opportunities

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy

How to apply

Completed application forms should be returned to helena.culliney@georgemitchellschool.co.uk by 9am on Friday 25th April 2025 at 9am. Please note that we cannot accept applications via CV.