Assistant Headteacher (Personal Development and 6th Form) - The Grange School

Assistant Headteacher (Personal Development and 6th Form) - The Grange School

Location: Aylesbury

Salary: Leadership Spine

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Start: September 2026

About us

Judged to be a Good School by Ofsted in April 2024, we are a mixed, non-selective 11-18 Foundation secondary school situated in the market town of Aylesbury and ten minutes from the Chiltern Hills - an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Oxford, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes and surrounded by delightful market towns and characterful villages. The students and staff at The Grange School make it a fantastic place to work. Our students are friendly and confident, and we strive to ensure that they achieve the success that they deserve. Together we have created a successful community school, where students learn the skills for success.

We support our staff with a robust staff well being programme. All staff have access to a wealth of free support resources and materials to ensure they feel supported and happy.

We provide an excellent induction programme and a wide range of development opportunities for all staff.

We are looking to recruit an Assistant Headteacher who will have whole school responsibility for Personal Development and 6th Form.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding practitioner and inspirational leader to play a major role in our thriving, popular school.

About you

The successful candidate will have energy, ambition, varied experience and a proven track record of raising achievement.

The applicant should have exceptional interpersonal skills and demonstrate a commitment to every student achieving their potential.

Other information

The school reserves the right to close this post at an earlier date should a successful appointment be made.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, thus an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order'). It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self disclosure form and return prior to interview.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or religion.