Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School · Hatfield, East of England
Job title: Assistant Headteacher (Behaviour, Personal Development & Inclusion) Salary: L10-15 (London Fringe) Hours: Full time Responsible to: Headteacher/Deputy Headteacher Contract: Permanent Start date: September 2026 This is an exciting opportunity to join a senior leadership team based on mutual collaboration, support and challenge. We are seeking to appoint someone who shares our core belief that every young person deserves to feel safe, included and empowered to succeed so that they can ‘achieve their potential and enjoy the journey’. The personal development and behaviour of our pupils is at the core of what we do and we are looking for someone who will commit themselves to our vision and values. Whilst acknowledging the importance of academic attainment, we view pupil progress as being about developing the whole person, as encapsulated in the ‘Bishop’s 360’. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to help shape the whole-school culture, strengthen inclusive practice and work with highly committed pastoral and behaviour teams who show a joint commitment to improving the life chances of our pupils. We aim to create an exciting working environment where demands are high and rewards are great. You will be able to make your own mark on the role and the school, building on our firm foundations to help us to move forward and enabling you to develop your own professional expertise in leadership and management. The Job Description and Person Specification will give you a good idea of the sort of experience you will need to be successful in this role. However, we believe in enabling all our staff to play to their strengths and to develop themselves, so the precise range of duties will be dependent on who is appointed and will of course ensure that workload is distributed fairly. Visitors tell us that our school is a friendly, lively and stimulating community where we emphasise the importance of each individual’s contribution and take pleasure in sharing and celebrating achievement. They commend the good behaviour of the pupils and their thirst for learning. Bishop’s is a diverse community that offers mutual support and encouragement and expects everyone within it to respect others’ heritage, cultures, religion and beliefs. We hope that the values, self-discipline and sense of personal worth that pupils gain here will be a support throughout their lives as British and Global Citizens. We welcome applications from candidates from racially minoritised backgrounds and from other groups that are underrepresented in the UK education system. We are a single sex school but encourage any gender to apply for staff posts. Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School is heavily over-subscribed and has around 950 pupils on roll including the Sixth Form. We are fully committed to our values of teamwork, respect, honesty, trust, kindness and ambition. The school completed its most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2022 and was judged to continue to b