Start Date: September 2025
An aspirational and effective leader is required to help lead a happy, inclusive and popular Primary School in Brixham.
We are looking to recruit an aspirational and effective Assistant Headteacher to support the leadership of our school and contribute with passion to school improvement. The successful applicant will play a key part in supporting the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team with strategic planning and ensuring the highest quality teaching and learning outcomes throughout the school. The candidate is likely to have some teaching commitment across the school and will lead the safeguarding team as a DDSL.
Eden Park is a thriving, popular primary and nursery school. We have happy and motivated children who share a love of learning. Our staff are committed and dedicated to giving our children the very best. If you think you are the right person to become part of our Eden Park family, please visit our school website where you will find further details about the children, staff and curriculum in place.
The right candidate for us will be:
1. An outstanding teacher able to communicate your passion for learning.
2. Clear and aspirational in your vision of education, and able to articulate and implement this.
3. Committed to promoting the achievement of all.
4. Experienced in rigorous tracking and data analysis, impacting substantially on pupil progress.
5. Able to demonstrate successful whole school leadership in school improvement
6. Able to create a stimulating learning environment that supports and celebrates learning.
7. Creative, energetic, enthusiastic and able to reflect effectively on your own practice.
8. Committed to a rich and broad curriculum where all areas of learning are valued.
9. An excellent communicator with strong levels of emotional intelligence and experience of leading teams, as well as supporting and engaging parents.
We are looking for someone who:
10. Has high expectations of themselves and the children and staff they work with.
11. Has an innovative and creative approach to the curriculum.
12. Ensures high levels of pupil engagement and progress.
13. Uses all sources of data effectively to identify areas for development.
14. Has a proven understanding of addressing these areas effectively.
15. Can effectively support the Headteacher to develop and lead aspects of wider school life.
16. Can work closely alongside the Headteacher to adapt and develop the curriculum.
17. Has experience of working closely with the community to raise pupil numbers.
Connect Academy Trust
Connect is a family of 8 large, successful, and happy primary schools. The Trust now educates over 3000 children with 550 staff, in both Plymouth and Torbay. Connect was formed in 2016 and aims to provide a firm foundation for developing teachers and leaders to secure the best learning opportunities for all children. It operates a dynamic, values-based system where each school is a giver and receiver of support. Connect is an inclusive Trust and 3 of our schools have specialist support centres, for deaf children, those with an ASC diagnosis and for those with a developmental language disorder.
We can offer you:
18. A highly supportive school invested in your growth and professional development.
19. A Trust culture that promotes diversity, equality and social justice.
20. A supportive approach for all staff and an innovative approach to appraisal.
21. Comprehensive induction and wide-ranging opportunities for professional development.
22. An opportunity to be part of a forward focused and growing Trust, author of the UK’s first ocean conservation curriculum with 8 European Blue Schools and national winner of the Community Impact of the year Trust award 2023!
Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check and online checks will be used.
There will be opportunities to visit the school on Wednesday 23rd April 2025.