What skills and experience we're looking for
Required for September 2025, an outstanding, energetic and well-qualified teacher, who has the ambition and drive to join our Senior Leadership Team and to develop and deliver an ambitious vision for student and community engagement.
We are looking for a middle leader or existing senior leader with a proven track record of excellent leadership within their department, year group or area and who is ready to move on to the next stage of their career.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we can offer:
• a strong, supportive, forward looking and effective leadership team
• very positive climate for learning where students want to work hard and do well
• an ethos of staff well- being, including early finishes ahead of parents’ evenings, minimal evening events, and off- site PPA
• a team of cover supervisors to ensure teachers rarely cover colleagues’ absence
• personalised pathways of CPD, including coaching and leadership training for aspirant middle and senior leaders
Further details about the role
THE HOLT SCHOOL Holt Lane Wokingham RG41 1EE
Tel: 0118 978 0165
holtschool@holt.wokingham.sch.uk
Assistant Headteacher
Leadership of Student and Community Engagement
Required September 2025
L11-18
Required for September 2025, an outstanding, energetic and well-qualified teacher, who has the ambition and drive to join our Senior Leadership Team and to develop and deliver an ambitious vision for student and community engagement.
We are looking for a middle leader or existing senior leader with a proven track record of excellent leadership within their department, year group or area and who is ready to move on to the next stage of their career.
The successful applicant’s main role will be to lead student and community engagement. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate how their initiative and ability to lead teams along with their involvement in student engagement has contributed to the life of the school. They will understand the needs of young people and the pressures and choices they face, and they will inspire our students to be the best they can be.
The Holt is a popular and oversubscribed 11-16 girls and 16-18 co-ed comprehensive school. Further details and an application form are available from the school website
Prospective applicants are welcome to telephone Mrs Katie Warner HR manager for more information about this post and to arrange a visit.
The Holt School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Closing Date: 9am on Thursday, 6th March 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
The Holt School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service Check.