Job title and organisation:  Assistant Headteacher - Bankside Primary School 
Salary:  Leadership Range 8-12 (£61,534 - £67,898)
Hours: 32.5 hours 
Contract: Permanent 
Location: Bankside Primary School
Closing Date and Time:  Monday 24 November 2025 at Midday

Bankside Primary School and Children’s Centre is large inner city Primary School in Harehills, Leeds. It is an exciting time to join our wonderful team as we embark on the next stage of our school improvement journey. We are looking for an exceptional teacher and Senior Leader, who will inspire our pupils and staff to be their Bankside Best every day. Our focus is on excellent teaching and learning linked to research and pedagogy, our Senior Leaders are role models to our staff in the classroom, exemplifying our high expectations for all of our pupils to achieve. We are looking for a leader who passionately believes that children at our school in Harehills, CAN and WILL achieve their full potential.

Our headteacher led a restructure of our Senior Leadership team in June 2024 adding further capacity and layers of leadership. Our leadership team have a sharp focus on ensuring coherence and consistency in expectation all the way through our large primary school. This new structure is working well and we are keen to hear from candidates who will add further strength to our existing team.

We are proud of our very diverse school community; the many different cultures, backgrounds and languages that make our school unique are celebrated and enhance our curriculum and school experience. 

We are an inclusive school that focuses on the child at the heart of everything we do. Our experienced pastoral and family support team enable us to have very positive relationships with our families and the wider community in order to work in partnership to help our children succeed. At Bankside, we focus on Putting Down Strong Roots For Successour curriculum aims to provide a broad and balanced offer that prepares our pupils for the next stage of their education and provides enrichment to broaden children’s experiences and understanding.

Our staff work collaboratively and we carefully plan our teacher’s PPA so they can be released together to promote this approach. We warmly welcome potential applicants to book a tour of the school with the headteacher and to come and see us in action! Contact the office (0113 336 8383) to arrange a suitable slot.

At Bankside, we are passionate about celebrating the diversity of our children, families and staff community. We value the experience and contributions of people from all walks of life.

Please download the application/information pack from our website Bankside Primary School

Submitting your application form – please read carefully:

• Closing date – 12 noon, on 24th November 2025.
• All completed applications must be submitted electronically to: recruitment@banksideprimary.org
• We can only accept Leeds City Council school support staff or teacher application forms and are unable to accept CV’s
• Any queries relating to this role should also be sent to recruitment@banksideprimary.org
• Please clearly indicate on your application form and accompanying email which role you are applying for. If your application is not labelled clearly, we may not consider your application as we will not know which role you are applying for.
• Attachments should be saved with your name and which role you are applying for.
• Please ensure you provide current and correct email addresses for all your referees.

Please note only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview / observations.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people. 

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa  route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

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