Assistant Head – Pastoral (Maternity Cover)
Closing in 17 days (3 October 2025 9:00 am)
Job details
Salary: Leadership Point 1 - 5
Employer: Neroche Primary School
Location: Broadway, Ilminster , Somerset, TA19 9RG
Contract type: Fixed term contract
Working pattern: Full time
Closing date: 3 October 2025 9:00 am
About the job
Key information
Required for January 2026
Salary Scale: Leadership Point 1 – 5
Hours: 0.8 FTE
What will I be doing?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral on a maternity cover basis.
Whether you’re an aspiring leader looking for your first step into senior leadership or someone with previous experience seeking a rewarding new challenge, this role offers a chance to make a meaningful impact.
You’ll lead on pastoral care, safeguarding, inclusion, and SEND across the school, working closely with staff, pupils, and families to ensure every child thrives. If you’re passionate about supporting vulnerable groups and shaping whole-school strategy, we’d love to hear from you.
Supporting documents and information
Neroche Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Please find more information about the Trust, school and job itself in the information pack.
If you would like an informal chat about the vacancy or would like to visit the school, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Closing date: 9am on Friday 3 October
Interviews: Week beginning Monday 13 October
As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.