Assistant Headteacher 

Bristol Free School is a successful and heavily oversubscribed secondary school with a thriving Sixth Form serving the community of North-West Bristol. We are a caring school with a highly qualified and committed staff, who recognise the importance of creative and challenging teaching alongside high professional standards. All staff and students are greatly valued and emphasis on student and staff wellbeing is central to our culture.

At BFS, we are committed to the young people in our care to encourage and inspire every child to fulfil their potential. We provide our students with the necessary skills to achieve academic and personal growth so they truly thrive, both socially and emotionally. We are excited to be advertising for an Assistant Headteacher to play a crucial role in shaping the future of our school and maintaining our core values of Community, Ambition and Opportunity.

The areas of focus for this position are flexible, due to the expertise of our existing senior leadership team. However, we particularly welcome applications from candidates with experience and skills in:

• Sixth Form Leadership with another area of whole school focus to be agreed. The BFS Sixth Form leadership team is made up of an highly experienced Deputy Head of Sixth, one full time dedicated sixth form operations coordinator and an academic tutor supporting interventions
• Developing Teaching and Learning to include the professional development programme across the school.
• Behaviour, Rewards and Attendance 

Please see the attached Recruitment Pack for full details.

BFS celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

The postholder will be required to undergo criminal, teacher status, qualification, medical and reference checks as part of the recruitment process and must be willing to participate in further training as the job requires. All staff are expected to take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students at the School.ed purely on their suitability for the post.