Beaminster School
Beaminster School, Newtown, Beaminster DT8 3EP
Tel: 01308 862633
Office hours 8.30am-4.30pm (4pm Friday)
School hours 8.45am-3.30pm (33.25 hours per week)
Absence Line (24hrs): 01308 861917
Email: office@beaminster.dorset.sch.uk
Headteacher: Mr K Hales
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr D Withers
SENCo: Mrs S Dinsmore (office@beaminster.dorset.sch.uk)
Office Manager: Mrs N Chalkley
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Current Staff Vacancies
Assistant Headteacher
(Personal Development, Behaviour, Attitudes, Safeguarding)
Salary: L12-16
Permanent, full time
Start date: September 2025
Closing date: Monday 3rd March 2025
We have a rare vacancy for a dynamic and inspirational Assistant Headteacher to join our growing and flourishing community in September 2025.
Our school is a vibrant and inclusive learning environment with motivated and well-behaved pupils, dedicated staff, supportive parents and a committed and experienced Governing Body. Our recent Ofsted inspection recognised that children of all abilities thrive.
With the impending retirement of the current postholder, this is a key leadership role requiring vision, strategy, and an unwavering belief in the potential of every student.
Alongside leading on the delivery of our exciting personal development curriculum, you will play a pivotal role in shaping a structure that ensures the needs of the school and its students are met, enabling them to thrive both academically and personally. You will ensure consistency across all aspects of behaviour management, work closely with staff, students, and parents, and inspire the entire school community with your enthusiasm and passion for education. The three key strands to this role are:
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Strategic leadership and operational management of Personal Development, Behaviour and Attitudes.
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Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) of our experienced operational team (full training provided if required).
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Line management of Key Stage 3 and 4 student teams with oversight of whole school student support.
You will have autonomy over your remit while working with, and being supported by, a very experienced team of senior leaders. If you are a highly successful middle or senior leader, who can provide demonstrable evidence of positive impact, over a number of years, and you’re ready to take the next step, we would very much like to hear from you.
We have a joint Sixth Form with our partner school, the Sir John Colfox Academy in Bridport, offering a broad and developing range of courses. Sixth Form numbers are buoyant and our results are some of the best in Dorset.
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged, and the Headteacher will be happy to meet with you. Please do get in touch if you would like to arrange this.
Please also read the full Safeguarding information available on this page, together with the Notes for Applicants and Privacy Notice.
Closing date for applications: Monday 3rd March 2025
How to Apply for a Post
Please note that we cannot accept CV applications.
Applications forms and further post information can be found by clicking on the relevant links on this page.
Please ensure that you have read the relevant Job Description and use the correct application form for the post you are applying for (teaching or non-teaching).
All candidates must also read the Privacy Notice, Notes for All Applicants and our Safeguarding Information below.
Completed applications should be returned to:
Mrs Nicola Chalkley (Head's PA and Office Manager) NChalkley@beaminster.dorset.sch.uk
by the relevant closing date.
Forms and Information for All Candidates
Beaminster School Safeguarding
Beaminster School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All appointments are made subject to suitable references, enhanced DBS and medical clearance in line with the Government’s safer recruitment guidelines.
The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping Children Safe in Education
Beaminster School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.
