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Deputy Headteacher for Inclusion - Full-time

Aylesham Primary School, Canterbury

  • Ref:KCC886-2648-232L
  • Posted:02/06/2026
  • Pay:Leadership (L7-11)
  • Start Date:September 2026 or January 2027
  • App Close Date:22/06/2026 at 12:00
  • Interviews:29th and 30th June 2026

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Join Our Team as Deputy Headteacher for Inclusion

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for fostering educational excellence? Do you have the empathy and strategic mindset needed to drive school improvement? We're seeking a dedicated and dynamic Deputy Headteacher for Inclusion to join our leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead with Empathy and Strategy: Inspire and guide a diverse team towards achieving shared goals. Use your creativity and resilience to navigate the challenges of modern teaching environments.
  • Champion Inclusion: Ensure all pupils, regardless of their needs or backgrounds, feel included and have access to high-quality education. Put pupils at the heart of everything you do.
  • Foster a Strong School Community: Believe that a strong school community is the backbone of student success. Create an inclusive environment where both students and staff can excel.
  • Break Down Barriers: Lead our inclusion, behaviour, and safeguarding strategies to ensure all pupils receive the support they need to become agents of their own personal growth.
  • Collaborate and Communicate: Work closely with staff, children, families, and external agencies to promote wellbeing and achievement. Guide staff in implementing strategies for diverse needs.

Ideal Candidate

  • Proven track record in breaking down barriers to learning
  • Passionate about enabling access and inclusion
  • Committed to creating a positive and inclusive educational environment

This full-time role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our school community. If you're ready to lead and inspire, and are committed to excellence and inclusion, we want to hear from you.

Join us at the heart of our local community and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our school. We look forward to welcoming a Deputy Headteacher who shares our vision and values.

We warmly invite all interested candidates to join us for a tour of Aylesham Primary School. During the visit, you'll have the opportunity to meet our Headteacher, and learn more about our vibrant school community. We look forward to welcoming you!

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and two successful references. In line with KCSIE guidance, paragraph 220, all candidates who are shortlisted may be subject to an online search. This search is not part of the shortlisting process itself and all shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to address any issues of concern resulting from the search. 

Information about the school

Aylesham Primary School is a two-form entry primary school in the heart of the Kent countryside, six miles south of Canterbury, serving Aylesham and the surrounding villages.

Our school is a fun, creative and positive place that provides a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment that offers opportunities for all the children "to dig deep and expand their minds".

Our mission is…‘To create a learning community that is prepared for an ever-changing future; that believes in the unlimited potential to improve themselves and others in the world around them.’ It is our intention that all children leave our school with a well-rounded education to prepare them for life, underpinned with a strong sense of morality and aspirational goals, to create new futures. In order to achieve this, our school values underpin classroom practice and are a part of our school culture and climate for learning.

Our talented and hardworking staff and Leadership Team provide an outstanding quality of care and encourage an environment where children feel confident to try out new skills both inside and outside of the classroom.

In February 2025 the school academised and joined the EKC Schools Trust. As a family of schools, colleges and business units, EKC Schools Trust and its sister organisation, the East Kent Colleges Group, are committed to raising the aspirations of all within the communities they serve. Enabling all ages to access the highest quality educational provision, helping them to grow and flourish, and achieve their ambitions.

If you would like any further information please do not hesitate to contact our friendly school office on 01304 840392 or visit the school website www.aylesham.kent.sch.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.