Assistant Headteacher
Please complete the attached Online application form. CV's will not be accepted. No agencies please.
Closing date: Tuesday, 14th April 2026 at 12pm
The school reserves the right to close this advert early once sufficient applications have been received.
The Bonitas Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young students and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
Employment is with Bonitas Trust and not Bracknell Forest Council. The trust is very popular and for most posts a large number of applications are received - it is therefore not possible to notify all applicants of the outcome. Please accept that if you have not heard within two weeks of the closing date then, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful - in which case we offer our best wishes for the future.
Required for September 2026, we are seeking to appoint a positive, dynamic, enthusiastic and well qualified Assistant Headteacher to join a highly successful Leadership Team. This would be a great opportunity for an existing Senior Middle Leader or an existing Assistant Headteacher who is looking for a new challenge and to develop their career.
Ranelagh is an 11-18 coeducational, Anglican Academy (converter) which is oversubscribed and has an excellent reputation for academic achievement and positive school ethos. The school has had four ‘outstanding’ Ofsted reports but we are not complacent and as such the provision for professional learning and development is something of which we are all very proud.
Please do take time to read the job descriptions and person specifications. Potential candidates may also wish to know that our admissions policy enables the school to prioritise the admission of children of staff recruited to posts in which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff employed in the school must be aware that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be undertaken.
If you are interested in learning more about the position, please contact the Headteacher via his PA, Mrs Dawn Jeffers, on 01344 421233 or by email,djeffers@ranelagh.bonitas.org.uk
Closing date: Tuesday 14th April 2026 at 12pm