Chertsey High School
Surrey
£66,665 - £73,538 per year
Salary:
LPS
Job type:
Full Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
10 October 2025
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and ambitious leader to join our dynamic Senior Leadership Team on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and inspirational Assistant Headteacher who is passionate about education and driven by the belief that all students can achieve. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, an excellent communicator, and a committed practitioner who can contribute to the continued development of Chertsey High School as we strive for excellence in all that we do.
Our ideal candidate will bring proven leadership experience, a strong track record of impact, and the ability to work collaboratively across all areas of school life. They will share our vision that every student leaves Chertsey High School as a confident, kind, and capable young adult – ready for the opportunities and challenges ahead.
This is a unique opportunity to join a forward-thinking and highly supportive team, in a school that values innovation, integrity, and a relentless focus on improvement.
If you are excited by the chance to take on a leadership role in a school that puts students at the heart of everything we do, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
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About Chertsey High School
Chertsey High School
Chertsey Road, Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 2EP
United Kingdom
Headteacher of Chertsey High School: Mary Gould
"Enlighting Minds; Changing Lives"
About Chertsey High School
You don't just join CHS as a teacher, you join a family...
Our core values are Knowledge, Determination and Love.
It is at the foundation of our values to:
* Develop and maintain great working relationships
* Ensure that all decisions are made in the best interest of the children
* Reach out beyond our school community, particularly to those in need and share our ethos with others.
At Chertsey High School we want to be the best school we can possibly be for our children. This means that they will get a better education here than they could hope to achieve in any other school. Essentially we set out to nurture students to be "happy" in the long term. The long term includes the time they spend here at school past the point at which they complete their education with us and stretches on throughout the entirety of their lives.
If you want to join our successful, forward-thinking academy then please contact Mary Gould, Headteacher, at, to discuss the position and arrange an interview.
Chertsey High School is committed to safeguarding and successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About Bourne Education Trust
Chief Executive Officer: Alex Russell
Bourne Education Trust was set up on the 9th September 2013 and is a charitable trust and an exempt charity. Since then, through rapid and exciting growth we are now 16 schools strong across Surrey, Hampshire and Richmond upon Thames. We have a cost effective organisation and a business model that delivers efficiency, effectiveness and growing economies of scale in order to free up more resources for the front line.
Message from CEO: Alex Russell
I am very proud to be the CEO of the Bourne Education Trust ('BET') and to work with like-minded and ambitious headteachers and board members. It is often said that each child gets one chance of education. Our role is to ensure that our pupils make the most of their opportunities by ensuring that our academies aspire to and reach the highest standards.'
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