What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and inspiring school leader to lead our vibrant, nurturing school in Hull. As Deputy Headteacher, you will support the Headteacher in leading a strong Christian vision and in taking the school on the next stage of our journey, ensuring our children are at the heart of everything we do.
We want to equip our pupils with academic achievement, experiences and personal attributes to enable them to succeed in the next stage of their education.
You will:
• Be an exemplary and inspirational classroom practitioner with a proven track record of raising standards and developing a culture of excellence.
• Be evidence informed in your approach to all aspects of primary school leadership.
• Be unrelentingly ambitious for the school, its pupils, its staff and the wider community.
• Have experience of leading change, having implemented and embedded sustainable curriculum and/or inclusion projects and having assessed their impact.
• Have experience of mentoring and/or coaching colleagues at different stages in your career
• Be a strategic thinker with the ability to show resilience.
• Be a champion for inclusion, safeguarding and diversity.
• Be a skilled communicator capable of developing effective professional relationships and creating partnerships as a system leader.
• Be a positive team player who wholeheartedly promotes the Christian values and ethos of the school.
What the school offers its staff
For the right candidate we offer:
- An opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team
- A significant commitment to your professional development
- A school at the centre of the local community, with the opportunity to make a difference to young people’s lives.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.