Description Clifford Road Primary School - Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1PJ L7 - L12 (£54,816 - £61,882 per annum) Full Time (0.8 Deputy/0.2 Class Teacher) Permanent Reference: 7053 Required for September 2025 Are you an ambitious senior leader, perhaps aspiring to headship in the future and looking for a new challenge? At Clifford Road we wish to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified Deputy Headteacher with the drive and passion to ensure standards continue to rise. We are an inclusive and welcoming school, strengthened by our work with the local community. To be our deputy headteacher you will need to be an outstanding teacher with a proven track record of good teaching across the primary age range. You will lead by example and have the inspiration and motivation to make a difference. You will work creatively, thoroughly and be solution focused. This will be a key role in the school’s leadership team and will be focused on achieving the highest possible standards of teaching and learning. Could you be the next person to influence the strategic direction of our school and help us continue the journey of improvement to make a real difference for our children and families? Why join us? We can offer you: an excellent environment in which to successfully develop your career a dedicated staff with a real passion for learning and development a school with a very positive learning environment where children enjoy learning and strive to achieve their best a happy, friendly, vibrant primary school of 413 motivated and positive leaners whose inquisitive nature is infectious an engaged and supportive governing body the benefits of working collaboratively with colleagues. We are a 2-form entry school with 413 pupils on roll and 20 children in our nursery at the heart of the vibrant town of Ipswich. To find out more: Please look at our website: https://www.cliffordroadschool.org.uk/ where you can find out more about our school. If you are interested in the post, we would be delighted to hear from you. Visits to the school are essential. Please contact the school on 01473 252605 or email: officecliffordroad.suffolk.sch.uk to arrange an appointment. For an informal discussion only, please contact Cieran Dadds, Headteacher on 01473 251605. How to apply: Job attachments can be downloaded below: Application Form (docx) Job Description (docx) Person Specification (docx) Guidance Notes (docx) Completed applications should be made via: officecliffordroad.suffolk.sch.uk Closing date: 12pm, 17 March 2025. Interview date: 27 March 2025. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks. Clifford Road Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, police vetting and background checks