What skills and experience we're looking for
• Evaluating school performance and identifying priorities for improvement.
• Promoting a safe, productive, and inspiring learning environment for all students.
• Managing day-to-day organisation, administration, and maintenance tasks.
• Participating in lesson observations and other quality assurance activities.
• Being highly visible during key times (lesson transitions, before/after school, break, and lunch), ensuring pupils arrive punctually to school and lessons.
• Conducting regular site tours to uphold the school ethos and addressing areas of concern promptly.
• Maintaining regular contact with senior colleagues and the Headteacher throughout the school day.
• Covering the responsibilities of other senior colleagues when required.
• Attending School Governing Body meetings as needed and actively contributing to relevant sub-committees.
• Preparing reports for the SLT, Leadership Forum, governors, and parents as required.
• Providing up-to-date data for areas of responsibility, including content for the school website and displays.
Key expectations for all SLT members:
• Being present, visible, and accessible to staff and students.
• Demonstrating approachability and dedicating time to others.
• Supporting and challenging staff appropriately.
• Acting as role models, reflecting the school’s high standards.
• Focusing on the school’s vision and being selective in prioritizing initiatives.
• Building authentic relationships.
• Taking collective responsibility for SLT decisions and initiatives.
• Communicating decisions effectively to staff.
• Demonstrating resilience and modelling well-being and workload balance.
• Identifying and nurturing talent among staff.
What the school offers its staff
The role is suitable for an experienced teacher and outstanding leader, the new Deputy Headteacher will benefit from:
• A dedicated and hardworking team of highly professional staff who are ambitious for all pupils, securing continual improvement in a changing educational landscape.
• A highly skilled, ambitious and hardworking Senior Leadership Team.
• Students who want to learn and take part in all aspects of school life.
• Governors who have high expectations in delivering the strategic direction of the school and are positive and supportive.
• Development, training, and support for all staff.
• A well-managed budget.
• The school was inspected by Ofsted in November 2023 and was judged to be ‘Good’.
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.