Alde Valley Academy, Leiston, IP16 4BG Suffolk L16 - L21 (£68,400 - £77,195) per annum Full time Permanent Reference: 7243 Required from September 2025 Deputy Headteacher – Behaviour and Personal Development. Positions Available: 1 Alde Valley Academy (part of Kingfisher Schools Trust) is the fastest growing secondary school in Suffolk due to the high expectations we have of our staff and students. We are ambitious for our students’ progress, attainment and personal development and strive to create an environment that promotes a keen enjoyment of learning. We are situated in Leiston, a small town not far from Saxmundham and Aldeburgh and close to the beautiful Suffolk coast. We are looking to employ a talented, ambitious and innovative Deputy Headteacher to join our successful team. This is a chance to be a key leader of a school where we are determined to make a real difference to the life opportunities of our students. We take pride in nurturing, motivating and encouraging all our staff and students to be the best version of themselves. As Deputy Headteacher with responsibility for behaviour and personal development, you will play an important role in creating an ethos within which all students thrive both academically and personally. You will lead on behaviour management, student welfare and personal development, supporting staff, students and parents to create a safe, respectful and aspirational learning environment. You will lead on personal development initiatives, ensuring students receive outstanding pastoral care, character education and opportunities for growth beyond the classroom. Alde Valley Academy is at the start of an exciting journey of improvement, the newly appointed Deputy Headteacher would join a reinvigorated senior leadership team, including a recently appointed Headteacher. We have recently introduced new school values of Aspire and Achieve, Lead with Kindness and Stronger Together. We are determined to achieve success together and will be challenging students to rise to our high expectations. Alde Valley has huge potential. Students want to be challenged to do well and respond brilliantly to that challenge. Our staff respond to clear leadership and a transparent approach to what is expected of them on the journey of school improvement. Our community wants success for their children and are keen to see our academy flourish. We have high aspirations for our pupils and provide a range of opportunities to enrich their life experiences. We are proud that we provide a highly caring and safe environment for our pupils and families. We are committed to an inclusive environment and the successful candidate will have a good understanding of the current SEND context. Whether you are already in a similar role and looking for a new challenge, or if you are now at the stage of your career where becoming a Deputy Headteacher is the next step for you, this is a truly fantastic opportunity to realise your aspirations and vision. You will be: highly motivated, enthusiastic and have the ability to inspire students a proven leader with experience in behaviour management and pastoral care committed to fostering a positive school culture knowledgeable about safeguarding, inclusion and best practices in student welfare ambitious and committed to continuous school improvement. We will offer you: a chance to make a real difference in the lives of young people a supportive and forward-thinking leadership team a welcoming and caring staff team a school committed to the well-being and professional development of staff a supportive team of professionals within Kingfisher Schools Trust. Kingfisher Schools Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits, including: excellent opportunities for continuous professional development access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College a Pension scheme (TPS) with generous employer contribution an Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice shopping and leisure discounts a cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme an affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme. To find out more We encourage interested candidates to visit our school so that we can show you around and answer any questions that you may have. To arrange a visit, please contact recruitmentkingfisherschools.co.uk How to apply To view the job description and apply, please follow this link: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/141236/EDV-2025-AVA-68628 Closing date: midday, 9 May 2025. Interview date: 15 and 16 May 2025. Please submit your completed application as soon as possible as we may close the advert early if we receive sufficient applications. We can only accept applications which are submitted through My New Term. Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.