Deputy Headteacher
| Posting date: | 26 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 April 2025 |
| Location: | High Peak, Derbyshire, SK23 0TQ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 59219fcd-1bc8-4db1-bfc8-b0cc672d082f |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
ESSENTIAL
Qualifications
Qualified teacher status
Personal qualities
An absolute commitment to the school’s values.
Brilliant people skills. Able to build positive relationships with students, parents and staff quickly.
An ability to inspire and to motivate others.
Good organisational skills.
An ability to quickly understand problems and suggest solutions.
High expectations of self and others, a good role model for students and staff.
The ability to remain calm in a crisis and to make good decisions under pressure.
The ability to communicate effectively to a wide variety of audiences.
Resilience.
A sense of humour and an ability to keep things in perspective.
Experience
An excellent classroom teacher with a record of good to outstanding outcomes.
Significant experience as a member of a senior leadership team in a school.
Line managing staff.
School self-evaluation.
Challenging underperformance.
Dealing with parents in a variety of contexts.
Appraisal of staff.
Using school data systems to analyse progress and identify underachievement.
Delivering training.
Leading significant change in a secondary school that has had a positive impact on outcomes.
Supporting student well-being.
Knowledge and skills
A good understanding of the current educational landscape, its statutory framework and regulatory regime.
An understanding of current best practice in teaching and learning.
Excellent ICT and data analysis skills.
An understanding of ways to benchmark progress against national norms.
A good knowledge of school MIS systems.
An understanding of how to use data effectively to support improvements in progress.
A high level of written English, the ability to write accurately and concisely.
DESIRABLE
A leadership qualification e.g. NPQSL, NPQH or a relevant further degree.
Working with students with moderate to severe SEND.
Safeguarding work.
GCSE examination administration and JCQ regulations as they apply to examinations.
Successfully using strategies to improve the progress of disadvantaged students.
Financial management in schools.
Working with governors
An understanding of the statutory framework around SEND education.
What the school offers its staff
Free onsite parkingExcellent CPD
Supportive and effective workplace
Considerable support, both formal and informal
Commitment to safeguarding
The school uses robust safer recruitment procedures that meet the requirements of KCSiE . These processes are designed to deter and prevent people who are unsuitable to work with children from applying for or securing employment or volunteering opportunities in the school. Our processes form a vital part of our whole school approach to safeguarding and are an essential part of creating a safe environment for our learners. Further details on the safer recruitment of staff in school can be found in our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy.
ESSENTIAL
Qualifications
Qualified teacher status
Personal qualities
An absolute commitment to the school’s values.
Brilliant people skills. Able to build positive relationships with students, parents and staff quickly.
An ability to inspire and to motivate others.
Good organisational skills.
An ability to quickly understand problems and suggest solutions.
High expectations of self and others, a good role model for students and staff.
The ability to remain calm in a crisis and to make good decisions under pressure.
The ability to communicate effectively to a wide variety of audiences.
Resilience.
A sense of humour and an ability to keep things in perspective.
Experience
An excellent classroom teacher with a record of good to outstanding outcomes.
Significant experience as a member of a senior leadership team in a school.
Line managing staff.
School self-evaluation.
Challenging underperformance.
Dealing with parents in a variety of contexts.
Appraisal of staff.
Using school data systems to analyse progress and identify underachievement.
Delivering training.
Leading significant change in a secondary school that has had a positive impact on outcomes.
Supporting student well-being.
Knowledge and skills
A good understanding of the current educational landscape, its statutory framework and regulatory regime.
An understanding of current best practice in teaching and learning.
Excellent ICT and data analysis skills.
An understanding of ways to benchmark progress against national norms.
A good knowledge of school MIS systems.
An understanding of how to use data effectively to support improvements in progress.
A high level of written English, the ability to write accurately and concisely.
DESIRABLE
A leadership qualification e.g. NPQSL, NPQH or a relevant further degree.
Working with students with moderate to severe SEND.
Safeguarding work.
GCSE examination administration and JCQ regulations as they apply to examinations.
Successfully using strategies to improve the progress of disadvantaged students.
Financial management in schools.
Working with governors
An understanding of the statutory framework around SEND education.
What the school offers its staff
Free onsite parkingExcellent CPD
Supportive and effective workplace
Considerable support, both formal and informal
Commitment to safeguarding
The school uses robust safer recruitment procedures that meet the requirements of KCSiE . These processes are designed to deter and prevent people who are unsuitable to work with children from applying for or securing employment or volunteering opportunities in the school. Our processes form a vital part of our whole school approach to safeguarding and are an essential part of creating a safe environment for our learners. Further details on the safer recruitment of staff in school can be found in our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy.