Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral
| Posting date: | 18 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, M45 7PH |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 66775054-fc5b-4d06-8212-80b107f805eb |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral
We are looking for an exceptional Deputy Headteacher to join the senior leadership team at Philips High School, part of Oak Learning Partnership. Working closely with the Headteacher and wider team, you will play a key role in shaping school improvement priorities, raising standards, and ensuring the best possible outcomes for every child.
This role is idealfor either an established deputy looking for new challengesor a proven leader who is ready to take on significant strategic responsibilities and drive whole-school development in all areas of pastoral provision. The role provides strategic oversight of Behaviour and Attendance, Inclusion, Safeguarding and Personal Development.You willalso be an integral part of the wider leadership network across our Trust, contributing to system leadership and benefiting from high-quality professional development.
What the school offers its staff
Why join Philips High School?
Our staff feel privileged to work at Philips High School, where we have made year of year improvements to life chances for young people. Itis a truly inclusive and diverse community that fosters mutual respect, responsibility, and aspiration. Our highly motivated staff, in partnership with students, parents, and governors, work hard to ensure all students achieve their best outcomes academically and pastorally. By offering opportunities to excel, we aim to equip students to reach their full potential, fulfil their ambitions, and make a positive difference with pride and respect. Our year on year improvements in Attainment and Progress has placed us as the second best performing school in Bury for Attainment.
We would be happy for you to arrange a visit to the school, where we can discuss with you the importance of the school within the local community and how, by working with us, you can be part of the team that builds on the past, ensures performance in the present and prepares the students for their future successes. Contact the school directly for a tour.
Our Employee Benefits
At Oak Learning Partnership, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress, and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 21.8%
• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students
• Networking opportunities across our trust
• Salary sacrifices cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare plan through Medicash and is an easy to use health insurance. The health cash plan provides cashback towards your everyday healthcare bills, benefiting from a range of digital and virtual tools to help you protect and improve your wellbeing. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals
• Health and Wellbeing through Medicash with access to a 24/7 Telephone Support Service and Face to Face counselling service.
Application
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement should we identify an appropriate candidate.
Please contact 0161 351 2200or enquiries@philips.oaklp.co.uk to arrange a visit.
Oak Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.
Oak Learning Partnership
Our trust is cross phase and consists of primary, special, and secondary schools. We have a vision to transform lives through a highly inclusive approach.
‘Inclusion is at the heart of our trust’.
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.
Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral
We are looking for an exceptional Deputy Headteacher to join the senior leadership team at Philips High School, part of Oak Learning Partnership. Working closely with the Headteacher and wider team, you will play a key role in shaping school improvement priorities, raising standards, and ensuring the best possible outcomes for every child.
This role is idealfor either an established deputy looking for new challengesor a proven leader who is ready to take on significant strategic responsibilities and drive whole-school development in all areas of pastoral provision. The role provides strategic oversight of Behaviour and Attendance, Inclusion, Safeguarding and Personal Development.You willalso be an integral part of the wider leadership network across our Trust, contributing to system leadership and benefiting from high-quality professional development.
What the school offers its staff
Why join Philips High School?
Our staff feel privileged to work at Philips High School, where we have made year of year improvements to life chances for young people. Itis a truly inclusive and diverse community that fosters mutual respect, responsibility, and aspiration. Our highly motivated staff, in partnership with students, parents, and governors, work hard to ensure all students achieve their best outcomes academically and pastorally. By offering opportunities to excel, we aim to equip students to reach their full potential, fulfil their ambitions, and make a positive difference with pride and respect. Our year on year improvements in Attainment and Progress has placed us as the second best performing school in Bury for Attainment.
We would be happy for you to arrange a visit to the school, where we can discuss with you the importance of the school within the local community and how, by working with us, you can be part of the team that builds on the past, ensures performance in the present and prepares the students for their future successes. Contact the school directly for a tour.
Our Employee Benefits
At Oak Learning Partnership, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress, and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 21.8%
• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students
• Networking opportunities across our trust
• Salary sacrifices cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare plan through Medicash and is an easy to use health insurance. The health cash plan provides cashback towards your everyday healthcare bills, benefiting from a range of digital and virtual tools to help you protect and improve your wellbeing. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals
• Health and Wellbeing through Medicash with access to a 24/7 Telephone Support Service and Face to Face counselling service.
Application
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement should we identify an appropriate candidate.
Please contact 0161 351 2200or enquiries@philips.oaklp.co.uk to arrange a visit.
Oak Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.
Oak Learning Partnership
Our trust is cross phase and consists of primary, special, and secondary schools. We have a vision to transform lives through a highly inclusive approach.
‘Inclusion is at the heart of our trust’.
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.