Deputy Headteacher
| Posting date: | 04 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £79,367 to £87,410 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Leadership Point 17-21 Fringe |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 March 2026 |
| Location: | EN9 1LF |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | King Harold Academy |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Deputy Headteacher
Primary Objectives:
Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives
Managing staff and resources to that end.
Monitoring progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objective.
Developing a culture of high aspiration and achievement
Deputising for the headteacher in their absence
About us: TKAT (The Kemnal Academies Trust) is one of the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in the South of England with over 40 Primary and Secondary Academies in the TKAT Family.
Key Responsibilities:
This role is a development opportunity for a candidate with Assistant Headteacher experience to develop into an effective Deputy Headteacher.
Qualities
• The deputy headteacher will:
• Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct
• Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community
• Serve in the best interests of the school’s pupils
• Take responsibility for a range of whole-school leadership areas in discussion with the Headteacher.
Duties and responsibilities
School culture and behaviour
• Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:
• Create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life
• Uphold educational standards in order to prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
• Ensure a culture of staff professionalism
• Encourage high standards of behaviour from pupils, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and pupils and clearly demonstrated by all adults in school
• Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, in line with the school’s behaviour policy
Teaching, curriculum and assessment
• Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:
• Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across all subjects and phases, based on evidence
• Ensure teaching is underpinned by subject expertise
• Effectively use formative assessment to inform strategy and decisions
• Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum
• Establish curriculum leadership, including subject leaders with relevant expertise and access to professional networks and communities
• Use valid, reliable and proportionate approaches to assessing pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum.
• Additional and special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities
• Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:
• Promote a culture and practices that enables all pupils to access the curriculum
• Have ambitious expectations for all pupils with SEN and disabilities
• Make sure the school works effectively with parents, carers and professionals to identify additional needs and provide support and adaptation where appropriate
• Make sure the school fulfils statutory duties regarding the SEND Code of Practice.
Organisational management and school improvement
• Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:
• Establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction together with the governing board and through consultation with the school community
• Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the school can operate effectively
• Ensure staff and pupils’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care
• Manage staff well with due attention to workload
• Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk
• Allocate financial resources appropriately, efficiently and effectively
• Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context
• Make sure these school improvement strategies are effectively implemented
Professional development
• Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:
• Ensure staff have access to appropriate, high standard professional development opportunities
• Keep up to date with developments in education
• Seek training and continuing professional development to meet needs
Governance, accountability and working in partnership
• Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:
• Understand and welcome the role of effective governance, including accepting responsibility
• Ensure that staff understand their professional responsibilities and are held to account
• Ensure the school effectively and efficiently operates within the required regulatory frameworks and meets all statutory duties
• Work successfully with other schools and organisations
• Maintain working relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues to improve educational outcomes for all pupils
Qualifications, Skills & Experience
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Experience at Assistant Headteacher level
Personal qualities ● Behaves consistently with the Trust’s values in their interactions with internal and external stakeholders.
● Treats people with respect and in a fair and consistent way
● Recognises when colleagues are under pressure and volunteers to assist them where possible
● Works within teams and across boundaries to share knowledge and achieve results
● Identifies and builds relationships required to achieve the best outcomes for the team
● Generously shares their time, knowledge, expertise and talent to support others’ success
● Creates opportunities to enhance the experience of the customers through their daily tasks
● Maintains focus and drive to achieve quality outcomes
● Focuses their time and efforts on issues that will have the greatest impact on agreed objectives
● Anticipates responses and plans their approach accordingly