Deputy Headteacher
| Posting date: | 10 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2026 |
| Location: | Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6DG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | fc27c173-faa4-457d-89ff-f6dfce192a7d |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Recent and relevant CPD
Desirable
• Masters level qualification
• Leadership/management qualification
Experience
Essential
• Experience of working at a whole school level
• Proven track record in creating, implementing and delivering highly effective systems
• Involvement in self-evaluation and development planning
• Experience of conducting training/leading INSET
• Experience of effective learning and teaching at all key stages
• Innovation and creativity to engage and enthuse learners
• Excellent subject knowledge and classroom management skills
• Experience of planning, implementing and assessment
• Experience of achieving successful outcomes for students across a department or key stage
• Experience of developing the whole child through your subject
• Commitment to ongoing personal development
Desirable
• Experience of coaching and mentoring
• Experience in more than one school setting
Abilities, Skills and Knowledge
Essential
• Clear strategic vision
• Ability to set clear targets, track and manage progress and develop strategies to achieve desired outcomes
• Ability to communicate professionally with a range of stakeholders
• Data analysis skills and the ability to use data to inform provision planning
• Ability and passion to champion all children
• Ability to apply the use of ICT to teaching and learning
• An appreciation of local and national policies, priorities and statutory frameworks, including those relating to the safeguarding of children
• Ability to take initiative and to follow it through to completion
• Understanding of current debates and research about pedagogy within subject area
Personal Skills and Attributes
Essential
• A passionate belief in, and commitment to, the school’s ethos
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Judgement, strategic thinking, problem-solving
• Confidence with and ability to lead and motivate others
• Self-awareness and presence
• Positivity, optimism, dedication, enthusiasm, integrity and reliability
• Caring, kind and approachable
• Drive, diligence and conscientiousness
What the school offers its staff
Welcome
As we look ahead to the next chapter in our school’s journey, we are proud to offer an opportunity to join our senior leadership team through the appointment of a Deputy Headteacher, following the planned retirement of our much-valued and treasured Deputy Headteacher whose leadership has helped shape the school we are today. This is a moment of continuity as well as growth, rooted in a position of real strength. We are seeking someone who will build on what is already working exceptionally well, bringing fresh thinking while valuing the excellent foundations, culture and ways of working already established.
We are looking for a leader who shares our vision and values, and who will thrive in a school where relationships matter and teamwork is genuine. The successful candidate will work alongside an exceptionally committed and collegiate leadership team, united by a shared moral purpose and an unwavering belief in the potential of every young person.
At the heart of this role is the ability to inspire confidence in staff, students and their families. This is a role for a leader who values people, builds others up, and understands that our collective strength is what enables our school to flourish. Our focus is on appointing the right person, with a team shaped around their strengths, and therefore this post is a role to be defined by the successful candidate's expertise. We warmly welcome applications from candidateswith a wide range of leadershipbackgrounds, experience and knowledge.
We will provide you with a range of bespoke opportunities to support your career and ongoing professional development. At Northampton School for Girls, we are committed to caring for and supporting the development and growth of all our school community, students and staff alike.
Northampton School for Girls is a truly remarkable school that students and staff are, rightly, proud to be part of. It has a unique vitality that springs into life as students and staff arrive through its doors. Our school is everything but ordinary and our students never fail to impress us with their achievements and the genuine desire they have to help others. They are incredibly talented, open hearted and courageous and we are unapologetically driven to supporting them to succeed.
Underpinned by our values of ‘Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Respect for Learning’, we provide our students a rigorous and ambitious curriculum which meets the needs of individual learners’ talents and interests, building the foundation for their future successes in a fast-changing world.
From its inception in 1915, Northampton School for Girls has recognised and celebrated everyone as individuals and has also embraced the power of the community. Our students recognise the impact they have on others and particularly the responsibility that they have to give of their time, talents and charity to the wider community. We foster an environment where students can expand their minds, think flexibly, develop the skills of leadership that they all have within them, and grow as individuals.
We are a school with an impressive reputation, rich cultural diversity and a long-standing track record of success: we are proud to be Northampton School for Girls.
I very much look forward to welcoming you.
Cristina Taboada-Naya | Headteacher
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.
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Recent and relevant CPD
Desirable
• Masters level qualification
• Leadership/management qualification
Experience
Essential
• Experience of working at a whole school level
• Proven track record in creating, implementing and delivering highly effective systems
• Involvement in self-evaluation and development planning
• Experience of conducting training/leading INSET
• Experience of effective learning and teaching at all key stages
• Innovation and creativity to engage and enthuse learners
• Excellent subject knowledge and classroom management skills
• Experience of planning, implementing and assessment
• Experience of achieving successful outcomes for students across a department or key stage
• Experience of developing the whole child through your subject
• Commitment to ongoing personal development
Desirable
• Experience of coaching and mentoring
• Experience in more than one school setting
Abilities, Skills and Knowledge
Essential
• Clear strategic vision
• Ability to set clear targets, track and manage progress and develop strategies to achieve desired outcomes
• Ability to communicate professionally with a range of stakeholders
• Data analysis skills and the ability to use data to inform provision planning
• Ability and passion to champion all children
• Ability to apply the use of ICT to teaching and learning
• An appreciation of local and national policies, priorities and statutory frameworks, including those relating to the safeguarding of children
• Ability to take initiative and to follow it through to completion
• Understanding of current debates and research about pedagogy within subject area
Personal Skills and Attributes
Essential
• A passionate belief in, and commitment to, the school’s ethos
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Judgement, strategic thinking, problem-solving
• Confidence with and ability to lead and motivate others
• Self-awareness and presence
• Positivity, optimism, dedication, enthusiasm, integrity and reliability
• Caring, kind and approachable
• Drive, diligence and conscientiousness
What the school offers its staff
Welcome
As we look ahead to the next chapter in our school’s journey, we are proud to offer an opportunity to join our senior leadership team through the appointment of a Deputy Headteacher, following the planned retirement of our much-valued and treasured Deputy Headteacher whose leadership has helped shape the school we are today. This is a moment of continuity as well as growth, rooted in a position of real strength. We are seeking someone who will build on what is already working exceptionally well, bringing fresh thinking while valuing the excellent foundations, culture and ways of working already established.
We are looking for a leader who shares our vision and values, and who will thrive in a school where relationships matter and teamwork is genuine. The successful candidate will work alongside an exceptionally committed and collegiate leadership team, united by a shared moral purpose and an unwavering belief in the potential of every young person.
At the heart of this role is the ability to inspire confidence in staff, students and their families. This is a role for a leader who values people, builds others up, and understands that our collective strength is what enables our school to flourish. Our focus is on appointing the right person, with a team shaped around their strengths, and therefore this post is a role to be defined by the successful candidate's expertise. We warmly welcome applications from candidateswith a wide range of leadershipbackgrounds, experience and knowledge.
We will provide you with a range of bespoke opportunities to support your career and ongoing professional development. At Northampton School for Girls, we are committed to caring for and supporting the development and growth of all our school community, students and staff alike.
Northampton School for Girls is a truly remarkable school that students and staff are, rightly, proud to be part of. It has a unique vitality that springs into life as students and staff arrive through its doors. Our school is everything but ordinary and our students never fail to impress us with their achievements and the genuine desire they have to help others. They are incredibly talented, open hearted and courageous and we are unapologetically driven to supporting them to succeed.
Underpinned by our values of ‘Respect for Self, Respect for Others and Respect for Learning’, we provide our students a rigorous and ambitious curriculum which meets the needs of individual learners’ talents and interests, building the foundation for their future successes in a fast-changing world.
From its inception in 1915, Northampton School for Girls has recognised and celebrated everyone as individuals and has also embraced the power of the community. Our students recognise the impact they have on others and particularly the responsibility that they have to give of their time, talents and charity to the wider community. We foster an environment where students can expand their minds, think flexibly, develop the skills of leadership that they all have within them, and grow as individuals.
We are a school with an impressive reputation, rich cultural diversity and a long-standing track record of success: we are proud to be Northampton School for Girls.
I very much look forward to welcoming you.
Cristina Taboada-Naya | Headteacher
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.