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  • Job start date

    1 September 2024

  • Closing date

    15 April 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    21 March 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Deputy headteacher

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Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L11 to L18

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an excellent senior leader who will take an integral role in driving our school further forward.

We have a range of expertise within the current leadership and are looking to both strengthen and add to this team. As Deputy Headteacher, you will be involved in, but not limited to, leading on Curriculum intent, implementation and impact.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, firmly believing that all children can achieve, and committed to ensuring all our children and staff aspire to do their very best in every lesson of every day. This role is open to individuals with experience in educational leadership from all backgrounds, and would be ideal for someone who is detail oriented, process driven and solution focused.

The ideal candidate will be: • A practicing Catholic • Experienced in leading school improvement • Approachable • Resilient • Self-reflective, and open to feedback

Are you an experienced and driven leader? Do you inspire children and staff to be the best they can be? Do you want to help shape the future of a whole community?

What the school offers its staff

Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership, is a Catholic multi-academy trust with a commitment to enabling our children and young people to have an excellent Catholic education.

We are very proud of all our schools and aim to draw on our combined strengths to make our Trust and our schools the very best places to learn and to work.

Our Trust is working hard to build further upon our current successes and to continue to develop our structures and systems in order to maximise leadership, educational & pedagogical expertise; to pool our resources for the benefit of all and to ensure that we continue to offer high quality professional development which supports the career development of all of our staff.

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.

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About St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
878 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Phone number
01474555311

St John’s is a four-form entry primary academy located in Gravesend, serving the Parish of St John the Evangelist and the local area. It is part of the Kent Catholic Schools Partnership (KCSP), a multi-academy trust established by the Archdiocese of Southwark for Catholic education across Kent which currently comprises of 26 academies (21 primary and 5 secondary).

St John’s is an inclusive academy. Its dedicated staff, helpers and governance committee members work hard to ensure that every student is supported and challenged to be their very best. Each individual is encouraged to grow spiritually and intellectually, so that unique and positive contributions can be made to society and the world. Our most recent denominational inspection in November 2022 and Ofsted inspection in November 2023 judged the academy to be ‘Good’.

Arranging a visit to St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@st-johns-gravesend.kcsp.org.uk.

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