Deputy Director of Learning - Creative Faculty (Head of PE)

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  20 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Physical education
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS plus TLR 2 (£5,820.00)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a Deputy Director of Learning for the Creative Faculty,a leadership role that functions as Head of PE while also contributing to the wider strategic direction of the faculty, which encompasses Physical Education, Technology, Art and Music.

Working alongside the Director of Learning, who leads Art and Music, and the existing Deputy Director of Learning for Technology, the postholder will have direct responsibility for leading and developing PE, including curriculum, assessment, teaching and learning, enrichment and staff development, while also collaborating with the wider faculty leadership team.

We want to hear from talented middle leaders with a proven track record of success in improving standards and raising pupil outcomes, looking to extend their experience, and outstanding, ambitious teachers seeking their first middle leadership post.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and motivational skills.

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to lead a successful faculty drawing on your extensive teaching and leadership experience. As a Star middle leader, you’ll join the Star Academies family, a high-performing and supportive network of primary and secondary schools with some of the best leaders in education.

You will have:

• A degree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
• The ability to teach to GCSE standard.
• The ability to coach and motivate colleagues to achieve individual and collective targets.
• Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
• Experience of innovation and creativity to engage, enthuse and progress learners.

What the school offers its staff

About Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School is a mixed secondary grammar school and sixth form for 11 to 18 year olds in Waterfoot, Lancashire. We joined Star Academies in 2023 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Star Academies is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Deputy Director of Learning.pdf - 310 KB (opens in new tab)

About Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1056 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School website
• Email address: info@brgs.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01706 234500
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bacup-and-rawtenstall-grammar-school-bb4-7bj

Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School is a mixed secondary grammar school and sixth form for 11 to 18 year olds in Waterfoot, Lancashire. We joined Star Academies in 2023 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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