Deputy Head
Grange Primary School, Hartlepool, TS25 3PU6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer Term April 2025
Closing date
11 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
30 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday full-time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £62,202 to £68,586
What skills and experience we're looking for
Sharing in the leadership of the school, sharing the vision and transferring the vision into
reality.
• Developing, implementing and monitoring management structures and procedures to
ensure that the school achieves its aims through the attainment of the school
development plan.
• Dealing successfully with situations which may include tackling difficulties and conflict
resolution.
• Taking a key role in the operational management across school, including effective
communications.
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• Leading transition across the school, in partnership with Assistant Headteachers,
including in year admissions.
• Advising governors on the formulation of policy and its implementation to ensure the
enhancement of the quality of education in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Ensuring that the statutory requirements for the curriculum are met and curriculum
provision is appropriate and relevant to the needs of all children.
• Providing appropriate and effective support and challenge to key leaders across the
school, specifically the Assistant Headteachers, to enable them to carry out their roles
effectively.
• Actively promoting a culture of inclusion where pupil and staff opinions and well-being are
valued.
• Carrying out the role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Providing appropriate and effective support and challenge to staff, ensuring welfare
systems and approaches for all members of the school community create a safe, positive
and caring ethos.
• Support the Head of School in interpreting school attendance information, developing
effective attendance procedures, and creating a culture of high expectations and a
proactive approach related to improving attendance.
• Managing the performance of the school’s staff through the provision of appropriate
procedures of appointment, induction and performance management to maximise
effective learning
• Developing inspirational leadership within Northern Lights Learning Trust.
• Developing a knowledge of risk management and producing and managing risk
assessments across the school, working with support staff and in partnership with the
Head of School.
• Supporting the development of the school through seeking external funding and
accreditation.
• Promoting effective relationships through networking with other schools in the Trust,
external bodies, parents, other schools and the wider community which promotes a
positive image of the school and all other partners as appropriate.
• Leading initiatives across the Trust working collaboratively to improve outcomes for all
pupils in the Trust and developing staff across all schools in the Trust.
Support, motivate and inspire others through leading by example.
• Responsible for planning, delivering and reviewing lessons which are appropriate to the
age and ability of the children to facilitate progression in children’s learning.
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• Setting and assessing appropriate work and recording results in accordance with the
school’s assessment and marking policies to provide regular feedback and monitoring of
progress.
• Managing the classroom and teaching environment to create a positive learning
environment which makes effective use of available resources and meets the needs of all
learners.
• Developing key school routines, practices and documentation to enable and ensure
consistency and high-quality education across the school. (including the Staff Handbook)
• Monitoring and evaluating standards of teaching, learning, resource usage and
management effectiveness and implementing appropriate change strategies where
required.
• Working alongside staff using a coaching/mentoring approach, to achieve success,
challenging underperformance to improve outcomes for pupils.
• Maintaining the overview of and leading CPD across the school (in partnership with
school leaders), planning time and resources effectively, aligned with key priorities,
keeping up to date with research and ensuring effective use of evidenced based practice.
• Creating a vibrant learning environment across the school to scaffold learning and
celebrate achievements.
• Analyse and interpret school data to improve performance and have a thorough
understanding of assessment procedures.
• Support the Head of School in undertaking self- evaluation across the school, identifying
with the Head of School, school improvement areas, writing subsequent action plans and
Self Evaluation Forms.
• Lead the whole school curriculum development and be accountable for improvement.
• Plan for and support the Head of School to ensure that all statutory procedures are met in
relation to ECTs, taking on the role of Induction Tutor, supporting mentors and holding
staff accountable for their performance.
• Act as designated teacher for Looked After pupils and those with social care involvement,
where required, with responsibilities for their education, monitoring performance and
championing excellence in order to close the gap.
• Develop and maintain links with partners to support the wellbeing and education of all
pupils, including the Virtual School.
• Take on the role of Pupil Premium champion, monitoring progress and attainment,
developing and evaluating strategies to close the gap.
• Maintain the overview of collective worship, in partnership with the RE lead and Assistant
Headteachers.
• Lead initiatives across the trust working collaboratively to improve outcomes for all pupils
in the trust and developing staff across all schools in the trust.
What the school offers its staff
In return you will receive:
A supportive working environment that puts people at the heart of the organisation •
The opportunity to work as part of a growing Trust and shape this role
Continuous professional development
National Terms and Conditions of Employment
Teachers’ Pension Scheme Employee welfare package through Education Mutual including
24-hour GP access
Nurse support service
Mental health services, including stress management, mental health first aid training and bereavement support
Free Flu vaccinations
Counselling Services / Physiotherapy / Financial wellbeing /coaching Maternity and Paternity support •/Menopause support / Access to useful wellbeing resources
Employee benefits package through Vivup including: • Cycle to work scheme • Lifestyle savings including discounts on shops, food and drink and days out
Flexible working opportunities
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.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to info@grangeprimaryschool.org
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Grange Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 426 pupils
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Grange Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ellen.dunning@nllt.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01429 272007
Arranging a visit to Grange Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ellen.dunning@nllt.co.uk.
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