Deputy Head (KS2)

Denewood Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 4ES

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  10 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 37,101.00 - 45,352.00

Deputy Head (KS2) job summary

The role in a nutshell

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced and passionate leader to play a key role in shaping an inclusive, safe, and ambitious educational offer across the Academy. 

We are seeking an exceptional Deputy Head Teacher, with a strong primary education background, to lead our new Primary provision for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils (30 places). Working closely with the Head of School and the wider leadership team, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in driving school improvement and securing consistently high‑quality outcomes for all pupils across the Academy. 

You will champion an unapologetically high safeguarding culture, promote a dynamic and ambitious educational model, and ensure exceptional, child‑centred pastoral care aligned with the Trust’s values. The role requires outstanding emotional intelligence, excellent organisational skills, and highly effective communication, all in support of our mission to transform the lives of marginalised children. 

Joining a committed and values‑driven staff team at a critical point in the Academy’s evolution, you will help shape and strengthen the next phase of development. This role is ideal for an aspirational middle or senior leader, firmly rooted in primary practice, with a strong commitment to social inclusion and preparing children for the next stage of their learning journey. 

The successful candidate will be ambitious, reflective, and able to evidence clear impact and career progression throughout the application process.

The candidate

The ideal candidate will have or can demonstrate a commitment to undertake professional development:

• A suitably qualified teacher. 
• Experienced in a primary setting and have extensive pastoral experience.  
• Committed to school improvement and raising levels of pupil achievement.
• A reflective practitioner, with the ability to plan strategically.
• Someone who can demonstrate excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills with colleagues and parents/carers.  
• Prepared to share and support the school’s ethos and have energy and commitment to all aspects of school life.
• Focused on high expectations of learning and behaviour.
• Committed to inclusion, and have a caring and adaptable approach in supporting children of all abilities 
• Keen to make a real difference to the lives and life-chances of our children  
• A good team player and ready to contribute to the wider life of school  

We welcome applications from everyone who believes they meet the expectations of the role regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. To ensure that our staff composition is representative of the communities we serve, applications from groups who are currently under-represented in education including people with disabilities and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are particularly encouraged. 

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.

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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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Denewood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 16
• School size: 110 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Denewood Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/denewood-academy

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