Deputy Head of English
Oxted School, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0AB20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,075.00 - £50,741.00 Annually (FTE) [MPR/ UPR Fringe] Plus TLR 2b £5,525
Deputy Head of English job summary
Oxted School is seeking a passionate and dedicated Deputy Head of English to join our team. This is an opportunity to lead a dynamic department and make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people, especially those who are disadvantaged to create a nurturing, student-centered learning environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide inspirational leadership to ensure high-quality teaching and accelerated student progress.
- Lead on curriculum development and enrichment opportunities.
- Monitor and evaluate teaching practices to support continuous improvement.
- Set and monitor targets for staff and students, ensuring outstanding outcomes.
- Develop and implement intervention strategies to support student achievement.
- Promote collaborative working within the faculty, across departments, and within The Howard Partnership Trust.
The successful candidate should be self-assured, well-organized, and driven, capable of leading our accomplished English team. They will work closely with their teachers to craft an innovative curriculum and achieve positive outcomes for all students.
What We Offer:
- A supportive and forward-thinking leadership team.
- Career progression opportunities within The Howard Partnership Trust.
- Extensive CPD opportunities to enhance professional growth.
- A collaborative and inclusive working environment.
Who We’re Looking For:
- A qualified teacher with a strong subject specialism and proven leadership skills.
- Demonstrable experience in improving student outcomes.
- A team leader who can inspire and motivate staff.
- A commitment to developing innovative teaching practices and promoting a stimulating learning environment.
As a Partnership School, we are committed to professional development through our extensive CPD programme and ensure a healthy work/life balance with effective PPA allocation.
We welcome informal meetings or tours of the school. Please contact the HR team to arrange a visit.
All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.
The Howard Partnership Trust is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, race, age, or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.
As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION
The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
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 are not accepted.
About Oxted School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1708 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oxted School website
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