Deputy Head Teacher
Broadmeadow Special School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 4AL22 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
11 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
19 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L13-L17
Additional allowances
L13-L17
Deputy Head Teacher job summary
Our school is highly inclusive and we are proud to have high expectations of all our young people which inspire and motivate them to be aspirational and succeed in all they do.
Broadmeadow School is rated “good” by Ofsted and is situated in Wolverhampton. We are a special school for pupils with complex cognitive difficulties whose age range is 5 to 11 years, who are seeking to appoint a motivated, dedicated and driven Deputy Head Teacher. There are future plans to develop and expand the school to accommodate Secondary Aged pupils in the next few years.
We are an Academy School, part of the Central Learning Partnership Trust (CLPT). We strive to ensure our children receive an education which inspires and promotes positive learning and ensure that rigorous CPD supports all staff in becoming the best they can be.
Core Responsibilities:
To Lead the operational management of the school
To lead pathways planning across the school.
Manage the planning and delivery of the training across the school.
To lead all phases of the school.
Strategic Direction and Development of the school:
To assist the headteacher in shaping a vision and direction for the school, setting out very high expectations and with a clear focus on pupil achievement.
To play a significant role in setting aims and objectives for the school and in formulating the School Improvement Plan along with the headteacher, governors and other senior staff.
To take responsibility for developing and monitoring policy and practice as laid down in the School Improvement Plan, and in agreement with the headteacher.
To assist the headteacher in school self review and evaluation and in the effective planning and management of resources to secure improvements.
Publicly supporting all decisions of the Headteacher and Governing Body.
Teaching and Learning:
Be an ‘outstanding’ role model and act as a leading practitioner, inspiring and motivating other staff
Leading and Managing staff:
Work with the Headteacher to lead, motivate, support, challenge and develop all staff to secure continual improvement including his/her own continual professional development.
To be an exemplar of all school policies and practices.
To support the Headteacher to lead in Performance Management of all staff.
Work with the headteacher to deliver an appropriate programme of professional development for all staff including quality coaching and mentoring, in line with the school improvement plan and performance management.
Specific Responsibilities:
Deputise for the Headteacher in their absence.
Take a major role in the day-to-day running of the school, attending daily and weekly meetings and leading them as required.
Contribute to a positive ethos for learning.
Provide an exciting, stimulating and creative curriculum.
Promote the values and achievements of the school to the community.
Support the Headteacher and Governors in annual budget planning and monitoring.
To take whole school assemblies when required.
Undertake such reasonable activities that the Headteacher and governors may from time to time require
HOW TO APPLY AND KEY DATES
To apply for this vacancy, please complete the vacancy through the My New Term platform, accessible via the school website www.westcroftschool.co.uk.
The school prides itself on its welcoming and positive environment and would warmly encourage you to visit the school by prior arrangement. Please contact Sally Harper, Headteacher, at sharper@westcroftschool.co.uk, if you would like visit school.
If you are unable to visit the school, you are welcome to arrange a phone call with the Headteacher for an informal conversation about the school and its ethos.
COMPLIANCE AND SAFEGUARDING
To apply, completed application forms should be submitted via the My New Term platform.
Please note that by submitting an application, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines
CLPT is required under law and guidance to check the criminal background of all employees. Decisions to appoint will be subject to consideration of an enhanced disclosure, including a Barred List check, from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
If shortlisted for an interview you will be required to disclose to us information about any:
adult cautions (simple or conditional);
conditional cautions;
convictions in a Court of Law; and
This information can be disclosed either verbally at interview or by completing a relevant conviction form after interview if that is your preference. It is an offence for anyone to apply for a role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
CHILDCARE (DISQUALIFCATION) (Applicable to Primary aged Schools)
In accordance with the Childcare Act 2006 and the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulation 2009 the Governors are required to obtain an additional staff disqualification declaration for employees within settings providing care for early years childcare (this covers the age range from birth until 1st September following a child’s fifth birthday i.e. up to and including reception age) or later years childcare (this covers children above reception age but who have not attained the age of 8) in nursery, primary or secondary school educational settings, or if when directly concerned with the management of such childcare related establishments. This declaration is to confirm that you are not disqualified ‘by association’ to anyone currently residing within your household who is disqualified under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulation 2009
ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK
We are legally obliged to ask you to provide evidence of your right to live and work in the UK. If you are successful, we will ask you to provide appropriate documents, such as a passport, visa of full birth certificate and national insurance number to confirm this. (Further details are available from the UK Boarder Agency website).
CLPT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. CLPT expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post involves working with children and therefore will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
If you are shortlisted for an interview, we shall request two references at this stage to comply with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The academy values diversity and inclusion welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. Equality is promoted and the academy will guarantee an interview to disabled candidates if the essential job criteria is met fully.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Broadmeadow Special School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- School size
- 73 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Broadmeadow Special School website
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