Deputy Head Teacher
Burnt Ash Primary School, Bromley, Kent, BR1 4QX18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 February 2026
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
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £ 73,708 and £80,884
Pay scale
- Leasdership pay sales (Outer London) L13-17
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Deputy Headteacher will:
- In partnership with the Headteacher and the Board of Trustees, contribute to the vision of the school and provide strategic leadership of an outstanding school
- Establish policies for achieving the school’s aims and ensuring the continued growth of the school
- Be an authentic leader - holding and articulating clear values and moral purpose
- Provide strategic direction and leadership for teaching and learning, curriculum and assessment
- Support the Headteacher to develop and manage staff and resources to that end
- Monitor progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives and keep the Headteacher and Trustees informed
- Lead by example and model best practice regarding professional conduct, workload and personal development
- Impact positively on the wider community
Deputise for the Headteacher
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- An embedded coaching culture.
- Support and challenge from the headteacher.
- A strong vision with desire for improving life opportunities for children at its heart.
- A friendly and supportive leadership team who are incredibly ambitious for maintaining the school’s outstanding status.
- Motivated children who are curious, eager to learn and ready to embrace challenges.
- A supportive and knowledgeable team within the school.
- Forward thinking approach to the curriculum and assessment.
- Carefully designed learning environments to support children’s independence and creativity.
- A caring and supportive school community, which is culturally diverse and inclusive.
- A positive commitment to staff well-being wider benefits including; workload reduction, enhanced pay scale, preferential school places, free childcare, professional development.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Burnt Ash Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 430 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Burnt Ash Primary School website
- Email address
- lorrayne.sanders@burntash.bromley.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8697 2441
Burnt Ash Primary is a friendly, inclusive school where staff are passionate about our vision: caring about achievement for all. Burnt Ash is an innovative and stimulating place to work.
We pride ourselves on making learning irresistible and providing memorable experiences that nurture a love of learning and enable children to thrive. Children are highly engaged in their learning and demonstrate this through embedded positive learning behaviours; they achieve excellent academic standards. Our exciting curriculum is centred on a pedagogy of continuous provision and enquiry based learning, which allows our Burnt Ash Learners to grow.
Arranging a visit to Burnt Ash Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lorrayne.sanders@burntash.bromley.sch.uk.
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