Deputy Headteacher - Culture & Ethos
Newquay Tretherras, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7 3BH21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
13 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £75,675.00 - £83,464.00 Annually (Actual)
Deputy Headteacher - Culture & Ethos job summary
For September 2025, we are seeking to appoint an inspirational Deputy Headteacher, who will have a whole school responsibility for Culture and Ethos, focusing on ensuring high standards of behaviour, standards and values in our school. You will lead our Assistant Headteachers responsible for Behaviour, for Inclusion and Attendance; our leaders responsible for Personal Development; and ultimately, lead our pastoral system across the school.
The successful candidate will have experience in leading behaviour and attitudes in a Secondary setting, with a proven track record of establishing high standards that lead to excellent outcomes and experiences for all.
The successful candidate will:
- Have ambitiously high standards and expectation for all students
- Know what excellence looks like
- Be resilient and agile
- Have a relentless attention to detail
- Be brave and courageous in expecting more
- Know how to get the most out of young people in a climate of positivity and belief
Newquay Tretherras is a good school and our community deserve it to be an exceptional one.
We have incredible students achieving highly and succeeding in a range of opportunities on the County, South-West, National and even International stage. Our next phase is to ensure this excellence is accessible to all, ensuring all our learners are self-regulated, with a scholarly approach and access to aspirational life choices.
You will need to have leadership credibility, coupled with experience of leading a team to secure excellent outcomes. We are looking for a leader who has a rigorous methodology to implementing strategy, pays real attention to detail and can hold the line that sets our high expectations.
We are looking for someone who understands the importance of radical candour in the meeting space; of someone who has humour and perspective in the workplace; and of someone who has passion and dedication, thriving in the magnitude and importance of what we do as school leaders.
If you are interested in being part of a school on a journey to excellence, assisted by Trust Executive leaders who are generous in their support and in the sharing of their expertise, we'd love to hear from you. This is an exciting time for Newquay Tretherras and we're looking forward to meeting those who want to be a part of it.
If you require further information or would like to discuss the role or arrange a visit of the school please contact: Gemma Harries (Headteacher, Newquay Tretherras) GEH@tretherras.net
Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.
Commitment to safeguarding
Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
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About Newquay Tretherras
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1727 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Newquay Tretherras website (opens in new tab)
Newquay Tretherras is one of the largest schools in Cornwall, with over 1700 young people, including a thriving Sixth Form, set on the beautiful north coast. We are a popular and over-subscribed school at the heart of our community. We are known for being an inclusive school with a caring family ethos. Our judicious curriculum is ambitious and aspirational for all of our children as we believe that a great set of exam results, whatever a child’s starting points, opens doors to exciting futures. Our staff set high standards and we aim to ensure that all our children are inspired in school to become the best that they can be, realise their full potential and achieve remarkable things.
Tretherras students are a pleasure to teach and learn with: they know that their education is important for their life chances and they take full advantage of the incredible range of clubs, experiences and facilities offers to them at Tretherras, both within and beyond the classroom.
We have a large team of specialist staff who are fully committed to our students and to each other. We offer excellent pastoral and professional support for all our staff and our dedicated Learning Team ensures high quality training and career development opportunities for all, whatever the stage of your career. Whether you are a newly qualified or experienced teacher, you will find Tretherras to be a school that will invest in you personally. We offer an extensive and highly supportive programme for teachers in the early stages of their career and there are lots of opportunities to become involved in the wider life of the school. As a member of CELT, we also provide an extensive CPD programme and opportunities to share school improvement expertise with colleagues from across the four secondary schools in the Trust.
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