Deputy Head Teacher
Kimberworth Community Primary School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 1HE19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
17 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 March 2025
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
Pay scale
- L9-L13
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main purpose
The role of the Deputy Head Teacher is integral to the leadership and management of the school. They will be the ‘critical friend’ of the Head Teacher and will support the Head in delivering the vision for the school. The role will be varied and developing and will include the leadership of English across the school and a KS2 teaching commitment as directed by the Head Teacher. The successful candidate will also take on the role of deputy designated safeguarding lead. In addition, the Deputy Head Teacher will be expected to assist the Head Teacher in identifying areas of improvement and developing and delivering the school improvement plan to address these. Fundamental to the role is the ability to act up in the absence of the Head Teacher.
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Ensure the vision and values of the school are clearly articulated and demonstrated in everyday practice.
- Act as "critical friend" and provide effective professional challenge and support to the Head Teacher.
- Deputise for the Head Teacher and when required act up in the absence of the Head Teacher.
- Demonstrate a relentless drive to improve the school and go the extra mile.
- Support the development and implementation of school improvement planning and self-evaluation.
- Lead by example, articulating a clear moral purpose and relentlessly focusing on providing excellent outcomes for all children.
- Be an integral member of the school leadership team and the Governing body
- Keep up to date with developments in education and have a good knowledge of education systems locally, nationally and globally.
- Support the day-to-day management of the school.
Teaching and Learning
- Consistently demonstrate high quality teaching and learning, maintaining a classroom that is inspirational for other staff and provides an outstanding environment for learning.
- Undertake a timetabled KS2 teaching commitment as directed by the Head Teacher.
- Demonstrate a culture of ‘open’ classrooms; model and share best practice.
- Raise standards in teaching and learning across the school, by supporting and developing others.
- Develop high expectations and a strong culture for behaviour management, in line with the school’s policy.
- Support high quality CPD, driving the development of teaching and learning.
Curriculum Leadership and Development
- Strategic leadership of the development and refinement of the school’s curriculum.
- Support subject leaders in the development and effective implementation of their curriculum areas.
- Lead the development of English across the school.
Quality Assurance and standards
- Support all staff in achieving personal and professional goals, fostering a culture of high performance.
- Demand ambitious standards for all children, instilling a sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on pupil outcomes.
- Contribute to the tracking and reporting of pupil progress and attainment across the whole school.
- Contribute to presenting an accurate account of the school’s performance to a range of audiences -Head Teacher, governors, and parents/carers.
- Contribute to monitoring a range of activities, including work scrutiny, planning, and pupil voice and monitor the impact.
People Management
- Lead appraisal for allocated staff, reviewing and setting annual targets and holding to account for their performance, including making recommendations for pay performance to the Head Teacher.
- Take the lead role in the induction of new staff/trainees etc
- Mentor any ECTs the school may have
- Provide appropriate support to staff in agreed areas for development, creating a culture to improve and value excellent practice.
- Robustly challenge under-performance, where appropriate.
- Build and maintain strong, effective partnerships with governors, parents, and the wider community.
- Assist in the recruitment of staff, following policies and procedures.
What the school offers its staff
The Governors of Kimberworth Community Primary School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated deputy head teacher. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside our senior leadership team and take a leading role in our drive to continually improve our fantastic school.
Kimberworth Community Primary is at the heart of our community, striving to ensure that every child from day care to Year 6 has the support, care, guidance, and challenge to be the best they can be. We are very proud of our school and every effort is made to create a happy and caring atmosphere and an inclusive environment where each child feels confident and valued. Every member of our school community has a whole-hearted commitment to giving their best, hence our school motto: One community achieving together.
We are looking for someone who would relish the opportunity to become part of our successful team and can demonstrate:
- The highest ambition for the school, our pupils, staff and the wider community.
- Excellent classroom, management and leadership skills
- A passion for leading English across the school
- Approachability, effective communication skills and a good sense of humour
- Commitment to developing staff
- Effectiveness in leading and continually driving forward improvements in standards
- Commitment to working closely with staff, children, governors and families and playing an active role in the life of the school
We can offer:
- A welcoming, friendly and positive school at the heart of our community
- The opportunity to work alongside an experienced and ambitious headteacher and a professional, hardworking and motivated team of teachers and support staff committed to developing and raising standards.
- A firm commitment to your continuing professional development, including opportunities to collaborate
- The opportunity to work with our fantastic children who are enthusiastic, well behaved and show respect and care for others
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
Visit dates:
Wednesday 19th March - 9.15am
Thursday 27th March - 1:30pm
Tuesday 15th April - 9.15am & 1:30pm
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 governors 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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to revans@kcps.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Kimberworth Community Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 248 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kimberworth Community Primary School website
- Email address
- revans@kcps.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01709 740879
We are very proud of our school. Every effort is made by all the staff to create a happy and caring atmosphere and an inclusive environment where each child feels confident and valued. Our fantastic children work together to achieve their best, showing respect and care for others. Every member of our school community has a whole hearted commitment to giving their best, hence our school motto: One community achieving together.
It is important to us that all our children are successful. We believe that they deserve the best possible chances in life and so we have high expectations of them to ensure that every child is able to achieve their full potential and achieve the highest of standards. We provide a varied, relevant and interesting curriculum with lots of opportunities for the children to learn through first hand activities. Through this we aim to develop lifelong learners who have the knowledge, skills and confidence needed for the next stage of their learning journey and for their future life.
Arranging a visit to Kimberworth Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email revans@kcps.org.uk.
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