Deputy Head Teacher
Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 9EW28 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 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: 32.5 Hours (Monday to Friday)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £60,644 to £66,919
Pay scale
- L9 to L13
What skills and experience we're looking for
Thank you for your interest in joining our vibrant and supportive community at Sunnyfields. We are delighted that you are considering applying for a position with us. The candidate information pack attached has been designed to provide you with an overview of our school, our values, and the exciting opportunity that awaits you.
What the school offers its staff
At Sunnyfields, we are proud to be a fully subscribed school that consistently achieves excellent results for our pupils. Our commitment to providing an exceptional educational experience is reflected in the outstanding outcomes we see year after year. In 2017, we were graded as “Good with Outstanding Features” by Ofsted, and we are pleased to say that this high standard has been maintained in the December 2022 inspection.
We are also recognised as a leading school in the Creating Active Schools initiative, championing physical activity and well-being as key elements of our curriculum. Our outstanding Early Years provision and Forest School program are just a few examples of the innovative and nurturing approach we take to education, ensuring that every child has the opportunity to thrive.
Further details about the role
In the pack, you will find key information about our school, our ethos, and the role we are looking to fill. We hope this will help you gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be part of our team and how you can contribute to our ongoing success.
We look forward to receiving your application and learning more about how you could contribute to our school community.
Visits to the school are welcomed. Please see the pack for further information.
Applications close on Wednesday the 30th April at 09.00am
Shortlisting will take place on Friday the 2nd of May
Interviews will take place on Thursday the 8th of May
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@sunnyfields.doncaster.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 313 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@sunnyfields.doncaster.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01302 780386
Sunnyfields is an inclusive primary school that develops every individual to ensure that we achieve ‘Excellence and Enjoyment in Everything’ we do.
We are an all-through primary school located in Scawthorpe, Doncaster, with currently 317 pupils on roll, including a large nursery provision. We are privileged to have exciting and extensive grounds and provision which promotes and encourages many opportunities for outdoor learning. Our staff team are passionate and inspirational professionals who have the best interest of the children at heart, making Sunnyfields a special place for children to learn. The governing body are actively involved in supporting and challenging the school’s strategic development.
We pride ourselves on being at the forefront of our community. We, as a school, are always on hand to offer support and advice. We also recognise the importance of developing and providing all our children with the skills to be independent, resilient, creative, problem-solvers, communicators and to work as part of a team. All skills required to flourish and succeed during their education, but also to promote traditional values of courtesy, respect and to be a good citizen.
Arranging a visit to Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@sunnyfields.doncaster.sch.uk.
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