Deputy Headteacher
Lower Park School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 1HE16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April or September 2026
Closing date
24 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £58,569 - £64,691
Deputy Headteacher job summary
Are you an inspirational and dedicated leader who is passionate about making a difference in children’s lives through outstanding teaching and learning? Lower Park School is a thriving 1.5-form entry primary school with a warm, inclusive ethos and a commitment to nurturing every child to achieve their full potential.
We are seeking an exceptional Deputy Headteacher to join our leadership team. This is a unique opportunity for a highly motivated professional who combines strong classroom practice with strategic vision and the ability to inspire others.
About the role
- Class teacher, consistently modelling excellent pedagogy and practice.
- Support the Headteacher in the day-to-day leadership and management of the school with dedicated leadership and management time commensurate with responsibilities
- Lead on key areas of school improvement, working closely with staff to raise standards and outcomes for all pupils.
- Foster a culture of high expectations, professional development, and collaboration.
- Build strong relationships with pupils, parents, governors, and the wider community.
About you
- We are looking for someone who:
- Is an outstanding classroom practitioner with a deep understanding of effective teaching and learning.
- Has proven leadership experience (as Assistant Head, Phase Leader, or equivalent) with the ability to inspire and develop others.
- Demonstrates excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
- Is reflective, resilient, and committed to continuous improvement.
- Shares our passion for providing every child with the best possible start in life.
We can offer
- Enthusiastic, well-behaved pupils who love learning.
- A dedicated, supportive staff team and engaged governors.
- A culture that values professional growth and innovation.
- A welcoming, community-focused school environment where you can truly make an impact.
We welcome school visits and can offer visits on 12 November at 4pm or 20 November at 9am. Please contact the Head to arrange.
The Halliard Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Why work for the Halliard Trust
Who we are
We educate over 5,000 children and employ 900 teaching and support staff to deliver our vision to ensure every student leaves school with the values, skills, qualities and aptitudes to thrive in society combined with highest possible learning outcomes. Our core values of Respect, Integrity and Optimism underpin everything we do.
Formerly named The Fallibroome Trust, we have engaged with all of our stakeholders to choose a new name and are now called the Halliard Trust and are a school-led multi-academy trust which encourages its schools to work with a high level of autonomy and keep their own ‘personality’ and close ties to their local communities – always underpinned by strong support from the Trust leadership and the school improvement and business teams. We offer a wide-ranging programme of professional development for all employees to support those taking their first steps in education to those working as exceptional leaders.
The people you work with will support and motivate you in achieving your ambitions. Our exceptional teachers, support staff and leaders come from a wide range of backgrounds, but they all share a deeply held commitment to give our students an outstanding education in an inspiring and happy school environment. The Trust has grown organically to three secondary and eight primary schools based in Cheshire. The Trust operates from its head office in Macclesfield, Cheshire where the School Improvement and Business Support teams are based.
Working with the Trust
Everyone who works with us is crucial to the Trust’s success and professional learning plays a vital role in how we work. Successful teams are full of people who not only care but feel cared for and valued and subsequently take care in all they do. encourage and support every individual to develop themselves to achieve their full potential.
Benefits of working with the Trust
- High quality professional learning & development at all stages of your career
- Access to the Teachers’ Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes with a generous employer contribution rate
- Support staff have 26 days holiday entitlement rising to 31 days with service
- Free onsite parking at all sites
- Cycle to work scheme
- Confidential employee counselling helpline
How to Apply
We ask all applicants to apply through SAMpeople Recruit/Face-Ed; our recruitment software. This enables us to efficiently carry out our safer recruitment checks, but we recognise it can take some time for the applicant. The good news is, you will only need to register for Face-Ed once to apply for any role in the Halliard Trust's 11 schools.
We ask all applicants to apply through SAMpeople Recruit/Face-Ed; our recruitment software. This enables us to efficiently carry out our safer recruitment checks, but we recognise it can take some time for the applicant. The good news is, you will only need to register for Face-Ed once to apply for any role in the Halliard Trust's 11 schools.
Our tips for a painless process are as follows:
- Because SAMpeople Recruit is cloud based software, it is possible for you to experience a break in connection and you won't necessarily know about it straight away. We therefore strongly recommend that you prepare your main application content in a different package like MS Word/Notepad and copy and paste it into your application form in the relevant sections.
- If you get a message saying "Validation Error" it isn't a software fault. It means you have entered data in a format that wasn't expected and it is causing a problem with saving. This might mean you have entered words in a box that expects numbers, for example.
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 Lower Park School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 276 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lower Park School website
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