6 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    13 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    6 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Deputy headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£75675 - £83464

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Job Title: Deputy Headteacher 

Salary: Leadership Payscale L18 - L22

Start: As soon as possible

Location: Blackburn

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time

Closing Date: 9:00 am, 13th May 2025

Interview: w.c 12th May 2025


At Witton Park, our guiding principles are simple yet powerful: 

  • Children come first and are at the heart of all we do 
  • All pupils, and staff, are supported to achieve
  • How we respond to failure is important; it is how we learn
  • 100% attendance by pupils and staff
  • Pupil wellbeing: social, emotional and mental is a priority


Positive relationships underpin all of our work 

  • The mental health and emotional well being of pupils and staff is important
  • Effective leadership of people, both pupils and staff, is vital to our success


If our principles resonate with you, and you are seeking a new challenge, we’d be delighted to receive your application. We are looking for an outstanding Deputy Headteacher, who can make a significant contribution to our school community by engaging, enthusing and challenging staff and students to achieve their very best all of the time. 


The Deputy Head for Achievement will play a crucial role in ensuring that all students achieve, with a particular focus on Pupil Premium and SEND students.


We offer:

  • A well resourced school to support teaching and meet the needs of the pupils effectively 
  • A team of supportive and experienced colleagues
  • Learning environments to support the success and motivation of pupils
  • Access to  a Pension Scheme, Employee support through Simply Health
  • A cloud based employee portal that allows employees to access their HR and payroll data

Witton Park is part of the Achievement through Collaboration Multi Academy Trust, a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.  To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right.


Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.  


For further information about our school please visit: https://witton.atctrust.org.uk


About the School

We are extremely proud of our school; the achievements of our pupils, the expertise, the dedication of our staff, our outstanding facilities and our reputation as a centre of excellence. Our ultra-modern school buildings allow our pupils to flourish in facilities for learning that truly does enable us to trail blaze innovative learning – from the bright and attractive classrooms to the fully equipped outside play areas, the facilities allow our pupils to fully explore their talents and to shine in those areas that they most enjoy.


A building, however, is only as good as the people working within; we believe we have some of the best students and teachers in the world. Staff and pupils benefit from the investment we place in their development: as well as playing a key part in supporting other schools through the Achievement through Collaboration Trust, we have a variety of external partners from Google, The Schools, Students and Teacher Network, and with University College London. Partnerships like these create opportunities for all members of our team.


About the Trust

Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.  


To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right!


Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.  


Our Trust Board owns the strategic plan, holding the executive team to account to deliver it whilst delegating the correct things to the Local Governing Bodies. LGBs are supported to build their role around the children, parents and staff of their individual school whilst expressing the “we” of the Trust. 


Key to maintaining our successful educational standards is a clear trust wide school improvement strategy/plan that meets the needs of every school wherever they are on their journey. Our Trust Wide strategy for capturing the most effective practice and transmitting it between more classrooms is in place and underpinned by a workforce talent management strategy that facilitates staff development and deployment.  


A strong central team connects the academies enabling leaders and teachers to concentrate on educational delivery. Achievement through Collaboration is financially stable which enables the strategic allocation of resources that enables standards to be maintained and improvements to be achieved.


We believe that all children, staff and schools benefit from belonging to a family of schools within a strong collaborative multi-academy trust. We are an outward organisation, we embrace innovation and opportunities that benefit our pupils. AtC has invested in staff to build capacity to collaborate with other schools and we are now actively looking to grow further.


If you share our values and are committed to ensuring that our children at Witton children have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and character to shape future success for themselves and their world, we look forward to hearing from you.

Jane Chambers 

Chief Executive Officer


Safeguarding Information

AtC Trust and its Schools are committed to safeguarding children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent/unfiltered criminal convictions.


Achievement Through Collaboration Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.



We understand how important choosing the right school is and so, on behalf of our children and staff, we warmly invite you to visit our school and experience for yourself the quality of education we offer.



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

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About Achievement Through Collaboration Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust

Achievement through Collaboration: Working together with children at the heart of everything we do.

Achievement through Collaboration (AtC) is a Trust of five strong schools and a provider of initial teacher training (ITT) located across the Blackpool, Blackburn, Wigan and Lancashire area.

Our Schools are Great Schools

United by a foundation of collaboration, we are able to ensure the very best for our children, staff and communities. We would welcome the opportunity to share who we are with other like minded schools and organisations, so please get in touch if you have any questions or want to know more about Achievement through Collaboration.

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