Deputy Headteacher

Agora Learning Partnership, Watford, WD24 5JW

35 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  16 January 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  12 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £62,962.00 - £69,332.00 Annually (Actual) L8 – L12 (£62,962 - £69,332) Including Fringe

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Journeys Academy is an exciting new 60 place primary special school opening in the Autumn Term 2026 in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. Purpose-built to provide exceptional education for children with communication and autism needs, it will be developed on the historic site of the former Sunnybank Primary School (closed in 2007) at 29 Field View Road, Potters Bar, EN6 2NA.

Becoming the founding Deputy Headteacher of Journeys Academy is not just about supporting school leadership — it is about helping to build it from the ground up. You will play a central role in shaping the school’s ethos, curriculum and culture, working alongside the Headteacher to recruit and develop the staff team. Your leadership will establish the foundations on which future generations of children and families will thrive, creating a legacy that endures well beyond the school’s opening.

Starting in April 2026, you will play a pivotal role in building Journeys Academy by:

o Recruiting and inducting staff

o Supporting the design of the curriculum

o Supporting the creation of policies and procedures

o Supporting children’s transition into the school in September 2026

Please see attached Recruitment Pack for full details on this exciting role.

To arrange a discussion about this role, please email HR@agoralearning.co.uk.

The Agora Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and visitors to share this commitment. This post will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

Please note that all recruitment is handled directly by our team; we do not work with external agencies.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About Agora Learning Partnership

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Agora Learning Partnership website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/agora-learning-partnership

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