Deputy Headteacher - Behaviour and Personal Development
Alde Valley Academy, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4BG35 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
9 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership 16-21
Deputy Headteacher - Behaviour and Personal Development job summary
Alde Valley Academy (part of Kingfisher Schools Trust) is the fastest growing secondary school in Suffolk due to the high expectations we have of our staff and students. We are ambitious for our students’ progress, attainment and personal development and strive to create an environment that promotes a keen enjoyment of learning. We are situated in Leiston, a small town not far from Saxmundham and Aldeburgh and close to the beautiful Suffolk coast.
We are looking to employ a talented, ambitious and innovative Deputy Headteacher to join our successful team. This is a chance to be a key leader of a school where we are determined to make a real difference to the life opportunities of our students. We take pride in nurturing, motivating and encouraging all our staff and students to be the best version of themselves.
As Deputy Headteacher with responsibility for behaviour and personal development, you will play an important role in creating an ethos within which all students thrive both academically and personally. You will lead on behaviour management, student welfare and personal development, supporting staff, students and parents to create a safe, respectful and aspirational learning environment.
You will lead on personal development initiatives, ensuring students receive outstanding pastoral care, character education and opportunities for growth beyond the classroom.
Alde Valley Academy is at the start of an exciting journey of improvement, the newly appointed Deputy Headteacher would join a reinvigorated senior leadership team, including a recently appointed Headteacher. We have recently introduced new school values of Aspire and Achieve, Lead with Kindness and Stronger Together. We are determined to achieve success together and will be challenging students to rise to our high expectations.
Alde Valley has huge potential. Students want to be challenged to do well and respond brilliantly to that challenge. Our staff respond to clear leadership and a transparent approach to what is expected of them on the journey of school improvement. Our community wants success for their children and are keen to see our academy flourish.
We have high aspirations for our pupils and provide a range of opportunities to enrich their life experiences. We are proud that we provide a highly caring and safe environment for our pupils and families. We are committed to an inclusive environment and the successful candidate will have a good understanding of the current SEND context.
Whether you are already in a similar role and looking for a new challenge, or if you are now at the stage of your career where becoming a Deputy Headteacher is the next step for you, this is a truly fantastic opportunity to realise your aspirations and vision.
The successful applicant for this role will:
- Be highly motivated, enthusiastic and have the ability to inspire students.
- Be a proven leader with experience in behaviour management and pastoral care.
- Be committed to fostering a positive school culture
- Be knowledgeable about safeguarding, inclusion and best practices in student welfare
- Be ambitious and committed to continuous school improvement
We can offer:
- a chance to make a real difference in the lives of young people
- a supportive and forward-thinking leadership team
- a welcoming and caring staff team
- a school committed to the well-being and professional development of staff.
- a supportive team of professionals within Kingfisher Schools Trust
Kingfisher Schools Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits, including:
- Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
- Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
- Pension scheme (TPS) with generous employer contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
- Shopping and leisure discounts
- Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme
We encourage interested candidates to visit our school so that we can show you around and answer any questions that you may have. To arrange a visit, please contact recruitment@kingfisherschools.co.uk
Please submit your completed application as soon as possible as we may close the advert early if we receive sufficient applications. We can only accept applications which are submitted through My New Term.
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Alde Valley Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 643 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Alde Valley Academy website
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