Deputy Headteacher
Bristol Cathedral Choir School, Bristol, BS1 5TSThis job expired on 2 March 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £75,675 - £83,464
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exciting opportunity to join a talented and highly committed leadership team at the beginning of a period of significant change at the school – moving the school from delivering good educational provision to something that is genuinely world class. The specific remit for the role will be determined after appointment as, fundamentally, we are looking for the right person for the team.
What the school offers its staff
Why Choose Bristol Cathedral Choir School?
The school is a ‘Good’ school with an ‘Outstanding’ sixth form (Ofsted November 2022) and plenty of potential to get even better
The progress of our students is significantly above the national average (P8 +0.55)
We believe in our leaders and promote a healthy organisational culture – we do not micromanage or shy away from giving or receiving candid feedback
We offer an ambitious, supportive and challenging senior leadership team that will push you to grow professionally, and help you when things get tough
The school is filled with hardworking staff and students who want to do well.
Further information about the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join a talented and highly committed leadership team at the beginning of a period of significant change at the school – moving the school from delivering good educational provision to something that is genuinely world class. The specific remit for the role will be determined after appointment as, fundamentally, we are looking for the right person for the team.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bristol Cathedral Choir School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1183 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bristol Cathedral Choir School website
- Email address
- info@bristolcathedral.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0117 353 5000
Amplify Education is a dynamic new multi-academy trust of 22 schools across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, formed through the thoughtful and planned merger of TiLA and CST. United by a shared vision, we are a bold voice for Bristol - committed to building belief in every young person, expanding opportunities, nurturing potential, and strengthening citizenship.
We are ambitious, reflective, and collaborative - driven to improve outcomes for young people while working together, learning from one another and continually strengthening our practice. If you are looking to make a real difference within a forward-thinking and supportive Trust, Amplify Education could be the place for you.
Bristol Cathedral Choir School is a highly oversubscribed state cathedral choir school with a rich history and a Christian ethos. It is a music school, educating choristers for Bristol Cathedral for the past 880 years and offers an enhanced and rich musical experience for all. The school provides a traditional academic curriculum to its students, regardless of their background or ability, and emphasises the teaching of ‘Powerful Knowledge’.
Arranging a visit to Bristol Cathedral Choir School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@bristolcathedral.org.uk.
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