Deputy Headteacher

Chater Junior School, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0WN

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £56,320.00 - £62,019.00 Annually (Actual)

Deputy Headteacher job summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an inspiring leader. Due to the promotion of our present Deputy Headteacher, we are looking to appoint a new Deputy Headteacher to join our popular Junior school.

At Chater Junior School our aim is ‘Making Lives Better’; all our staff have this as their reason for working at Chater, our children want to make a difference in their local community and the wider world.

Our children come from a range of backgrounds, we believe that our diversity is a huge strength and is celebrated throughout the life of the school. Through our curriculum we seek to provide our children with a first-class education built around our four values: Passion, Collaboration, Integrity and Resilience.

We are seeking an outstanding teacher and leader to join our senior leadership team. This is an excellent career progression opportunity for someone passionate about making a significant impact on teaching and learning, school culture, and leadership development.

This is an out-of-class leadership role with some teaching responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Headteacher: Work closely with the Headteacher to implement the school's vision and strategic objectives
• DSL Team: Be part of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) team, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children.
• Teaching and Learning Leadership: Lead initiatives to enhance teaching practices, curriculum development, and student outcomes.
• Staff Development: Support the professional growth of some staff, including Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and student teachers, providing coaching, professional development, and constructive feedback.
• Performance Management: Take responsibility for performance managing some staff at different levels across the school, ensuring high standards of teaching, learning, and leadership.
• Be an active participant of the school’s senior management team.

We are looking for someone who:

• Shares our child-centred approach and will help to nurture all our pupils to be the best they can be.
• Has teaching and leadership experience and is looking to develop those skills further.
• Is invested in our school and looking to make a long term impact, coupled with the drive and enthusiasm to help us develop further.
• Can help to shape and share our vision and ethos.
• Can both lead and support our staff to further develop their practice.
• Has the knowledge, experience, and organisational skills to support the Headteacher in the smooth running of the school.
• Above all you are adaptable, creative, and energetic, with a high level of integrity as well as the ability to maintain confidentiality and build positive relationships at all levels with a wide range of professionals.

In return we can offer:

• Relevant and exciting professional development opportunities.
• The opportunity to work in a friendly and diverse school community.
• Amazing, friendly, enthusiastic children who engage positively with school life.
• A hard-working, motivated and engaged staff and governors.
• An attractive working environment with excellent facilities
• Well-resourced classrooms.
• A school that believes in staff wellbeing with an employee assistance programme and removing unnecessary barriers to being a successful leader.
• A culture of support for all staff.

Comments from current staff about why they like working at Chater Junior School:

"There is a lovely , supportive environment across the school, which has helped with my personal growth. I have learnt from my colleagues."

"All the children are well behaved and respectful. The team are friendly and supportive."

"Chater is uplifting. There is a lot of positive energy. It is a safe place, and the children are wonderful."

"Feel supported and given opportunities to flourish. Trusted to lead. I like the community. I feel like we are a family at Chater."

If you feel that you would like to take the next stage in your career and join our fantastic team and share our vision, we would welcome you to come and have a tour of the school and see the school in action.

Our existing Deputy Headteacher can also talk through what her day/week looks like!

If you would like to find out more about the role, I am more than happy to talk through this opportunity. School visits prior to application are also warmly welcomed. Please feel free to contact me at head@chaterjm.herts.sch.uk

Chater Junior School is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people and is a committed equal opportunities employer. Please note that our safeguarding requirements and practices mean we are only able to consider complete applications using the application form - we are unable to accept CV applications. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches as part of Safer Recruitment due diligence. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and successful checks including satisfactory references.

Please note that applications may be considered while posts are being advertised and we reserve the right to retract the vacancy sooner than the advertised date.

Commitment to safeguarding

Chater Junior School is committed to the safeguarding of children and is a committed equal opportunities employer. Please note that our safeguarding requirements and practices mean we are only able to consider complete applications using the application form - we are unable to accept CV applications. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and successful checks including satisfactory references.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Chater Junior School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 235 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chater Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chater-junior-school

Chater Junior School is a happy thriving and very successful junior school,set in a culturally diverse community. The pupils, staff and Governors are proud of the school's achievement and care passionately about its continued future success.

Chater is 10 minute walk from Watford Junction mainline station (20 min from Euston) and 10 min walk from Watford metropolitan line. Plans have also been approved to build a new tube station in Vicarage road in the near future which is a 3 minute walk from the school.

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