Deputy Headteacher

Costessey Primary School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 0RR

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026, or sooner if possible

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 7pm

• Date listed

  4 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £59,167.00 - £65,286.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership scale points L8 - L12

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Deputy Headteacher - Costessey Primary School
Permanent
Grade: Leadership scale points L8 - L12
Start date: January 2026, or sooner if possible

We are looking for a school leader who:

• Is an outstanding classroom practitioner, with the highest expectations of children’s behaviour and a culture of professionalism
• Has a proven track record of delivering an exceptional quality of education for all groups of pupils
• Is able to confidently work with the Headteacher on both the wider strategic development of the school, and the granular detail of behaviour, culture, and teaching and learning
• Is able to strategically manage the day-to-day operations of the school, including timetabling and staffing
• Has the ability to inspire, mentor, coach & manage a team of dedicated staff
• Has excellent communication skills & interpersonal skills
• Is able to engage & work with the parents/carers, governors & the wider community

We offer:

• A thriving - mostly three form entry school, with nursery - with a highly skilled and committed staff team
• Engaged families, wonderful children, and supportive Governors
• Being part of Evolution Academy Trust (EAT), with high levels of support from their Central Team, Professional Development, and networks
• A non-class-based post to enable focus on leadership and development
• A commitment to your professional development

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced leader as Deputy Headteacher and a key member of the school’s senior leadership team. You may already be a Deputy Headteacher looking for an alternative role in the Norwich area, or alternatively be an experienced Assistant Head who has led teaching and learning, and now wants to step into deputy headship to further your career.

The Deputy Head at Costessey will lead in the first instance a remit of behaviour and culture. Ensuring standards in all aspects of behaviour are high. You will be supporting and challenging middle leaders to achieve their best, enabling pupils to achieve in all subjects, and raising outcomes in statutory measures even higher through your work.

Our Headteacher was appointed in Summer 2024, and is looking for further success and school development through a relentless and shared approach to professionalism from the entire staff team who are united in the belief that all children can, and will, succeed as a result of high-quality teaching from passionate and caring professionals. Our school team approach is encapsulated in our school vision ‘Achievement for All’ and our Trust and School values of Collaboration, Responsibility and Ambition.

For an informal conversation with the Headteacher, Alex Griffiths, and to express your interest and receive a detailed job description, please contact head@costesseyprimary.org.uk.

Please refer to the job description and recruitment pack for full person specification.

Evolution Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you will be required to undergo pre‐employment checks, including a social media search. This post will come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and a successful applicant would be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. An enhanced DBS check will be required.

Why work for us?

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. We’re open to flexible working arrangements for roles where suitable. Please include your preferred working hours in your application for consideration

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 Costessey Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 533 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Costessey Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/costessey-primary-school

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