Deputy Headteacher
Cotgrave Candleby Lane School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 3JG15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025 or sooner
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
3 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £62,202.00 - £70,293.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Pay Range, Points 10 to 15
Deputy Headteacher job summary
About Us:
Cotgrave Candleby Lane School is at the heart of our community, striving to ensure that every child has the support, care, guidance, and challenge to be the best they can be. Our recent Outstanding Ofsted judgement reflects our relentless focus on providing the highest possible quality of education, enabling all pupils to excel.
Our vision is a LOVE of learning (Long term memory, Oracy rich, Values based, and Experiential). We offer a broad and balanced curriculum that ensures our pupils develop the knowledge, skills, experiences, attitudes, and beliefs to become confident and passionate future citizens of the world.
Cotgrave Candleby Lane School is a part of the Flying High Partnership. As the founding school, the vision and culture of Flying High is at the centre of all that the school does. As Deputy Head teacher you work in partnership with Claire Lindsay, senior leaders and the central team to ensure that Cotgrave Candleby Lane school flourishes as a unique, exceptional, and sustainable school that inspires the community and empowers every child.
At the heart of Flying High is growing our people, and through this role you will receive considerable support and investment to ultimately realise your ambition to become a Head teacher.
The Role:
Support the Head teacher to deliver a vision an ambitious vision for every child.
Act up in the absence of the Head teacher, 2 days per week.
Work alongside Claire Lindsay, Head Teacher and System Leader, to grow and develop as a leader equipped to progress onto Headship.
Contribute to the strategic direction and development of the school.
Lead and manage staff to ensure high standards of teaching and learning.
Foster a positive and inclusive school culture.
What We Offer:
A welcoming and friendly team with high ambitions for every child.
Strong professional learning opportunities including our Flying Forward to Headship talent management programme.
An ‘outstanding’ school with a strong and embedded curriculum.
Opportunities for progressing to Headship across our partnership.
An environment where you will be valued, nurtured, and developed to be the best that you can be.
A strong staff benefits package.
What We Are Looking For:
An experienced Deputy Head Teacher with a track record of successful school leadership.
A leader who can motivate and inspire others to be the best they can be.
A leader committed to putting children first and ensuring every child can achieve.
A leader with ambition to be a successful Head teacher, and a commitment to continuous learning.
A strong understanding of teaching, learning, and curriculum development.
A positive, proactive, and solution-focused team member.
We strongly recommend that you visit the school to meet with Claire Lindsay, Head Teacher to discover the exciting challenges this unique role has to offer. To arrange this please contact the school office on 0115 9892284 or email office@candlebylane.co.uk
We understand that in some circumstances you are unable to visit, if this is the case please contact the school office to arrange a time when you are able to discuss the role over the telephone.
Join us in our relentless pursuit of excellence and make a significant impact on the future of our school and its pupils.
Commitment to safeguarding
We recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils. We will endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We will be alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. The procedures contained in our policies apply to all staff, volunteers and governors/ member of the Cotgrave Candleby Lane and are consistent with those of Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NSCP)
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 Cotgrave Candleby Lane School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 548 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cotgrave Candleby Lane School website
Cotgrave Candleby Lane School and Nursery is at the heart of our community and strives to ensure that every child has the support, care, guidance and challenge to be the best they can be. Our fun and engaging approach, mixed with an invigorating environment and ethos, enables staff and pupils to push boundaries to be the very best they can be in all aspects of school life. We value the uniqueness in every child and celebrate this with them. This is mirrored with the staff too as every member of our team has to celebrate and be clear about what makes them unique.
The school is proud of the strong bonds created with our children and families. This careful development is the product of nurture; our drive to develop the school’s eight values and truly going the extra mile for our children and families. The strong bonds are also reflected in our staff team, who have a ‘can do’ approach, care for each other, learn together and work well together as a high performing team. Importantly, we also know how to have fun in what we do.
‘Relentless in our strive for excellence’ underpins everything that we do and alongside our values (Confidence, Aspiration, Creativity, Fun, Pride, Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility), this ethos helps all our children to achieve the best that they can in all areas of their learning. Our Candleby Lane Curriculum vision is LOVE (Long term memory, Oracy rich, Values based, Experiential). Our curriculum promotes a love of learning. It is broad and balanced, rich and varied, and offers our pupils a learning journey that ensures they develop the knowledge, skills, experiences, attitudes and beliefs to become confident and passionate future citizens of the world.
All members of staff and the governing body accept responsibility for ensuring the progress of all of our children and are committed to meeting their pastoral, social and academic needs within a caring and nurturing environment. We hope that each child will develop a love for learning and we are determined to ensure that all of our children are given every chance to maximise their full potential.
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