Deputy Headteacher (Culture & Behaviour)
Stone Lodge School, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6FY10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
6 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 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
- £77,050.00 - £84,843.00 Annually (FTE) L18-22 (£77,050- £84,843 including Fringe allowance) dependent on experience
Deputy Headteacher (Culture & Behaviour) job summary
| Job Title | Deputy Headteacher (Culture & Behaviour) |
| Salary | L18-22 (£77,050- £84,843 including Fringe allowance) dependent on experience |
| Hours | As required for the role |
| Reporting to | Headteacher |
We are pleased to share the exciting opportunity for a Deputy Headteacher position at Stone Lodge School.
The school opened in 2019 and has seen rapid growth and now has over 1000 students. We moved into a brand-new building in 2022. The school is heavily oversubscribed and serves the needs of its local communities, with a very local catchment area. Following a strong Ofsted inspection in October 2023, followed by a successful first set of GCSE and post 16 results.
The new deputy headteacher will lead behaviour and culture in a dynamic and exciting school, with talented and committed staff and great students, to ensure young people lead successful lives. We believe in the importance of maintaining impeccable behaviour where teachers can teach and students can focus on learning, free from distractions. We explicitly teach behaviour and routines to maintain a culture of high expectations through a warm/strict approach.
Stone Lodge School is fully inclusive and caters for the diverse needs of its students. We have appointed highly motivated, dynamic support staff, teachers and leaders who deliver exciting learning every lesson, every day, so that all our students reach their full potential and secure first-class destinations.
This is an excellent opportunity for an established, motivated senior leader who is keen to lead behaviour and culture, ensure relentless consistency with the implementation of the behaviour expectations and developing effective pastoral support so the young people at Stone Lodge can flourish.
Our ideal candidate will:
Have strong leadership skills, with outstanding communication skills and an ability to work successfully with all stakeholders
- Have a track record of success in their current role
- Develop the vision and values of the school and contribute to the visions and values of the Trust
- Have a commitment to raising standards across the school amongst students and staff
- Develop a culture of inclusivity and collaboration amongst staff and students
Please read the attached applicant pack for more information on this role.
Career with Endeavour MAT - what we can offer you:
As well as offering you a competitive salary with pay progression opportunities, you will also be working in a purpose-built setting with great facilities and with a team of talented, engaged and motivated colleagues. Our common RIDES values of respect, integrity, determination, equality of opportunity and self-management help instil a strong work ethic among staff and students alike and our supportive culture provides what many of our existing staff describe as a ‘family feel’ within our Trust.
Deadline for Applications: 9am on Tuesday 6th May 2025
Shortlisting: Wednesday 7th May 2025
Candidates notified: Wednesday 7th May 2025
Interviews: Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th May 2025
To book in a visit of the school, please contact Leonie Verbeke- Cain, Headteacher’s PA on 01322 250340 Ext 304 or lverbeke-cain@stonelodgeschool.co.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
At Stone Lodge our approach to safeguarding is child-centred and we consider at all times the best interest of the child.
We have a designated safeguarding lead, who provides support to staff members to carry out their safeguarding duties and liaises with other agencies such as children’s social care.
Mr Barnett is also a safeguarding lead and regular meetings are held to discuss any ongoing safeguarding or welfare concerns.
All staff members receive safeguarding and child protection training which is regularly updated.
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 Stone Lodge School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 933 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Stone Lodge School website
Stone Lodge School is fully inclusive and caters for the diverse needs of its students. We have appointed highly motivated, dynamic support staff, teachers and leaders who deliver exciting learning every lesson, every day, so that all our students reach their full potential and secure first class destinations.
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