Deputy Headteacher
Downlands Community School, Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 8LPThis job expired on 25 April 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L22 £83,464 to L26 £92,052
What skills and experience we're looking for
General
- To undertake the duties of a Deputy Headteacher as specified in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document.
- To set high professional standards by personal example.
- To possess the personal pedagogical understanding to inspire learners to achieve outstanding outcomes
- To maintain a high-profile presence and to be accessible to and supportive of students, staff, parents and the wider community.
- To undertake in the absence of the Headteacher, and to the extent required by him or the relevant body, the professional duties of the Headteacher.
- To undertake key leadership and management tasks as may be required by the Headteacher.
- To serve as a member of the Leadership Team and assist with the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of school policy.
- To undertake an appropriate teaching timetable (five hours per week).
- To lead a proportion of assemblies.
- To provide strategic leadership, clear direction and effective management for the school as a whole.
Leadership
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people within the school.
- To assist with the preparation of job descriptions, person specifications, interviewing and appointment of staff, as required.
- To play a full and active part in achieving our vision and School Development Plan. To assume responsibility for relevant sections of the School Evaluation Form.
- To establish and develop productive relationships with, parents, governors, PTA, the local community, other schools and the commercial sector.
- To develop productive links with our local community and to wholeheartedly support community and extra-curricular events and opportunities.
- To work collaboratively with the governing board and be held account to strategic targets.
- To ensure Downlands plays an active and influential part in educational and other partnerships, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
- To play an important role in the whole school behaviour management system and to model a highly consistent approach to our behaviour policy
- To be linked to and have oversight of a specified Year group
- To lead a duty team at agreed times during the week, model expected behaviours and monitor team members in line with school policy.
- To share duties including on call and after school detention duties.
- To share Leadership representation at evening and weekend events.
- To attend and contribute to SLT meetings before school (8.05am every day), after school (Thursdays) and during the school day as requested.
- Provide highly effective staff professional development and whole school INSET where appropriate
- To ensure the school is compliant with relevant national and local legislation and policy requirements
- Collaborate successfully with key partners including Mid-Sussex Federation schools.
- Develop a compelling vision for the areas of responsibility and be totally committed to their success.
- To articulate and lead an evidence-based approach to successful implementation
- To constantly improve the effectiveness of all levels of leadership including governors, leadership team, middle Leaders, teachers, students and support staff.
- Line manage a number of faculties as directed by the Headteacher.
- Maintain and update key policies where appropriate
- To work in partnership with Leadership Team colleagues to deliver whole school CPD
- Lead Middle Leader meetings to achieve SDP priorities and ensure that minutes are distributed.
- Responsibility for implementing initiatives to improve staff wellbeing and evaluating their impact.
- Any other reasonable request from the Headteacher
What the school offers its staff
Required for September 2025
DEPUTY HEADTEACHER:
Salary Range L22 £83,464 to L26 £92,052
A rare opportunity is available for a talented and ambitious teacher with a proven track record of success to become Deputy Headteacher of a high performing community school.
The school is situated at the foot of the beautiful South Downs and is always oversubscribed. It has a reputation for excellent academic results and extra-curricular activities with outstanding pastoral care.
Downlands is highly regarded and plays an active role in the local community.
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 are 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 Downlands Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1255 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Downlands Community School website
- Email address
- lfaith@downlands.org
- Phone number
- 01273 845892
Downlands Community School is a thriving, 11-16, mixed, Local Authority, comprehensive school, set in a beautiful location at the foot of the South Downs and only 6 miles north of Brighton with an enviable reputation for success with pupils of all abilities and from all social backgrounds.
Downlands is a very inclusive school and we are proud of the pastoral support and guidance we are able to offer our young people.
Arranging a visit to Downlands Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lfaith@downlands.org.
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