Deputy Headteacher
Dunsville Primary School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN7 4HX2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025 or an agreed date with the right candidate
Closing date
15 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £59,167 - £65,286 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Overall Responsibility:
Responsibilities as a Class Teacher:
Ø Work as a member of the team to ensure a high standard of education provision for pupils
Ø To be an excellent classroom practitioner and lead by example at all times
Ø Actively participate in whole school self-evaluation and school improvement planning
Ø To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school.
Ø Undertake duties of a teacher as specified within the school
Ø Work with colleagues to monitor children’s progress and attainment and continue to raise standards.
Ø Be responsible for leading and co-ordinating curriculum development, planning, teaching and learning within key stage assessments, to have a thorough grasp of the national curriculum and seek to raise attainment
Ø Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school
Ø Develop effective professional relationships with all key stakeholders including colleagues/parents/partners/external bodies and the wider community.
Ø Demonstrate consistent high standards of personal and professional conduct, acting within the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities
Leadership Responsibilities for Safeguarding, Inclusion and Attendance at Dunsville Primary School:
Ø To provide strategic vision, leadership and direction for the continuous development of Safeguarding, Inclusion and Attendance practices across the school.
Ø To have the strategic overview of the day-to-day operations of Safeguarding, Inclusion and Attendance across the school, including effective deployment of staff and line management of all Inclusion and Pastoral staff.
Ø To be the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead and part of the Stay Safe Team supporting pupils with needs.
Ø To lead on evaluating and improving the Safeguarding, Inclusion and Attendance provision across the school in order to align practice and raise attainment
Ø To research, develop and share best practice with respect to national developments in improving school attendance for pupils, inclusion provision and safeguarding practices.
Ø To integrate quality self-evaluation within Inclusion and Attendance in order to support continuous improvement.
Ø To work with parents/carers and external agencies to support pupils and families with pastoral needs.
Ø To contribute to the School Development Plans to ensure that Safeguarding, Inclusion and Attendance provisions are prioritised and at the heart of school improvement; as well as contributing to development of whole school policies, procedures and strategic planning.
Ø To support the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team in accounting for the efficiency and effectiveness of the school to all relevant stakeholders.
Ø To lead weekly inclusion/attendance team meetings with the relevant staff.
Ø To use data effectively to identify attendance of students who are underachieving and, where necessary create and implement effective attendance plans of action.
Ø To drive and develop effective QA of Inclusion and Attendance, in line with school and Trust policy.
Ø To implement Trust policies and school policies relevant to the role and review effectiveness, refine and launch.
Ø To maintain, implement and monitor Health and Safety policies in line with regulations and expectation.
Ø To undertake other reasonable duties as requested, in accordance with the changing needs of the school.
Ø Be a core member of the schools’ leadership teams and regularly contribute to whole school strategic leadership meetings.
Ø Drive opportunities of the wider life and ethos of the school, ensuring accessibility and equity for all.
Ø Promote the Personal Development opportunities for pupils and the Trust pledges across school ensure all pupil groups are included.
Ø Demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct, acting within the statutory frameworks, which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.
Safeguarding
Ø To acknowledge that the Safeguarding of pupils is at the forefront of the school and to continually promote safeguarding on a daily basis.
Ø To be continually alert to any behaviour which is a cause for concern.
Ø To comply with the school safeguarding policies ensuring that they are used as a live document of everyday life in the school.
Ø To promote a culture of raising concerns and supporting pupils and colleagues to bring any concerns to the attention of any SLT member in the school.
Ø To champion a culture of safeguarding children in every duty that you undertake, making sure that appropriate policies in school are always followed.
Ø To understand, uphold and continually champion Fundamental British Values in the school, modelling the behaviours that as a school we value.
Ø To challenge any behaviour that is in contrast to the Fundamental British Values.
These duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exhaustive nor exclusive, as the postholder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grading of the post, without changing the general character of the post. Dependent on need, you may be deployed across the Trust
What the school offers its staff
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Dunsville Primary School is looking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher with responsibility for Safeguarding, Inclusion and Attendance who is passionate about providing the best for children. This is an exciting new role for an ambitious leader with the right skills and experience to join a successful and expanding senior leadership team in a high performing school and Trust, that includes the Headteacher, Lead Deputy Headteacher and Assistant Headteacher.
This leadership opportunity is open to experienced qualified teachers with a minimum of 5 years teaching experience who can evidence a sound understanding of excellent safeguarding practices, a passion for inclusion and achieving high pupil attendance.
Dunsville Primary School is a friendly, welcoming school with a positive team of staff. It is supportive of staff wishing to develop their leadership skills and experience. We have an extended leadership team and work collaboratively as part of the Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Multi-Academy Trust with other schools in our Trust. We are a school for our community and our Local Governing Board is engaged and dedicated to the school.
We are looking for a Deputy Headteacher who will:
- Be an excellent classroom practitioner with high standards of teaching, learning and behaviour in their own practice.
- Work to put the needs of pupils at the heart of everything
- Strive to provide exciting and innovative learning experiences for children
- Have proven experience of leading highly effective Inclusion provision at a whole school level
- Have a strategic approach to the analysis of data related to pupil attendance, identifying barriers to attendance and the next steps. Have a knowledge of the procedures for working with families to raise attendance
- Be highly motivated and ready to embrace a senior leadership role, working closely with the extended leadership team and staff in school
- Be a supportive, flexible team member who develops excellent relationships with children, parents, carers and colleagues
In return we can offer you the following:
- A dedicated, experienced and caring team to work with within a positive working environment
- A commitment to your professional development
- A supportive and experienced leadership team and local governing board
- A school that encourages innovation and creative thinking
- A whole school ethos that nurtures confidence, develops self-reliance, where children learn to make decisions and develop the ability to articulate feelings and ideas
Message from the Co-CEOs
Thank you for considering joining our trust. We are privileged to be the CEOs of the Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust (BFLPT) and to be working with like‐minded headteachers, leaders, staff and board members who understand how important education is to life chances and social mobility. The BFLPT Board is determined to see a high‐performing multi‐academy Trust which delivers exceptional and enriching learning experiences for all its children, young people and staff. We believe that by working collaboratively, we will create an educational platform on which to build the strong foundations needed for educational success.
There could not be a better time to join our Trust, which includes a diverse and successful range of schools; four Doncaster primary schools, an infant school, an 11-16 secondary school (Hungerhill) and Doncaster University Technical College. Hungerhill School benefitted from being a Teaching and National Support school for many years; its legacy of strong collaboration is still recognised today both locally and nationally with strong student outcomes above national averages. Doncaster UTC opened in 2020 in a state-of-the-art building which supports the strong employer led curriculum designed to create the engineers and technologists of the future. The school has already won several national and local awards and is recognised by Baker Dearing Trust as being one of its flagship schools. More recently we have been awarded a second Free School Bid and the Trust will open a second Doncaster UTC specialising in Green Technologies and Health Care Sciences. We are excited about the future and the many expanding professional development opportunities for our staff.
In September 2021 we implemented a new Primary Knowledge Curriculum in all primary and infant schools and all our schools are heavily invested in the development of a mathematics mastery curriculum and lead on a number of projects supported by the South Yorkshire Maths Hubs.
We are extremely proud that our Ofsted reports have acknowledged that all our schools are good or better. The reports demonstrate that our schools are delivering better student/pupil outcomes by working together, sharing leadership and teacher knowledge and resources. All of this, of course, could not be achieved without our strong body of exceptionally hard-working and committed support staff. This has been testament to the strong investment in staff and pupils; our standards are high, but we take the investment in our staff very seriously.
We are also part of a network of national schools who are reshaping their curriculum, drawing on research and cognitive based science which will ensure all our children make accelerated progress. We employ a number of Ofsted trained consultants across the Trust who are supporting our subject leaders to design and shape the best learning experiences for our young people and in doing so, we are providing very bespoke support and training for teaching staff who want to invest in themselves. We are very proud of our story so far.
Our robust teacher development programmes and associate staff performance management systems allow for internal recognition and support to help encourage colleagues to thrive and develop within role. We are also very clear about reasonable, professional expectations, so that colleagues understand what is required of them, and are confident in their ability to deliver.
We also have many associate staff who are being supported to develop themselves through additional professional courses as we believe this is the hallmark of an outstanding Trust.
The successful candidate will be based at Dunsville Primary School but may be required to work elsewhere within the Trust, as may reasonably be required by the Headteacher/Principal, CEO for the discharge of their duties.
Further details and application forms are available by visiting our website at brighterfutureslpt.com. (CV’s will not be accepted for this post). If you feel you are the person we are looking for, you should fill in the enclosed application form and add a concise letter of no more than two sides of A4 (this must be submitted as a separate document and not included in the body of an email) addressing the following:
- Why you are applying for this position.
- How your experience to date will enable you to successfully take on the role.
The closing date for applications is 9am Friday 15th November 2024.
Visits to the school are welcome. Please telephone the school (01302 882958) to arrange to visit on one of the following dates:
Tuesday 5th November 4pm
Wednesday 6th November 5.15pm
Thursday 7th November 5pm
Monday 11th November 5pm
The interview date is to be confirmed.
*Please note that if you have not been contacted by Thursday 21st November 2024 you have not been shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
As BFLPT we promote diversity and applications are welcome from all, irrespective of sex, sexuality, race, religion, marital status, age or disability.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with previous employers.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions are ‘protected’.
These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
The school/UTC will carry out on-line searches as part of their due diligence checks on shortlisted candidates who will also be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
Shortlisted candidates will be emailed a self-disclosure form together with a flow chart detailing what is ‘protected’ under the Act and should not be disclosed. This MUST be returned before interview.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@brighterfutureslpt.com
CVs are not accepted.
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About Dunsville Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 277 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Dunsville Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancies@brighterfutureslpt.com
- Phone number
- 01302882958
Thank you for considering joining our trust. I am very proud to be the CEO of the Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust (BFLPT); it is a privilege to work with passionate, like-minded colleagues who are all focussed on delivering the best educational provision for the children and young people of Doncaster. We are a multi-academy trust serving the local needs of our community with great passion; we have a team of highly committed staff, governors, local businesses and trustees who are committed to creating and delivering a world-class trust vision.
A big vision lies at the heart of the BFLPT; excellence is at the heart of all that we do and with this in mind, we aim to be one of the highest performing and unique trusts in the country, acknowledging that every child is different. As such, our curriculum offer will be shaped to reflect the diversity of our learners and their needs if they are to excel and develop into the next generation of highly skilled learners and innovators.
Our vision is to create teaching and learning which is inspirational, challenging and relevant to the 21st century where every child and young person can fulfil their potential. We are also committed to developing outstanding pastoral care which we know is an essential ingredient in ensuring that every child can flourish to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes which will enable them to have the widest possible choice of career pathways.
We are unique in that our family of schools includes; four Doncaster primary schools, an infant school, an 11-16 secondary school and Doncaster University Technical College, a newly built state of the art school with specialisms in engineering and digital design.
The successful candidate will be based at Dunsville Primary School but may be required to work elsewhere within Trust, as may reasonably be required by the Headteacher/Principal, CEO for the discharge of your duties.
Dunsville Primary School serves the children in our local community and more recently children from outside the catchment area. We offer provision for children from the age of 3 to 11. Currently we have eight classes and a nursery which offers 15-hours provision or 30-hours provision dependent on parental choice. We run a Foundation Stage unit that allows free flow play between Reception and Nursery and an enriched learning environment for children to have first-hand experiences in.
Our vision is to provide “Excellence and Enjoyment” for the children who come to our school. We do this through offering a curriculum for our children that is enriched and designed for them and makes real links to embed skills, knowledge and understanding.
We have high expectations of attainment but are equally passionate about offering care for all of our children as individuals. We care for one another and consider ourselves to all be learners together. We pride ourselves on working with families and offering them and the children pastoral support for a range of needs. Our recent Ofsted inspection graded us as ‘Good’ in all areas:
Leaders have created a learning environment in which pupils thrive. Adults are excellent role models. They work well as a team to support pupils. (Ofsted, November 2022)
We promote a love of reading and invest extensively in providing children with books and reading materials that captivate their imaginations and interests. We teach children phonics using Essential Letters & Sounds and develop their understanding of texts using Reciprocal Reading.
We teach Maths using the Maths Mastery approach and provide children with opportunities to discuss their Maths learning using subject specific vocabulary to enable them to take ownership of their learning.
Overall at Dunsville, we are a team. Everyone is as important as each other in providing the very best we can for our children each and every day. Every day is different and every day we see children grow in confidence, knowledge, understanding and skills. That is what makes working at Dunsville so worthwhile.
As a school, we will offer:
• a warm, friendly and caring ethos;
• the opportunity to work with a highly supportive and dedicated team of staff;
• a high level of professional support and development;
• an opportunity to innovate and take risks.
Being part of our Trust will offer you a fantastic opportunity to develop yourself, and, have a strong influence on pupil outcomes across our family of schools. We actively encourage collaboration and the sharing of good practice; we believe that by developing a love of learning and having the highest expectations, all children and young people can excel.
Arranging a visit to Dunsville Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@brighterfutureslpt.com.
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