Deputy Headteacher

Featherstone Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B23 6PR

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January or April 2026

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  7 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £63,069.00 - £69,595.00 Annually (Actual)

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Featherstone Primary School is a welcoming, supportive, pupil focussed and inclusive two form entry primary school with a strong reputation in the local area.

The Governing Board and Headteacher are focussing on greater academic achievement in an aim to offer the pupils a world class education. The successful candidate will show themselves to be someone who can clearly implement and drive improvement in the teaching and leadership practice.

The Deputy Headteacher will be able to think creatively and implement new strategies to improve teaching and learning over the whole school, keeping up to date with current educational thinking. You will be expected to work in partnership with the Headteacher, taking a wide range of responsibility for the work and development of the school. The role does not have a class teacher responsibility but there is a teaching commitment to target groups.

We are seeking a Deputy who:

• Has strong leadership skills and the ability to support, challenge, motivate and inspire others
• Is an experienced classroom practitioner, with a proven track record in raising standards and has the highest expectations of pupils’ achievement and behaviour
• Can take a strategic role in curriculum development
• Has an excellent understanding of the Pupil Premium Grant and is able to use the grant in accelerating pupil’s progress
• Is able to build on existing strengths and leads the school to further improve the quality of our provision
• Is committed to working with children, parents and staff to raise standards
• Is committed to further developing and building on existing partnerships with our families and the wider community
• Has experience of leading professional development
• Is keen to progress in their career

If you are, then we would love you to work at Featherstone Primary School.

We can offer you:

• A commitment to your professional development and future career aspirations through CPD opportunities in the school
• An opportunity to work with a reflective and supportive Senior Leadership and Governing Board
• Happy, friendly and well-behaved children who are extremely eager to learn and achieve
• Professional, hardworking and motivated team of teachers and support staff, committed to developing and raising standards
• An attractive, well-resourced, creative and engaging learning environment (indoors and outdoors)
• Dedicated leadership time to enjoy and maximise your role

For the job description and person specification, please see the attachment Information Pack or visit the school website

Applications must be submitted via My New Term accessed on the school website

School visits from applicants are warmly welcomed. Please contact us on 0121 675 9740 (or email: vacancies@feathstn.bham.sch.uk) to arrange.

Closing date: Monday 3rd November 2025 at 5pm
Interviews: Week beginning 24th November 2025

We look forward to hearing from you.

Featherstone is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work and two suitable references. All applicants will be required to evidence name at birth and any change to birth name. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Featherstone Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 417 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Featherstone Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/featherstone-primary-school

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