Deputy Headteacher
Featherstone Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B23 6PR7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January or April 2026
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 4pm
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
Are you ready to move up in the next step in your career and want to join a forward-thinking, ambitious school with a strong commitment to innovation and inclusion?
If the answers is ‘Yes’ - we are that school!
We would love for the new Deputy Headteacher to join us who shares our vision and values, and is eager to make a lasting impact on pupils, staff, and the wider school community.
About this Role:
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.
Together with the Headteacher the DHT will focus on to improve:
- Responsibility for Pupil Premium
- Developing EAL across school
- Lead & Develop School Attendance
- Support in the development of the Curriculum
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
Why Join Us?
Professional Growth & Support:
- A commitment to your professional development and future career aspirations through CPD opportunities in the school
- An opportunity to master the role of the DHT and shadow the role of the of the Headteacher as part of coaching
- An opportunity to work with a reflective and supportive Senior Leadership and Governing Board
- Access to learning networks and visits to other organisations.
- 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
- Allowance for purchasing equipment to support your role in school.
- Play a significant part in continuing to develop our school.
Additional Perks:
- Free parking on site
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Annual incremental pay increases within the pay scale.
- Clothing and uniform allowance
- I.T equipment allowance
A Work-Life & Wellbeing Benefits:
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Be an integral member of the team in a vibrant school.
- Non-Class Based Role
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. To arrange a visit, please contact the school office atvacancies@feathstn.bham.sch.uk
Interviews: Week beginning 24th November 2025
How to apply: Applications must be submitted via MyNewTerm (also accessible from the school website )
Please see the attached Deputy Headteacher Information Pack or visit the school website to view the job description and person specification.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Safeguarding Statement:
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)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
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