Deputy Headteacher
Fitzwaryn School, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9ETThis job expired on 6 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Jan 2026
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 62202.00 - 70293.00 - PAY AWARD PENDING
Deputy Headteacher job summary
Fitzwaryn School is a very friendly and extremely successful school for children and young people aged 3-19 years. Our pupils have a range of learning difficulties, including moderate and severe learning difficulties, PMLD and autism. The school was judged Outstanding by OfSTED in all areas in May 2022.
The school is part of The Propeller Academy Trust.
Main purpose
The deputy headteacher, under the direction of the headteacher, will take a major role in:
· Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
· Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives
· Managing staff and resources to that end
· Monitoring progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives
If the headteacher is absent, the deputy headteacher will deputise, as directed by the governing board.
The deputy headteacher will also be expected to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a headteacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Propeller Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.
This role involves a high level of contact with children or vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check (including Barred List where applicable) and online searches for publicly available information.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.
About Fitzwaryn School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 125 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fitzwaryn School website
Fitzwaryn is an Outstanding Special School for children and young people from 3 – 19 years old whose Special Educational Needs range from Moderate Learning Difficulties through to Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties.
The school is situated in Wantage, a small but growing market town in Oxfordshire. We have a fantastic, up to the minute, purpose built environment that enables us to deliver an exciting and diverse curriculum for each and every child. We continually strive to further develop our educational offer and in recent times we have added a Horticulture area and a bike track to our outside provision.
The school is organised into 11 classes including provision for EYFS and Post 16. Our dedicated staff team are committed to providing the best possible education for the pupils at the school, grasping every opportunity to provide a rich and diverse curriculum which often takes place outside the classroom. The staff team is committed to further developing their own skills and expertise through the Continuing Professional Development offered at the school. We work closely with parents, carers and other professionals to ensure we are meeting the diverse needs of all of the pupils.
Our vision of ‘through learning to learn, pupils will access society’ underpins all that we do with the aim that all of the pupils who have been with us leave with the skills and knowledge they need to successfully engage in the next stage of their lives and of course with fantastic memories of their time at Fitzwaryn!
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