103 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Summer term 31.04.2026

  • Closing date

    12 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    1 October 2025

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: Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£57,137 and £64,691

Pay scale

L5-10

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • An outstanding classroom practitioner who is able to lead curriculum development throughout school.
  • A caring, hardworking and enthusiastic leader with a positive approach that will inspire all those around you.
  • Commitment to foster links with parents and our wider community.
  • Desire to work effectively with the school’s governing body.
  • Committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of everyone at St Peter’s.

What the school offers its staff

  • A safe and happy environment where children enjoy learning.
  • A highly motivated, caring and professional group of staff.
  • A supportive Headteacher and Governing Body, who are committed to the whole child ethos of the school.
  • A commitment to supporting on-going professional development for the benefit of the whole school.
  • A vibrant Nursery that acts as a successful feeder to our school.

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 Act1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

School type
Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
246 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01772 864550

VA Primary school with Nursery

Arranging a visit to Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email head@st-peterscofe.lancs.sch.uk.

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