Deputy Headteacher
Great Sankey Primary School, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 1SB26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
10 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 February 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L6-10 (starting salary point subject to experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and inspirational Deputy Headteacher to join the team at Great Sankey Primary & Nursery School. You will be a dynamic and self-motivated professional with a proven track record of school improvement, impact and delivery. We are looking for an individual with vision, motivation and ambition to support the Headteacher and school leaders to continue to drive the school on its journey of educational excellence.
The right candidate will be an excellent teacher across the primary phases and will demonstrate enthusiasm, resilience and compassion as a leader who has high expectations for all and a commitment to inclusion.
The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to drive our curriculum across school and to work with and support subject coordinators to ensure the quality of education continues to be developed to meet the needs of our school community. They will also work alongside the Headteacher to lead teaching and learning through a schedule of strategic and carefully considered professional development and a programme of instructional coaching. In addition to this, there will be a responsibility to lead assessment and the agenda to narrow attainment gaps with groups through careful data analysis and strategic intervention. The post will include a part time teaching responsibility.
This position also offers an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to collaborate with colleagues from across our other academies and to support the wider work in the trust.
This role is open to teachers with proven excellence in senior leadership and who are excited about the prospect of making a difference to the lives of our children and their families. All candidates must possess strong interpersonal skills, have a non-judgemental approach and have a set of core values which align with the values and ethos of Great Sankey Primary and Nursery School and The Challenge Academy Trust. Candidates should be able to work in partnership with parents, families, our local community and external services.
If this is you, we would really welcome your application.
CLOSING DATE:
Applications must be received by Monday 10th March 2025 by midday.
Lesson observations will be undertaken in the candidate’s own school.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to take part in an assessment process at Great Sankey Primary School to be held on the morning of Thursday 20th March.
Following a review of the assessment process by the panel, the successful candidates will then be invited to a formal interview during the afternoon of the same day.
Tours of the school with the Headteacher are encouraged and can be arranged on request by contacting the school office via email admin@greatsankeyprimary.tcat.uk.com or telephone 01925 728176.
HOW TO APPLY
Application forms with supporting statements as to why you believe your experience, personal qualities and values make you an ideal candidate to be our next Deputy Headteacher should be returned to Lisa Wilding via email:
admin@greatsankeyprimary.tcat.uk.com or by post to Great Sankey Primary School, Liverpool Road, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA51SB. The application form (teacher application) is downloadable from the school’s website:
https://www.greatsankeyprimaryschool.co.uk/page/vacancies/116265
All applications will be acknowledged. If you have not received confirmation within 24 hours during school hours, please contact the school office on 01925 728176. Applications will only be considered on receipt of a completed application form; CVs and other forms will not be accepted.
Details of the school can be found on the school website:
https://www.greatsankeyprimaryschool.co.uk/.
What the school offers its staff
At The Challenge Academy Trust, we want to embed a culture that champions better work and working lives across the Trust; a framework to support and develop our workforce from ‘hire to retire’. Our staff workload, wellbeing and benefits package demonstrates our commitment to ensure we can:
- Provide a workload that is fair and reasonable,
- Foster an environment where employee health and wellbeing are actively supported and promoted,
- Develop employee’s personal and professional skills & knowledge continuously throughout their careers,
- Provide structured routes for career progression,
- Reward people fairly with transparent and appropriate pay and conditions of service alongside additional benefits though TCAT+:
- Retailer discounts and savings,
- Car Lease scheme,
- Cycle to Work scheme,
- Discounted Healthcare Cash Plan with Westfield Health,
TCAT+ also hosts a range of online wellbeing resources, supporting physical, emotional, financial, processional and social wellbeing. This is supplemented by our Employee Assistance Programme, in partnership with Schools Advisory Service.
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
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About Great Sankey Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 354 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Great Sankey Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@greatsankeyprimary.tcat.uk.com
- Phone number
- 01925 728176
Primary and Nursery School, part of The Challenge Academy Trust.
Arranging a visit to Great Sankey Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@greatsankeyprimary.tcat.uk.com.
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