Deputy Headteacher
Greyfriars Catholic School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 3DR13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 79,475.00 - 87,651.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
Dear Applicant
Thank you for your interest in the role of Deputy Headteacher at Greyfriars Catholic School, part of The Pope Francis Multi Academy Company (PFMAC) and the Archdiocese of Birmingham. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future growth of our school with enthusiasm, expertise, and a shared commitment to excellence.
Greyfriars Catholic School is a transformed and thriving community. Over recent years, we have embarked on a rapid and ambitious journey of improvement, securing the highest standards and fostering a culture where every student is championed to achieve their full potential. We are proud to be a school driven by excellence, innovation in teaching, and an unwavering commitment to ensuring our students flourish both individually and collectively.
Our vision is clear: we are a Catholic school that champions each and every student. We champion students through excellent teaching, holding them to account with guidance and support when needed and through fostering an environment rooted in love and joy. Championing students means creating an environment where learning is disruption-free, with the highest expectations and ambition for all. We know that working hard and being kind helps students feel personally and academically successful.
The Deputy Headteacher role is pivotal in continuing this transformation. We are seeking an inspirational and aspirational individual to join us at this exciting time and play a key part in leading our school to further success. This position offers genuine scope to shape the future of Greyfriars and to be part of an ambitious team driving positive change.
As a Catholic school, our vision and ethos mean that applicants must be practising Catholics. The successful candidate will be deeply passionate about religious education, understanding its scope and reach to students of all faiths and none, and committed to placing Catholic Life at the heart of the school. As this is a Catholic leadership role, this job specification comes from the Birmingham Diocese Education Service.
The Deputy Headteacher at Greyfriars will be a key strategic leader, working collaboratively with staff to maintain the highest expectations and lead the school through a period of dynamic change. Effective leadership in schools requires optimism and resilience, but at Greyfriars, we approach this with an emphasis on the joy in this work. We are deeply committed to fostering a culture where all students and staff feel valued and supported. The Deputy Headteacher will exemplify this spirit, promoting teamwork, celebrating success, and leading with warmth and integrity.
The role will also focus strongly on safeguarding, with the Deputy Headteacher overseeing the school's safeguarding practices, including ensuring compliance with safer recruitment procedures and acting as a key point of contact for safeguarding concerns. They will work closely with the full-time, non-teaching Designated Safeguarding Lead to maintain high standards of safeguarding throughout the school. Additionally, the Deputy Headteacher will manage behaviour for learning, including overseeing exclusions and major investigations, working closely with the Headteacher to ensure a consistent approach to discipline.
To ensure alignment with the school’s ethos, the Deputy Headteacher will oversee the Pastoral Board and ensure the delivery of a robust personal development curriculum, including the administration and oversight of the assembly programme. They will also liaise with both internal and external pastoral agencies, such as IYFAP, and ensure the smooth running of PSHE and RSE programmes. Furthermore, the Deputy Headteacher will be actively engaged in fostering student and parent voice, ensuring that the perspectives and feedback of both groups are heard and valued in shaping the school’s direction.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a practising Catholic leader who is passionate about securing the very best for our students and who shares our belief that all young people can thrive when championed with both challenge and care. Whether you are an experienced senior leader or seeking your first Deputy Headteacher role, we welcome applications from individuals who are driven to make a lasting impact and who see this as an opportunity to grow personally and professionally in their leadership journey. Leading change at such a pivotal time will offer extensive professional development, making this an ideal opportunity for someone aspiring to headship in the future.
Please do not hesitate to contact us to seek further information. I would encourage you to visit in advance and I would be delighted to show you our wonderful school and discuss this opportunity in more detail.
Yours faithfully
Ms Lyndsey Caldwell
Headteacher
What the school offers its staff
Commitment to safeguarding
Greyfriars Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant for any position will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS (disclosure and barring system) and appropriate Right to Work clearances and our recruitment and selection practice
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Greyfriars Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 687 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Greyfriars Catholic School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- s.upellini@gfcs.uk
- Phone number
- 01865 749933
We are a Catholic school that champions each and every student so they can flourish individually and collectively.
Arranging a visit to Greyfriars Catholic School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s.upellini@gfcs.uk.
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