Deputy Headteacher

Holy Family and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 2HN

6 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 April 2025

Job details

Job role: Deputy headteacher
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Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: Leadership 5 - 9

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Academy Council at Holy Family and St Michael Catholic Primary School are excited to appoint a dedicated and visionary Deputy Headteacher to our thriving Catholic community and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our school.

Collaborating closely with the Executive Headteacher and the wider staff team to provide exceptional education, you will motivate both staff and children, advocating for excellence, fostering improvement, cultivating a supportive atmosphere, and upholding our Catholic values. As an experienced Catholic leader with a strong background of effective senior leadership, it is essential you have experience in successfully leading teaching and learning within a primary school, along with the ability to encourage spiritual and emotional development.

This pivotal role encompasses responsibility as the RE curriculum lead alongside dedicated management time, enabling the successful candidate to focus on significant leadership duties while sustaining a weekly teaching commitment.

Our Catholic education and values are integral to every facet of school life and the curriculum. In our nurturing family environment, children thrive academically, spiritually, and socially. At Holy Family and St Michael’s, we are committed to creating a safe space that fosters the spiritual, emotional, and academic development of our students, empowering them to become joyful, productive, and successful members of society. The gospel values of love, respect, honesty, justice, forgiveness, and community are at the heart of our school’s mission and inform all our actions. Our school is a vibrant place where children demonstrate positive behaviour, and staff receive the necessary support to excel.

The Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust comprises of three Secondary Schools and twelve Primary Schools. We have a vision for our Trust that goes beyond our individual academies and that changes our perception frommyacademy toouracademy. Working collaboratively, each academy benefits from others’ strengths and expertise within the Trust, and practically from the services provided and procured centrally.

Our Deputy Headteacher will:

Be a practising Catholic with a strong faith commitment and clear vision for Catholic education
Have the ability to lead, motivate and inspire our children on their faith journey
Have successful proven experience as a Senior Leader
Be an outstanding classroom practitioner and have a clear commitment to raising standards through leadership and support for other staff
Work in close partnership with the Executive Head Teacher to further the shared vision of the school
Have a passion to ensure that every child succeeds and is treated as an individual
Take a lead on developing the quality of education in school by supporting all staff to deliver a progressive and cohesive knowledge rich curriculum that is ambitious for all our children

What the school offers its staff

In return, we can offer:

An excellent pension scheme
A health and wellbeing package
A warm and caring environment which is inspired by our strong Catholic ethos with close links to our local parish
A supportive and forward thinking staff team and Academy Council
A commitment to your induction, professional development and opportunities to work with other colleagues across the BKCAT
Opportunities to meet regularly with other leaders across the Diocese of Leeds including attending retreats
Access to colleagues in the central team for professional support and advice

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.