DEPUTY HEADTEACHER
Hunter's Bar Infant School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 8ZG8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L7-L11
What skills and experience we're looking for
Due to the promotion of our current Deputy Head to Headteacher at another school, the Governing Board is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and dynamic Deputy Headteacher who is able to lead strategically alongside the Headteacher and Governors.
You will:
- Be an outstanding classroom practitioner who can lead, develop and enhance the practice of others.
- Demonstrate substantial and proven leadership skills with experience of school improvement, performance management, monitoring and self-evaluation.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead curriculum development and lead teaching and learning.
- Have a commitment to raising achievement for all within our diverse school community.
- Be able to develop effective systems to support and develop the skills of staff to meet pupil needs effectively.
- Lead on teaching pedagogy have experience of rigorous monitoring and data analysis.
- Be an excellent communicator, with high levels of emotional intelligence and a strong commitment to working in partnership with parents, governors and the community.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- A friendly and flourishing, three form entry school at the heart of the vibrant Hunter’s Bar community.
- A welcoming staff team, happy children who are enthusiastic learners and a committed Governing Board.
- A commitment to Continuous Professional Development.
Further details about the role
We are currently in the process of applying to join Peak Edge Academy Trust and so can also offer access to Trust networks and CPD.
If you feel that you have the determination and leadership potential to be a successful Deputy Headteacher, then this might be the ideal opportunity for you.
Visits to school are strongly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Rachel Donaldson, School Business Manager, on 0114 2660541. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the current Headteacher, Michael Barnes, on the same number.
Application forms and further details are available as links to the job advert or from Scott Glover at scott@gloverrecruitment.co.uk, to whom completed applications, any any queries about the process, should be submitted.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to scott@gloverrecruitment.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hunter's Bar Infant School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 267 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hunter's Bar Infant School website
- Email address
- enquiries@huntersbar-inf.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0114 2660541
Hunter’s Bar Infant School is situated two miles south-west of the centre of the city and is a popular and lively school with a very diverse pupil profile. We are a larger than average sized, three form entry, infant school with 270 children on roll. Classes are organised in single year groups, with three classes in each year.
At Hunter’s Bar Infant School, diversity and inclusivity are at the heart of our culture. Staff are ambitious for the children and invested in their positive personal development. We promote independence and good emotional health, leading to confident happy children well prepared for lifelong learning.
The school creates a stimulating and welcoming environment in which children can grow in confidence and motivation, develop self discipline and enjoy a positive sense of achievement.
We enjoy an excellent reputation amongst parents, carers and the community. The parents and carers of our children are interested in their children’s education and are keen to be involved and support the school in many ways.
The school has a large, hardworking team of staff who are creative, talented and truly committed to bringing a great energy and enthusiasm to their work. There is a culture of habitual improvement by staff, who are encouraged and supported to achieve their personal best. The school also has dedicated governors who have wide experience and many strengths, which they are willing to use to support the school.
We are an outward facing school, ready to embrace opportunities and partnerships that both support and challenge.
Arranging a visit to Hunter's Bar Infant School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@huntersbar-inf.sheffield.sch.uk.
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