DEPUTY HEADTEACHER (i/c Personal Development + Culture)
Bishop Heber High School, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8JD7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
1 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
24 April 2026
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
- £82654-£91157
What skills and experience we're looking for
DEPUTY HEADTEACHER (i/c Personal Development + Culture)
Scale: L20 – L24 (£82,654- £ 91,157)
We require from September 2026, a motivated, committed and dynamic Deputy Headteacher and leader to join this thriving 11-18 Foundation School.The new Deputy Headteacher will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on school strategic direction and outcomes, joining a team of ambitious leaders and becoming an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team.
The closing date is 9 a.m. on Friday, 1st May 2026
Bishop Heber High School is a very successful, popular and oversubscribed School situated in rural South Cheshire with over 1,300 students from Cheshire, Shropshire and North Wales.
The successful candidate will:
- be an outstanding teacher with proven leadership skills
- have a clear vision which inspires colleagues and students
- challenge expectations to raise standards of achievement and progress for all students
- have a track record of successfully leading continuous school improvement
The new Deputy Headteacher will work closely with the Headteacher and join a Senior Leadership Team of eight. You will have responsibility for a wide range of areas, both academic and pastoral across the School. The specific responsibilities will be negotiated to meet your skills, expertise and interests that are likely to include responsibilities for:
- Personal Development - fostering an inclusive and forward looking curriculum to improve outcomes and progress for all our students
- Innovation in school culture, climate and attitudes to learning
- Performance Reviews, school improvement and self-evaluation
- Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
- The school’s pastoral structure
- Planning strategically for inclusive learning and teaching across the school
We are totally committed to safeguarding the welfare of young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. If successful, you will be expected to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
What the school offers its staff
Further information about the job
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bishop Heber High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1282 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bishop Heber High School website
- Email address
- jclegg@heber.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01948860571
School location
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