71 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 January 2026

  • Closing date

    26 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    16 July 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, part time: This role could be offered on a full-time basis or 4 days a week for the right candidate.

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

From £57,137 to £64,691 FTE

What skills and experience we're looking for

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) – (Essential)

Substantial experience of teaching in primary schools – (Essential)

Proven leadership and management experience in a school setting, which has impacted positively on provision and standards – (Essential)

Evidence of recent and relevant professional development – (Essential)

Experience of leading successful whole-school improvement initiatives – (Essential)

Proven excellence in teaching pupils within the primary phase – (Essential)

Successful experience in leading SEND provision or holding a SENCo qualification – (Desirable)

Leadership & Management

A strong track record of upholding high standards of professional conduct and behaviour – (Essential)

Demonstrable experience in supporting and developing staff through coaching, mentoring and CPD – (Essential)

Ability to contribute to and sustain a positive school culture and ethos – (Essential)

Proven ability to manage change, inspire others andleadby example –(Essential)

Skilled in the analysis of data and using this to drive school improvement – (Essential)

Experience in managing performance appraisal processes – (Essential)

Ability to prioritise and manage workload - (Essential)

An understanding of school evaluation and the development of school improvement planning – (Desirable)

Experience of facilitating whole-school INSET and/or staff training – (Desirable)

Teaching, Learning & Curriculum

Strong understanding of pedagogy, curriculum development, and assessment practices– (Essential)

Ability to act as a model for excellent teaching and learning in the classroom – (Essential)

Demonstrable impact on pupil outcomes through leadership of teaching and learning – (Essential)

Ability to monitor teaching quality and provide effective feedback and support – (Essential)

Clearunderstandingof current educational developments, including national assessment systems – (Essential)

Successful experience of working with pupils with SEND and overseeing provision – (Essential)

Strong understanding of how to best supportchildren showing challenging behaviours – (Essential)

Safeguarding & Inclusion

Designated SafeguardingLead(DSL) trained or willing to undertake training – (Essential)

Thoroughunderstandingof safeguarding legislation, policies, and procedures, – (Essential)

Demonstrablecommitmentto inclusion, equality and meeting the needs of all learners, including disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils – (Essential)

Experience of working with looked-after children and liaising with virtual schools – (Desirable)

Interpersonal& Communication Skills

Ability to build and sustain professional and respectful relationships with all stakeholders – (Essential)

Excellentinterpersonaland communication skills – verbal and written – (Essential)

Ability to manage and resolve conflict professionally andsensitively– (Essential)

Commitmentto effective parental engagement – (Essential)

What the school offers its staff

The Federation of Burley and Sopley are two vibrant, nurturing, and community-focused village schools nestled in the heart of the New Forest

We are seeking a dedicated Deputy Headteacher to help lead our Federation into its next exciting chapter. This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal role across both schools, working in close partnership with the Executive Headteacher to inspire staff, support pupils, and shape the strategic direction of our inclusive and ambitious learning community.

Flexible working opportunities

This role could be offered on a full-time basis or 4 days a week for the right candidate.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
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Job Description

Reporting to: Executive Headteacher and Governors

Status of the Post

This is a senior post within the Federation’s staffing structure, which includes membership of the Strategic Leadership Team.This post holder is accountable to the Executive Headteacher and is to deputise for the Executive Headteacher in their absence.As Deputy Headteacher, you will be required to meet the general requirements of this post as specified in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (2019). In addition, you will be required to fulfil any reasonable expectations from the Headteacher.

Supervisory Responsibility

The post holder is also expected to interact and lead colleagues on a professional level in order to promote a mutual understanding of the Federation’s vision and values.

The post holder will be expected to network and liaise across the range of external providers, schools, community and coordinator networks, to ensure a consistency of approach regarding standards, support, transition and high quality learning and teaching.

Main purpose

The Deputy Headteacher, alongside and under the direction of the Executive Headteacher, will take a major role in:

  • Formulating the aims and objectives of the Federation

  • Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives - monitoring and evaluation their implementation and impact

  • Managing staff and resources across the Federation

  • Monitor progress towards the achievement of the Federation’s aims and objectives

  • Act as a lead practitioner, offering excellent pedagogical modelling and coaching to colleagues across the primary sector.

  • Act as SENCO and inclusion lead for both schools within the Federation – including prioritising provision for disadvantaged pupils.

  • Be responsible and accountable for achieving the highest possible standards in pupil and staff work and conduct

  • In the absence of the Executive Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will deputise, as directed by the governing board.

  • Teach across all year groups and both schools within the Federation

  • Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the Federation

  • Work with the Federation Governors, attending meetings and advising on strategic direction.

  • Act as a DSL within the Federation.

Qualities

The Deputy Headteacher will:

  • Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct

  • Act as a role model for personal and professional conduct

  • Build positive and respectful relationships across the Federation community

  • Serve in the best interests of the Federation’s pupils

  • Be dedicated to developing all members of staff, acting as a role model for excellent practice in the classroom.

  • Be able and prepared to work with a range of stakeholders and outside agencies.

  • Act as asupportfor the Executive Headteacher.

Duties and responsibilities

School culture and behaviour

Under the direction of the Executive Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will:

  • Create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life

  • Uphold educational standards in order to prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life

  • Ensure a culture of staff professionalism

  • Encourage high standards of behaviour from pupils, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and pupils and clearly demonstrated by all adults within Federation

  • Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, in line with the Federation’s behaviour policy

  • Leadwhole school assemblies

  • Ensure that safeguarding remains the highest of priorities.

Teaching, curriculum and assessment

Under the direction of the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will:

  • Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across all subjects and phases,

  • Promote consistency of agreed pedagogy

  • Ensure teaching is underpinned by subject expertise

  • Effectively use formative assessment to inform strategy and decisions

  • Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum

  • Promote curriculum leadership, including developing subject leaders

  • Support subject leaders in evaluating the impact of their work

  • Monitor teaching offering mentoring and coaching where appropriate

  • Evaluate and develop summative assessment systems

  • Keep updated with national assessment developments

Additional and special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities

Under the direction of the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will:

  • Promote a culture and practice that enables all pupils to access the curriculum

  • Have ambitious expectations for all pupils with SEN and disabilities

  • Make sure the schools works effectively with parents, carers and professionals to identify additional needs and provide support and adaptation where appropriate

  • Make sure the schools fulfil statutory duties regarding the SEND Code of Practice.

  • Report on the progress of children on the SEN register to the governing body

  • Monitor the implementation and impact of the SEN policy

  • Contribute to the development of a positive inclusive ethos

  • Support staff in understanding the learning needs of a diversity of pupils

  • Identify and assess provision needs for all children with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities

  • Raise standards of SEND pupils inclusion, attainment and achievement by monitoring and supporting student progress through the use of IEPs and other appropriate intervention strategies.

  • Engage in liaison meetings with appropriate outside agencies, e.g. Education Psychologists, Speech and Language services

  • Manage and deploy available resources, including Teaching Assistants

  • Support the curriculum and learning support for pupils at risk of under achievement due to behavioural difficulties, disadvantage or poor attendance

  • Develop and track the provision for disadvantaged pupils

  • Act as the designated teacher for looked after children, liaising with the virtual school where appropriate.

Organisational management and school improvement

Under the direction of the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will:

  • Establish and sustain the Federation ethos and strategic direction, across both schools,togetherwith the governing board

  • Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies across all schools within the Federation, to enable both schools to operate effectively

  • Ensure staff and pupils’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care

  • Manage staff well with due attention to workload

  • Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk

  • Allocate financial resources appropriately, efficiently and effectively

  • Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school based and federation wide improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context

  • Make sure these Federation improvement strategies are effectively implemented across both schools

  • Work alongside the Executive Headteacher to develop school SEFs

Professional development

Under the direction of the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will:

  • Ensure staff have access to appropriate, high standard professional development opportunities

  • Keep up to date with developments in education

  • Track the impact of professional development on school improvement

  • Disseminate key information from external CPD

  • Leadwhole organisational training, including staff meeting and INSET

Governance, accountability and working in partnership

Under the direction of the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will:

  • Understandand welcome the role of effective governance, including accepting responsibility

  • Attend governor meetings, in an advisory role, to support strategic thinking and report on progress towards desired improvements.

  • Ensure that staff understand their professional responsibilities and are held to account

  • Ensure that both schools effectively and efficiently operate within the required regulatory frameworks and meet all statutory duties

  • Be accountable for standards across the year groups being led, challenging under performance and supporting teacher development.

  • Work successfully with other schools and organisations

  • Promote cross federation working, including the sharing of best practices and children experiences

  • Maintain working relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues to improve educational outcomes for all pupils

  • Work closely, alongside the Executive Headteacher to evaluate and lead improvements.

  • Facilitate performance management of teachers, TA’s and lunchtime supervisors.

  • Facilitate volunteer induction training.

Safeguarding

  • Manage referrals

  • Act as a source of support, advice and expertise for all staff.

  • Understand the assessment process for providing early help and statutory intervention, including local criteria for action and local authority children’s social care referral arrangements;

  • Have a working knowledge of how local authorities conduct a child protection case conference and a child protection review conference and be able to attend and contribute to these effectively when required to do so;

  • Ensure each member of staff has access to, and understands, the Federation’s child protection policy and procedures, especially new and part time staff;

  • Be alert to the specific needs of children in need, those with special educational needs and young carers;

  • Understand relevant data protection legislation and regulations, especially the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation

  • Understand the importance of information sharing, both within the Federation, and with other agencies, organisations and practitioners

  • Are able to keep detailed, accurate, secure records of concerns and referrals

  • Understand and support the Federation with regards to the requirements of the Prevent duty and are able to provide advice andsupportto staff on protecting pupils from the risk of radicalisation;

  • Are able to understand the unique risks associated with online safety and be confident that they have the relevant knowledge and up to date capability required to keep pupils safe whilst they are online at school

  • Can recognise the additional risks that pupils with SEN and disabilities (SEND) face online, for example, from online bullying, grooming and radicalisation and are confident they have the capability to support SEND pupils to stay safe online;

  • Obtain access to resources and attend any relevant or refresher training courses

  • Encourage a culture of listening to pupils and taking account of their wishes and feelings, among all staff, in any measures the Federation may put in place to protect them

  • Ensure the Federation’s child protection policies are known, understood and used appropriately

  • Ensure the Federation’schildprotection policy is reviewed annually (as a minimum) and the procedures and implementation are updated and reviewed regularly, and work with governing bodies or proprietors regarding this

  • Ensure the child protection policy is available publicly and parents are aware of the fact that referrals about suspected abuse or neglect may be made and the role of the Federation in this

  • Link with the safeguarding partner arrangements to make sure staff are aware of any training opportunities and the latest local policies on local safeguarding arrangements

  • Help promote educational outcomes by sharing the information about the welfare, safeguarding and child protection issues that pupils, including children with a social worker, are experiencing, or have experienced, with teachers and Federation leadership staff. Their role could include ensuring that the Federation, and their staff, know who these children are, understand their academic progress and attainment and maintain a culture of high aspirations for this cohort; supporting teaching staff to identify the challenges that children in this group might face and the additional academic support and adjustments that they could make to best support these children

  • During term time the designated safeguarding lead (or a Deputy) should always be available (during school hours) for staff in the Federation to discuss any safeguarding concerns

  • It is a matter for the Federation and the designated safeguarding leads to arrange adequate and appropriate cover arrangements for any out of hours/out of term activities.

Fulfil wider professional responsibilities

  • Communicate effectively with all colleagues

  • Work collaboratively with others to develop effective professional relationships

  • Deploy support staff effectively as appropriate

  • Communicate effectively with parents/carers with regard to pupils’ achievements and well-being using school systems/processes as appropriate

  • Communicate and co-operate with relevant external bodies

  • Make a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the schools within the Federation

  • Ensure health and safety compliance.

  • Attend PTFA meetings and work alongside the Executive Headteacher, to ensure that fundssupportagreedongoing school improvement.

  • Undertake additional roles assigned by the Executive Headteacher, to ensure the smooth running of both schools across the Federation

Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the Headteacher will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role.

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.

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About Burley Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
92 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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School website
Burley Primary School website
Email address
c.buckley@burley.hants.sch.uk
Phone number
01425 403375
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