Deputy Headteacher - Inclusion
Bodmin College, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1DD13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
20th April 2026
Closing date
28 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £78,702.00 - £86,803.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale L18-L22
Deputy Headteacher - Inclusion job summary
At Bodmin College, our mission is “to provide a great quality of education so that every child can live a life full of choice and boundless opportunities.”
We believe in the power of strong relationships- between students, their families, staff and the wider community- and that we become stronger by learning with and from each other.
Bodmin College is on a transformational journey to provide an inclusive and ambitious education for all learners.
In the last 12 months we:
Improved A8 to be in line with national standards moving from 27th in Cornwall to 11th
Are the top 10 school nationally for improvement in English A8
Reduced fixed term suspensions by 68%
Improved attendance by 3.61% and have been recently recognised as a high performing school within our similar schools
Our students are incredible and deserve the very best leaders who are driven, compassionate relentlessly positive in what we are seeking to achieve together.
You will be joining a team who work collegiately together with a common purpose to achieve our goals.
Bodmin College is a large, 11-18 secondary school with 1250 students currently on roll with an Area Resource Base (ARB) of 51 students. We are looking for a Deputy Headteacher with the knowledge, drive and vision to develop a wholly inclusive school culture where all students belong, feel safe and are challenged. The successful candidate will lead the strategic development of inclusion, where an ambitious curriculum enables every student to achieve academically and to develop their confidence, character and resilience so that they can genuinely realise a life of boundless choice and opportunities. A key part of this role, is the leadership of our Area Resource Base, enabling us to grow the provision to meet the needs of our community and ensuring that every student receives an ambitious curriculum and exceptional programme of personal development.
We are looking for an energetic leader who seeks opportunities for every young person; someone who is motivated by the moral imperative we have as educators to enable all students to thrive. Our vision is to become a beacon of exceptional practice for inclusion in mid-Cornwall, developing our staff to be system leaders so that we not only achieve excellence in our own school, but contribute to the development of inclusion within the wider community.
What We Offer
A warm, ambitious and forward-looking school community in the heart of Cornwall, part of the Cornwall Education Learning Trust.
A culture of professional growth: we invest in our staff, encourage reflective practice and support you to become an expert practitioner.
A commitment to student enrichment, diversity of opportunity and real life chances, aligning with our mission and values.
The chance to make a tangible difference: to shape systems, raise attainment and contribute to life-changing opportunities for our students.
If you share our values and are passionate about inclusion, we would love to hear from you.
To discuss the role in more detail or to arrange a visit the school, please contact Claire White, Headteacher cwhite@bodmin.celtrust.org
Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Bodmin College is committed to the care and wellbeing of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to provide an enhanced DBS disclosure
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Bodmin College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1438 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bodmin College website
Bodmin College is a large 11-19 establishment (with Area Resource Base - ARB) providing, extensive, high quality education and care. We maintain high standards of achievement and traditional values within a disciplined and caring environment. Students are encouraged to enjoy their education, to develop respect for others and, through assuming responsibility, to develop as reliable and mature individuals ready to take an active role in adult life.
Our College is characterised by its vision of, ‘striving for excellence by putting the learner first’. We aim, in all that we do, to put students at the centre of our decision making processes and at the heart of our four key objectives which are:
• To improve the attainment and progress of all students in all subjects
• To improve the educational opportunities for all students in all subjects
• To improve the quality of the learning experience for all students in all subjects
• To assist and work in partnership with parents and carers to improve students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
This vision and our objectives are underpinned by an ethos in which we expect everyone, ‘to be kind, be polite, to be honest and to work to the very best of their ability.
With notable success as a finalists in the UK Social Mobility Awards for two consecutive years, we pride ourselves on opening doors, creating opportunity and raising aspirations.
More recently, our journey with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust has seen our committed involvement in ‘The Framework for Excellence. A journey towards a world-class education system’. Within this structure, assessment has been robust and challenging, yet one in which we have been successfully recognised as providing ‘exceptional education’ through our ‘principled curriculum design’, ‘leadership through moral purpose’ and in our ‘climate for learning’ (SSAT, 2017). We have received national recognition for raising aspirations, removing barriers to social mobility and opening up world-class opportunities to our students.
Bodmin College has recently been invited to participate in the ‘Connect the Classroom’ scheme through the DfE. This scheme will see a significant investment in the IT infrastructure within the college to improve WiFi and connectivity throughout the college campus.
In addition, the college has also been successful in the exciting School Rebuilding Programme which will see another significant level of investment to improve the buildings on our site. We are hopeful that this award will assist us in continuing to develop the learning environment for all our students and staff. It is a long term project which will help us to deliver our vision for excellent education in the local area.
We achieve this only through the dedication, commitment, passion and hard work of our staff. Our staff body are valued and cared for and their wellbeing, professional development and input are important to us.
Please note that Bodmin College is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
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