Deputy Headteacher (Inclusion, Safeguarding & Achievement)
Wombourne High School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV5 8BJ48 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 April 2025
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
Pay scale
- L18 – L22 £75,675 - £83,464
What skills and experience we're looking for
Vacancy for Deputy Headteacher (Inclusion, Safeguarding & Achievement)
From September 2025
Permanent, Full-time position
Leadership scale
L18 – L22 £75,675 - £83,464
Wombourne High School are recruiting for a Deputy Headteacher to join the Senior Leadership Team and lead on Inclusion, Safeguarding & Achievement.
We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.
At Wombourne High School we are driven by our values of hard work, positivity and kindness, and we are looking for a dynamic, determined and forward-thinking Deputy Headteacher who can model these values and play a pivotal role in the future development of our school.
This is a key position within the school and will suit a professional who has a deep knowledge of curriculum development, coupled with a clear vision and a proven track record of raising standards. The successful candidate will be an excellent practitioner, able to lead by example, and will possess a significant background of strong leadership within a school at senior level. The successful candidate will be deeply ambitious for students and staff, with the ability to provide strategic direction which improves student outcomes.
Within the Trust each school retains its own separate identity, but all members are totally committed to working together to ensure that each of our students receive the best possible education. An independent style of education where students are consistently challenged to be the best that they can be.
Wombourne High School has an excellent reputation for staff development and the Trust dimension gives real opportunities for teachers to share ideas and learn. We welcome applications from well-organised and inspirational teachers who are driven by the desire to offer elite educational experiences to all students. You should have high expectations of students, and self, displaying energy and enthusiasm in and out of the classroom and contribute to the school’s overall success.
We welcome experienced professionals to apply for this post who possess the necessary drive and commitment to work with our students to contribute to the continued improvement of the school. For an informal discussion about the role or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact HR Support Officer via email nforeman@invictus.education. We are offering tour dates of Wednesday 30th May at 09:30am and Friday 2nd June at 2pm.
Please see attached job description for more details.
Closing date: Tuesday 6th June 2025, 9am
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interviews due to take place: Thursday 12th June & Friday 13th June 2025
What the school offers its staff
Safeguarding Statement
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, as a part of our recruitment process, we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.
We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2023 – KCSIE 2023
This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide
As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wombourne High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1077 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wombourne High School website
- Email address
- nforeman@invictus.education
- Phone number
- 01384616414
We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.
Arranging a visit to Wombourne High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email nforeman@invictus.education.
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