Deputy Headteacher – Key Stage 3
New Heights High School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 7HA28 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
24 April 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
27 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £69,596 – £76,772
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale – L13–L17
What skills and experience we're looking for
What we are looking for
We are seeking a leader who:
• has significant leadership experience and strong credibility with staff
• can establish and maintain consistency across teams
• is confident in holding others to account for performance
• has experience of working with pupils with complex needs
• can make clear and confident decisions in challenging situations
• remains calm, resilient and consistent under pressure
• combines high expectations with a relational approach
What we offer
• A strong and supportive senior leadership team
• A clear and aligned leadership structure
• A leadership role with real influence over the direction and development of Key Stage 3
• The opportunity to lead a key stage and make a significant impact
• A setting where relationships, consistency and high expectations are central
• A commitment to staff development and wellbeingThe Deputy Headteacher will lead the day-to-day operation of the Key Stage 3 site, including line management of Assistant Headteachers and teaching staff.
The role carries significant responsibility for leading staff and securing consistent practice across the Key Stage 3 team.
You will be accountable for:
- securing consistent practice across staff
- establishing high standards of behaviour and conduct
- improving the quality of teaching
- ensuring pupils are supported to re-engage with education and make sustained progress
This role requires a visible and decisive leader who can maintain calm, clarity and consistency in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
The postholder may, on occasion, be required to teach or support learning directly, reflecting the collective responsibility of leaders to model and uphold high standards of practice.
What the school offers its staff
Visits and Further Information
We strongly encourage prospective candidates to visit the school.
Tours are available on:
• Monday 20 April – 12:00 to 14:00
• Thursday 23 April – 12:00 to 16:00
To arrange a visit or an informal discussion, please contact the school at:
• recruitment@newheightsschool.co.uk
This is a rewarding but demanding role. It requires resilience, clarity of leadership and a commitment to working in a context of complex need.
If you are motivated by making a tangible difference to the lives of vulnerable pupils and are ready for a senior leadership role with real impact, we would welcome your application.We are seeking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher to lead our Key Stage 3 provision at New Heights School.
This is a significant senior leadership role within a well-established and collaborative leadership structure, working closely with the Co-Headteachers and Operations Director.
Our Key Stage 3 pupils present with a wide range of complex social, emotional and behavioural needs, often alongside significant barriers to learning. We are committed to providing a structured, consistent and relational environment in which all pupils can achieve, belong and thrive.
We are looking for a leader who is motivated by this context and ready to take responsibility for leading a key stage with clarity, consistency and high expectations.
This role offers the opportunity to lead a key stage within a specialist setting where strong relationships, consistency and high expectations are central to success.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Safer Recruitment
New Heights School and Liverpool City Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks, along with all other Department for Education pre-employment checks.
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 New Heights High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 95 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- New Heights High School website
- Email address
- recruitment@newheightsschool.co.uk
School Website: www.newheightsschool.co.uk
Arranging a visit to New Heights High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@newheightsschool.co.uk.
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