Deputy Headteacher
Lime Academy Hartwell, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0EZ34 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026 or sooner if available
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £70,293.00 - £77,552.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Points 15-19
Deputy Headteacher job summary
Lime Trust recently took over Lime Academy Hartwell and the school is at the start of a long journey to significantly improve. If you are looking for a challenge, which will be incredibly rewarding then this is the role for you.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who has:
Leadership and management of SEND experience
Experience of leading change and improvement across a school and excellent leadership, organisational and interpersonal skills
Excellent classroom practice and behaviour management strategies to effectively meet individual learners needs
Ability to provide pupils with the excitement of a relevant, challenging and creative curriculum that raises standards of education for all
A clear understanding of the SEND Code of Practice and experience of working with children with a range of complex needs
High expectations of themselves and others
Tenacity, passion, drive and ambition
The postholder will be part of the Senior Leadership Team.
The postholder will be part of the Senior Leadership Team.
Please see the attached job description for further details.
About Lime Trust
Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 9 schools over 11 locations across Luton, Peterborough and the London Boroughs of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools, four all-through special schools and one secondary special school; with 2500+ pupils and over 750 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that:
- Learners are safe and enjoy learning
- Everyone feels included, respected, and valued
- An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood
- Employee potential is recognised and invested in
The Trust’s vision is Putting Learners First. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.
We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure.
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed. Please contact Rachael Holland, Headteacher on 07821 303581 or via email at Rachael.Holland@limetrust.org to discuss the role further or to arrange a visit.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applications will be reviewed as submitted and candidates could be called for interview prior to the closing date.
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Lime Academy Hartwell
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- Up to 120 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lime Academy Hartwell website
School location
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