Deputy Headteacher
Little Heaton Church of England Primary School, Manchester, M24 4PU27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 January 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
20 December 2024
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: 32.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Range 5-9 (£54,939-£60,644)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Little Heaton is a one-form entry primary, set in an area of some disadvantage and deprivation. The school has unfortunately had a chequered history in Ofsted terms, with a series of ‘requires improvement’ judgements and changes in leadership.
In March 2024, the school transferred into The Cranmer Education Trust (CET), and since May, the CET has brought in experienced school leaders who have been working together with school staff to stabilize and improve the quality of education, addressing the SEN and behavioural issues with which the school was struggling.
The trust has also made a major investment in the buildings and school environment for the children, providing a stimulating and nurturing setting. Parents are already commenting positively on the changes.
We have now appointed a substantive Headteacher who will take up post after Easter. They will lead the school’s future development, reinforcing the foundations that have been put in place and continuing the professional development of staff to create the best possible provision for our children, who both need and deserve the very best.
Our Deputy Headteacher will help lead on the journey of improvement. We are looking above all else for someone who is ambitious for our children and our school and staff. They should seek to understand the context and what is needed to help all our children have a really positive and happy experience of school, where they grow to become the best versions of themselves and learn how to learn more, remember more, achieve more, and be ready to progress confidently when they move to secondary school.
What the school offers its staff
We can tailor the Deputy Headteacher responsibilities to build on the strengths and experience of the successful candidate. The most important requirement is that they are a strong teacher, able both to inspire all our children to learn and progress, and to model excellent practice for other staff through mentoring and coaching staff to become the teachers the children need them to be.
The Deputy Headteacher will share responsibility for a class; we need the expertise on the front line, with the children, and as an example for others. The teaching commitment will be equivalent to half a week’s timetable, probably in the mornings, with improvement work and leadership responsibilities in the afternoons.
The Cranmer Education Trust is growing and leadership in our primaries is growing with it. The opportunities to collaborate and learn from others in the family are increasing through carefully planned systems to enable learning, access expertise, moderate and benchmark. Our new Deputy Headteacher will be supported in Little Heaton by their Headteacher, developed with the support of an Executive Headteacher and through the trust’s teaching leadership communities.
Little Heaton is on a journey, and our Deputy Headteacher will be able to see the impact of their work every day in the difference we can make together to the lives of our children.
If you would like to be part of this journey, we would very much like to hear from you. A job description and person specification are attached; please apply setting out your experience, particularly in relation to the person specification and tell us briefly why the Deputy Headteacher role at Little Heaton attracts you.
We offer:
- A competitive salary.
- Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
- Generous leave entitlement.
- A professional working environment and the support facilities and resources of the Cranmer Education Trust and its family of Primary and Secondary Schools, which are very accessible, both electronically and in person.
- Free parking on site.
Further details about the role
Little Heaton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Cranmer Education Trust follows safer recruitment practices. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and appointment is therefore subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service. For further information please refer to: · the Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust · The Trust’s statement on the employment of ex-offenders, in the vacancy Documents section. · The job description and person specification for further information regarding the safeguarding responsibilities of the role.
Follow the link Cranmer Education Trust - Careers site to apply for this vacancy.
Please note CVs are not accepted.
Closing date for applications: Friday, 17 January 2025 at 3pm
Interviews will be held in the week commencing 20 January 2025
Start date: We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible, and by Summer Term 2025.
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
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About Little Heaton Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 210 pupils
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- KEDWARDS@littleheaton-primary.org
- Phone number
- 0161 672 0555
Arranging a visit to Little Heaton Church of England Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email KEDWARDS@littleheaton-primary.org.
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