Deputy Headteacher

Lodge Farm Primary School, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 4BU

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  5 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Leadership pay range L8-L12
• Additional allowances:

  Leadership pay range L8-L12

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Deputy Headteacher

Lodge Farm Primary School

SHINE Academies

Permanent

32.4 hours per week

Term Time Only

Salary: Leadership pay range L8-L12

Closing date: 5th October at 12pm
Interview Date: 13th October 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Headteacher to join Lodge Farm Primary School. The Deputy Headteacher will also be the Inclusion Lead and will also have a teaching responsibility.

SHINE Academies is a growing, successful multi-academy trust of six schools based in the West Midlands, across three local authorities: Wolverhampton, Walsall and Shropshire.  SHINE Academies is committed to improving the outcomes for all children within its care and educating the whole child. The Trust currently comprises of six schools, Northwood Park Primary School in Bushbury, Lodge Farm Primary School in Willenhall, Villiers Primary School in Bilston, Busill Jones Primary School in Bloxwich, Crowmoor Primary School in Shropshire and The Martin Wilson School in Shropshire. All our schools are large and therefore progression opportunities are plentiful.

By joining our Trust, we can offer you:

• Exceptional CPD opportunities 

• Talented, enthusiastic and caring pupils  

• A nurturing and supportive Executive, Leadership and Middle Management Team 

• A large and committed staff who all work to the same ethos 

• A committed and supportive Trust Board and Local Governing Body  

• Opportunities for personal growth and career development 

• Spacious grounds to support the learning and development of pupils 

• Free onsite parking  

• A wellbeing package including an annual term time wellbeing day and Employee Assistance Programme 

• Lifestyle and shopping discounts provided through VIVUP

• Peer to peer support and collaboration 

• Access to the teachers pension scheme or local government pension scheme

Visits to Lodge Farm Primary School Furzebank Way, Willenhall WV12 4BU are encouraged and welcomed. To arrange a visit or have an informal conversation with the Headteacher please call the school on 01902 928900

SHINE Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Therefore, this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Lodge Farm Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 376 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lodge Farm Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lodge-farm-primary-school

We take pride in encouraging and enabling children to become positive, independent, confident and ambitious individuals in order to prepare them for the journey of life ahead. We are committed to delivering a rich, exciting, creative, broad and balanced curriculum incorporating a wide range of opportunities and experiences for all.

We would be very pleased to welcome you to our school to watch Lodge Farm in action and see for yourself how committed we are to ensuring all children reach their potential.

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