Deputy Headteacher

East Sussex Academy, Hailsham, BN27 3NW

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Summer Term or Autumn Term

• Closing date

  5 May 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  16 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours a week, Monday - Friday.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £71,300 to £78,702

What skills and experience we're looking for

Having opened in September 2025, East Sussex Academy (set over three sites) has embarked on an exciting journey of systemic improvement and transformation. Their aim is to ensure that every single child and young person gets the support they need to progress and reach their full potential. This will be achieved by improving the quality of education and crucially, by raising aspiration and expectations of staff, pupils and their families.

This is a unique opportunity to be involved with a whole system transformation and be part of an inspirational and ambitious Senior Leadership Team undertaking the significant challenge of improving and strengthening Alternative Provision across the whole region.

The Deputy Headteacher will work closely with the Headteacher leading the secondary provision supported by a strong Senior Leadership Team as well as the Trust’s wider community of dedicated, talented professionals committed to educational excellence and innovation, including the Director of Quality Assurance and Deputy CEO.

The role requires a shared aspiration to drive and sustain improvement and lives through the power of learning. The Trust encourage innovation and different ways of doing things. They are research and evidence based, keen to draw on new pedagogies and cutting-edge technology to ensure they deliver the very best teaching and learning for their pupils.​

What the school offers its staff

From 1 September 2025, we will be delivering Alternative Provision across East Sussex - supporting children who have been excluded from school or who may be at risk of exclusion. This follows a decision by the Department for Education last year, to transfer the provision (currently named College Central, part of Sabden Multi Academy Trust) to London South East Academies Trust.

Our aim is to ensure continuity and care for pupils during this transition, as we begin an exciting journey of improvement. We are committed to delivering high quality education for pupils, many of whom have had challenging experiences in mainstream settings and need support and encouragement to access learning. Ahead of the school's transfer into LSEAT (at which point it will officially become East Sussex Academy) we are already implementing some bespoke provision and services to support young people and schools across the county. This includes a Satellite AP, a Government-funded AP Taskforce and an Outreach Service.Click here to find out more.

Thank you for your interest in East Sussex Academy. We look forward to working with you in the coming months as we strengthen and improve Alternative Provision across the region.

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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

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About East Sussex Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 16
• School size: Up to 140 pupils
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: East Sussex Academy website
• Email address: isabel.murphy@lsec.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/east-sussex-academy

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