Deputy Headteacher

Maundene School, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7QB

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £63,070.00 - £71,329.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale (9-14) - England and Wales

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Are you ready to become a school leader? Don't miss your chance to become Maundene Primary School's next Deputy Headteacher.

Maundene Primary, located in Medway, Kent, is part of The Inspire Partnership Academy Trust. It is a two-form entry Primary school with a values-based ethos and unwavering commitment to providing a safe and nurturing environment where all children thrive and feel that they belong.

The school pursues education excellence for all. Its ambitious global curriculum, developed by practitioners from across the Inspire Partnership's Medway hub, brings learning to life through current contexts that connect to our children’s lives - who they are, how they fit into the world and how they contribute.

Join Headteacher Joanne Capes to ensure our children are receiving the very best learning experiences.

The role offers a fantastic career opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their networks and strategic leadership across the Partnership and beyond.

Candidates will need to have visited the school and completed the application form by 9am on Monday 13 October 2025. To arrange your visit to the school please email Jo at jcapes@inspiremaundene.co.uk or phone 01634 864721. Further information can be found in the attached recruitment pack.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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 Maundene School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 394 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Maundene School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/maundene-school

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