Deputy Headteacher
Mount Wise Community Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 4LAThis job expired on 16 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £59,167.00 - £65,286.00 Annually (Actual) 32.5 hours per week, 52.14 week per annum
Deputy Headteacher job summary
Welcome to Mount Wise – A School Like No Other
Mount Wise Community Primary School is seeking a dynamic, experienced, and compassionate leader to join our team as Deputy Head Teacher. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to help shape the future of a unique school at the heart of a diverse and historic community.
Our school, part of the Learning Academies Trust, serves 263 pupils from a wide range of backgrounds, with over eight languages spoken across our vibrant community. We are proud of our inclusive culture, strong values, and deep commitment to ensuring every child achieves their full potential.
Situated between beautifully regenerated housing and the stunning views of Plymouth Sound, Mount Wise is more than just a school—it’s a place where children thrive, staff collaborate, and the community is at the centre of all we do.
We are looking for a Deputy Headteacher who:
- Has proven, effective leadership skills and the drive to help lead our school with passion, raising standards where required, but recognising and maintaining excellence where it is already in place.
- Has an unrelenting belief and focus that all students can achieve high standards, whatever their background, life experiences or starting point.
- Promotes high standards of teaching and learning through excellent classroom practice.
- Possesses excellent communication skills with a firm commitment to working in partnership with children, staff, governors, families and the wider community.
- Is passionate about education and learning and can inspire and motivate the school community.
- Can demonstrate a commitment to the principles of inclusion, equality and high achievement for all.
- Is committed to the continual development of themselves as practitioners.
- This post will include a teaching commitment.
As part of the Learning Academies Trust, you’ll benefit from exceptional opportunities for professional development, close collaboration with fellow leaders across the Trust, and the chance to contribute to wider initiatives in curriculum, safeguarding, and research-led practice.
Join us at Mount Wise and help shape the future—not just for our pupils, but for our community.
About the Trust
The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is:
Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children
As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge.
Further information about the position, the trust and the benefits we offer can be found in the attached recruitment pack.
To request a tour of the school or to discuss the role in anyway please contact HR on the number below.
01752 914160
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.
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.
About Mount Wise Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 268 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mount Wise Community Primary School website
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