Deputy Headteacher (non-teaching)
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L13 5TE11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
13 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 March 2026
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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L13 to L17
What skills and experience we're looking for
The governors of St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational practising Catholic Deputy Headteacher who will develop and share our vision of high-quality education for all, with a deep commitment to our mission statement:
Together with Jesus,
We will Learn and Grow in Faith.
We are looking for a leader with exceptionally strong values who will foster and develop the respectful and inclusive ethos of our Catholic School. Someone, who will bring energy and drive, demonstrating excellence in classroom practice and will be uplifting in enabling progress and raising standards. They must be creative, forward thinking and skilled in leading and managing areas of school improvement. The successful candidate must be able to face challenge with positivity, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be a team worker and essentially have a good sense of humour.
Governors are looking for a candidate with a passion for promoting a clear child centred vision of educational excellence, developing children’s’ love of learning whilst ensuring high levels of progress and attainment.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer a prospective Deputy Head a school that in our most recent inspection in June 2024 deemed us to still be a ‘Good’ school (Ofsted) and our CSI Inspection in March 2024 found us to be a ‘Good’ school in all areas.
We have happy, well-behaved children who love their school and enjoy learning, together with extremely hard working, friendly staff who are dedicated to supporting development. There are close working partnerships between school, parents/carers, community and church and a governing body who is fully committed to continuing the development of this fantastic school.
Further information about the job
The Deputy Headteacher will:
- Be accountable to the Headteacher
- Be a member of the senior management team;
- Lead the Safeguarding Team;
- Assist the headteacher in managing the school;
- Support and represent the headteacher at meetings as and when required;
- Undertake such duties as are delegated by the headteacher;
- Play a major role, under the overall direction of the headteacher in formulating
and reviewing the Mission Statement, Development Plan, overall aims and
objectives of the school by helping establish the policies through which they shall
be achieved, managing staff and resources to that end and monitoring progress
towards their achievement;
- Contribute to the efficient organisation, management and supervision of school routines.
If the headteacher is absent from the school, the deputy headteacher must undertake such
duties of the headteacher as the headteacher or the governing body shall require.
This is a wonderful opportunity for someone and is ideal for a current AHT or DHT looking for wider experience in a large Catholic school.
We strongly recommend visits to school. Please contact the Business Manager Mr Strom for an appointment.
istrom@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk or phone 0151 228 8436
Information about school and policies can be found on our website www.stoswaldsschool.com
Commitment to safeguarding
St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
We are committed to safer recruitment practices that:
• Deter prospective applicants who are unsuitable to work with children
• Identify and reject applicants who are unsuitable to work with children
• Prevent and deter inappropriate behaviours by providing on-going supervision, training and support.
If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history. An on-line search will be conducted of information publicly available on-line.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Apply for this jobAdditional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 635 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- istrom@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 228 8436
St Oswald’s Primary School is a larger than average, three form entry primary school catering for children aged three to eleven years. The school amalgamated in 2016 and is situated in two separate buildings.
We have happy, well-behaved children who love their school and enjoy learning, together with extremely hard working, friendly staff who are dedicated to supporting development. There are close working partnerships between school, parents/carers, community and church and a governing body who is fully committed to continuing the development of this fantastic school.
Arranging a visit to St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email istrom@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk.
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