Deputy Headteacher

Parkdale Primary School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 1BX

21 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• 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: 63,070.00 - 69,596.00

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Deputy Headteacher– Parkdale Primary School

Required for September 2026

NOR: 454 + (Group 3)

Leadership Points L9-L13 (£63,070 - £69,596 FTE per annum) 

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a leader with passion, enthusiasm and high expectations to make a meaningful difference at Parkdale Primary School, alongside the new Headteacher, from September 2026. We are seeking an aspiring or experienced Deputy Headteacher who embodies our Trust values of Kindness, Respect, Equity and Creativity and who is keen to become part of an inspirational school family.

As Deputy Headteacher, you will play a central role in strengthening what already works well at Parkdale and driving improvement where it is needed. You will lead with clarity and reliability, supporting colleagues to develop their expertise and understanding whilst modelling best practice and having high expectations of all. You will work closely with the Headteacher and SLT to champion excellence in teaching and learning, ensuring that both children and adults are supported and challenged to be at their best and achieve their full potential.

We are proud to have an ambitious and highly dedicated staff team who work exceptionally hard for our wonderful children. Our Deputy Headteacher will need to bring passion and determination for every member of our school family to succeed. Communication and collaboration are essential qualities; we have a fantastic community within and beyond the school, including governors and parents, who are all keen to work collectively to ensure the best possible education for our children. 

If you lead with kindness and integrity, model respect in every interaction and believe that every child will succeed, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for a Deputy Headteacher who will:

• Be an experienced, ambitious and inspirational senior leader, able to motivate and empower staff and children to achieve their full potential.
• Have high ambitions for all children to achieve the highest standards
• Be committed to children enjoying and engaging in learning whilst being challenged
• Be an excellent teacher with the ability to support the development of excellence in teaching throughout the school
• Have experience of leading people, developing their expertise and holding them to account with clarity and fairness
• Have a commitment to inclusion and equity.
• Lead with honesty and integrity.
• Communicate confidently with all members of the school community
• Engage fully in the life of the school

We offer:

• Amazing children, families and governors!
• The opportunity to grow and develop the strength of the leadership team alongside the new Headteacher
• The opportunity to be innovative in supporting school improvement and to continue to make a real difference to the lives of our pupils.
• Being part of a fast growing, well respected and highly-effective Multi Academy Trust, that embraces each individual member school’s identity and staff groups.
• Opportunities to collaborate with schools and practitioners across the Trust sharing best practice and resources
• A dedicated pastoral team of DSLs, family support worker, attendance officer and SENCO
• Access to exceptional CPD through our Transform Applied offer
• Support and challenge through a variety of partnerships, networks and relationships within the Trust

Being part of Transform Trust means that you will have access to the following:

• Peer to peer networking, collaboration, challenge and support
• The security of working in a climate of shared accountability
• Investment in your professional development and future career
• Opportunities to contribute to the development of a growing organisation
• Access to a range of core services that enable you to focus on leading, teaching and learning

How to apply:

Visits are encouraged and would be welcomed on the following dates:

-       Tuesday 5th May – all day

-       Friday 8th May- pm

To arrange a visit to school, please email Katherine Howe, School Operations Manager at khowe@parkdale.notts.sch.uk

For an informal discussion please contact Claire Stafford, Headteacher (from September 2026) at claire.stafford@transformtrust.co.uk or call 0115 982 5090.

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://recruit.sampeople.co.uk/Jobboard/Trust/transformtrust Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Closing date: Monday 11th May at 9am.

Interviews: Thursday 21st May 2026.

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

Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures and pre-employment background checks, including satisfactory references, medical, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance, online and social media checks and completion of relevant safeguarding training including Safeguarding Children in Education
All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children

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 Parkdale Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 462 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Parkdale Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parkdale-primary-school

For information about our school please visit our website
https://www.parkdale-notts.co.uk/welcome/

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