Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral, Personal Development and Safeguarding)

More than one location, The Basildon Academies

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 April 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Actual Starting Salary £72,062

What skills and experience we're looking for

Salary: £72,062 - £77,461 (Academy Leadership Scale 14-17)Actual Starting Salary £72,062 with annual performance-based increments.

Position Available: September 2025

Closing Date: Midday Monday 28th April 2025

Interviews: W/C 5th May 2025

Due to our continued growth in student numbers, we are seeking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher to join our Senior Leadership Team.

The Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral, Personal Development and Safeguarding) is a cross-academy role. The successful candidate will lead on Pastoral, Safeguarding and Personal Development strategies across both the Basildon Upper and Basildon Lower Academies.

The successful candidate will work across the trust, reporting directly to the Trust Headteacher, providing professional leadership and management capacity across our schools.

This exciting opportunity offers the successful candidate scope to lead and drive strategies that support both our schools to achieve their targets and strategic aims for pastoral care, behaviour for learning, safeguarding, and personal development.

Additionally, the role will allow you to forge constructive relationships beyond the trust, working in partnership with the local community, external providers, and agencies.

If you have vision, drive and a desire to demonstrate your impact as a leader, we would welcome you joining our team.

This is an outstanding career opportunity for the right person. You will have the opportunity to make a significant contribution across our schools, whilst gaining skills and experience which will prove invaluable to those with aspirations for Headship.

If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please download and complete our application form, and on a separate document please demonstrate how your knowledge, skills and experience meet the Key Responsibilities criteria on the job description (1500 words maximum). Please return both documents to our Recruitment & Cover Coordinator, Olivia Faustino -recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk

The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.

What the school offers its staff

Tours of the academy can be facilitated prior to application upon request.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Recruitment Information - Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral, Personal Development and Safeguarding (1).pdf - 1.45 MB (opens in new tab)

About the schools

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-basildon-academies

School Details

The Basildon Lower Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 14
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1014 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 14
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Basildon Lower Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-basildon-lower-academy

The Basildon Upper Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 14 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 900 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 14 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Basildon Upper Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-basildon-upper-academy

Arranging a visit to The Basildon Academies

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk.

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