Deputy Headteacher
Peak School, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK23 6ES14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
22 April 2025 or sooner if possible
Closing date
5 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £56,082.00 - £61,882.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Pay Scale (Points 08-12) Actual Salary £56,082 - £61,882 (Pending Teachers’ Pay Award 2024-25)
Deputy Headteacher job summary
Job Title: Deputy Headteacher
Location: Peak School
Grade/Scale: Leadership Pay Scale (Points 08-12) Actual Salary £56,082 - £61,882 (Pending Teachers’ Pay Award 2024-25)
Contract: 32.5 hours per week, all year round
Peak School is a welcoming school with a current enrolment of 87 students. We are on the lookout for an inspiring Deputy Headteacher to work alongside our dedicated staff and fabulous pupils. The ideal candidate will have the knowledge, skills and experience to be our Designated Safeguarding Lead and to lead our dedicated and forward thinking pastoral team. The successful candidate will oversee Behaviour and Attitudes, and Personal Development across school so a successful proven track record in these fields are essential.
This position offers a unique chance to significantly impact our pupils' lives by cultivating a positive and thriving environment. You will be joining us at a pivotal moment, as our new Headteacher started in April 2024 with an additional school leader coming on board in September 2024. We have an established School Business Manager so if successful, you will make up the final quarter of our leadership team. Together, we will lead with determination and influence, driving transformative change swiftly.
We welcome applications from leaders with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) from special and enhance resourced provision in either the primary or secondary education sectors. All schools within the Esteem network are supported by a diverse and experienced central team, along with a group of like-minded school leaders and experts.
Please see the attached Application pack including a Welcome from The Head Teacher and more information about Peak School and Esteem MAT.
Please review the attached Job Description to learn more about the role and what we are looking for in the successful candidate.
Benefits Include:
- Teacher's Pension Scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Access to Westfield Health membership scheme including cashback schemes for health and retail benefits, discounted gym memberships, and free confidential advice.
- Access to National College CPD platform.
For further information, please contact Jo Howarth (Headteacher) at jhowarth@peakschool.co.uk
We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates upon application and may close the application process prior to this date
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
Commitment to safeguarding
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Peak School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 81 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Peak School website (opens in new tab)
We are a nursery to 19 Special School Academy in the north west corner of Derbyshire. We cater for children and young adults with a whole range of needs, particularly those with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), communication difficulties, and those with extremely challenging behaviour linked to their associated learning difficulties.
Most pupils at Peak work outside the National Curriculum and we are proud to offer an individualised curriculum which is built around our four key areas:
Physical and Movement
Emotional and Expressive Arts
Accessing the World and Communication
Knowledge and Know-how
We are located in a beautiful, rural environment in the village of Chinley, where we make full use of the local amenities and make a point of filling our curriculum with outdoor activities.
We also have a number of specialist on-site facilities and services:
Hydrotherapy Pool
Sensory rooms and Sensory Garden
Fully equipped kitchen / catering learning environment for our post-16 pupils
On site nurse, visiting Physiotherapist and Speech and Language therapist.
Our location in north west Derbyshire, on the edge of the Peak District, means we are also accessible for pupils who may live in Cheshire, Stockport, Tameside (Greater Manchester) and also Sheffield.
We are currently Ofsted rated ‘Good’ – with outstanding for Behaviour and Welfare – and we are working hard to ensure we achieve outstanding results in our next inspection.
Further information about our academy can be found on the website at www.peak.derbyshire.sch.uk
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