Deputy Headteacher - Progress
The Telford Langley School, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 3JS3 days remaining to apply
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
- £79,475.00 - £87,651.00 Annually (FTE)
Deputy Headteacher - Progress job summary
To start September 2025
Salary: L20-L24 – Not suitable for ECT applications
At The Telford Langley School, we have an amazing opportunity to join our Strategic Leadership Team. The successful candidate will make a positive impact on the lives and futures of the students in our school.
We are looking for an exceptional leader to join our school community. We wish to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and ambitious leader to be Deputy Headteacher to support our ongoing school improvement journey towards ‘Ensuring Excellence’. The successful applicant will play a significant role in leading the school, with drive and determination to have clear impact on student outcomes. Applicants should have relevant experience and a proven track record to lead on teaching and learning, staff development and all other elements of the role. Duties include working with curriculum leaders to ensure high standards of teaching and learning are achieved consistently across all key stages.
We seek a leader who is passionate about personal development, academic excellence, collaboration and delivering high quality support for every student.
We look towards research and cognitive science to inform our teaching practice. We prioritise collaborative working across our trust to ensure that we constantly seek the most effective, sustainable approaches. We embrace a culture of continuous improvement and promote a coaching culture.
The successful candidate will be:
- A strategic thinker, driven by moral purpose and a passion for learning,
- Able to demonstrate a track record of excellent leadership,
- A strong communicator, enthusiastic and relentlessly optimistic in their approach,
- An innovative team player with a passion for teaching and an ability to bring this passion to life in the classroom and around our school,
- Knowledgeable about what exceptional behaviour and conduct looks like, and demonstrate a passion for managing and maintaining this excellence throughout the school,
- Able to create an ethos where staff are motivated and supported to develop their skills and knowledge,
- Able to recognise the value of learning beyond the classroom and actively help shape global citizens by enhancing the understanding of the world we live in, value enrichment opportunities and be passionate about delivering a high quality extra-curricular programme.
In return, the successful candidate will:
- An extensive CPD program to nurture and develop your talents at all levels,
- A professional, hard-working and supportive team that works together to create a welcoming, vibrant learning culture inclusive to all,
- Access to a network of successful schools to share best practice and develop career prospects at the highest level.
- Work in a school that places staff development and professional development at the heart of its culture,
- Be part of an enrichment programme that is comprehensive and shapes our students to become global citizens,
- Be part of a school that uses subject specialisms, research-informed practice, and sensible approaches to workload.
If you believe a great education is the entitlement for all children, regardless of their background, and you want to use research-informed practice to make it a reality, in a school that is committed to staff well-being and high expectations of our students, then we would love for you to apply.
For further information and an application form please visit our website The Telford Langley School - Vacancies. Applicants should apply on the MyNewTerm website.
Tours of the school can be provided on request as follows:
- Tuesday 6th May 9am
- Wednesday 7th May 2:15 pm
- Monday 12th May 9:30 am or 3:30 pm
- Tuesday 13th May 9:30 or 11:30 am
Cl Closing date: Friday 16th May 3pm
Interviews: Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd May (provisional)
Community Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from Community Academies Trust vision and values.
The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Community Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.
Community Academies Trust Company Registration No. 0747273-6
About the Employer
The Telford Langley School is sponsored by The Community Academies Trust (CAT) which has a track record of achieving and sustaining OUTSTANDING schools. Our approach is based on a fundamental belief that all young people have the talent and the potential to achieve more than they ever thought possible.
Alongside the family of schools, the CAT has established a teaching school which ensures CPD opportunities are abundant for all, no matter what stage of your career you are at.
Tel: 01952 386700.
Duce Drive,
Dawley,
Telford,
TF4 3JS
Commitment to safeguarding
CAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
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 The Telford Langley School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1099 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Telford Langley School website
Headteachers Welcome to the Telford Langley School
On behalf of the Directors, Staff and Students I would like to welcome you to The Telford Langley School. We are a school in the heart of its community and are committed to 'Ensuring Excellence' in everything we do. It is my privilege to lead The Telford Langley School.
Here at the school, we firmly believe that all students should feel safe, happy and cared for in an environment that is well disciplined allowing students to be successful and enjoy their learning. Our ethos is that every student should be effectively challenged and supported in order to maximise their academic success and make the best progress possible. We are committed to ensuring that our students benefit from a challenging and appropriate curriculum partnered with high quality teaching in a calm, well-ordered learning environment. We are very proud of our polite, helpful, well-mannered students and we aim to give them the best possible platform to secure a bright future.
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