Deputy Headteacher

Ravenstone Primary School, London, SW12 9SS

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  20 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £72,857.00 - £79,384.00 Annually (Actual)

Deputy Headteacher job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, experienced and visionary leader ready for your next challenge?

Our school is looking for an knowledgeable and nurturing Deputy Headteacher with extensive curriculum knowledge and a commitment to quality first teaching. You will have at least five years’ teaching experience across the primary phase and will have led whole-school initiatives.

Are you committed to collaboration and driving up standards for all?

In addition to the opportunity to work with highly rewarding children, we can offer you:

• Extensive opportunities for personal development through our Teaching School, English and Maths Hubs, including playing a leading role in regional and national school improvement.
• The autonomy, as part of a senior leadership team, to develop your curriculum in the best interests of your school community.
• A genuine partnership with like-minded, innovative school senior leaders to support school level, as well as Trust-wide, school improvement.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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 Ravenstone Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 332 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ravenstone Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ravenstone-primary-school

You will always receive the warmest of welcomes to Ravenstone Primary School, situated in the heart of the community in Balham.
We pride ourselves on providing a caring, happy and loving environment for young children to learn, thrive and flourish. We are committed to inclusion and take the view that everyone can succeed given the right support. We use a range of strategies to support behaviour management and we are proud to be a values based school. We always have high expectations of our children and our staff.
High quality teaching in Reading, Writing and Mathematics underpins all we do and while we proudly provide a broad and balanced curriculum, these core academic subjects are the essentials with which children need to be proficient in. We believe in giving the children the best possible start in life and equipping them with the necessary knowledge and skills in order to achieve and be successful in each step in their primary education.
As an innovative school, we continually strive to improve our practice and that begins with teachers and support staff as learners. We learn from each other and from other schools and reflect on our practice in order to provide the best quality education for the children in our care.

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