Deputy Headteacher

Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3PL

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 March 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 Head Teacher

Required from September 2026

Full-Time – 32.5hours

Leadership Scale Point: L9-L13 £63,070-£69,595

Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic, whole child focused Deputy Head Teacher, to work alongside the Head Teacher to collaboratively continue our journey to excellence.

We are looking for a leader who is an excellent teaching practitioner with high expectations for all children to do well.

Located in Leen Valley, Nottingham, our school serves a wonderfully diverse community, offering and rich and rewarding experience for both pupils and staff alike.  Our three values of respectful, responsible and resilient, underpin everything that we do.  We value diversity and hold the EDQIM Quality Mark and are a School of Sanctuary.

You will:

• Have a proven track record in leading others and strategic change
• Take personal and collective responsibility for ensuring that Robert Shaw achieves its strategic plans and objectives
• Support and drive organisational change through and inspirational and aspirational approach
• Handle situations and problems with innovation, creativity and collaboration
• Show respect and positive regard for others. Work effectively with individuals and teams
• Show evidence of clear analytical thinking and get to the heart of complex problems and issues
• Be a consistently highly effective primary teacher with secure evidence-based understanding of what makes the best teaching.
• Be reflective, enjoy challenge and embrace support.
• Be passionate about teaching and learning and driven by making a difference to every child.
• Be committed to every child enjoying their learning, whilst being stretched and challenged.
• Care passionately about children and their holistic development whilst still driving forward pupil progress and achievement.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to build on and maintain strong relationships with staff, parents and carers, children, governors and the local and wider community.
• Behave consistently with clear personal values that complement those of Robert Shaw. 

In return we offer:

• A welcoming, dedicated community of highly motivated, professional staff, working within a culture of collaboratively driving towards the continuous raising of standards.
• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of networks, and other Transform Trust initiative, alongside school focused learning.
• Calm and purposeful learning environments
• Friendly, polite, well-behaved children who deserve the very best.
• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community
• A research approach to teaching and learning, throughout the school
• Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust.

Equality and diversity matters 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. 

To apply

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. 

If you would like a tour of the school or have any questions or queries please contact school directly Robert Shaw Primary & Nursery School, Email: admin@robertshaw.nottingham.sch.uk Telephone: 0115 9155765 

Closing date for applications: Monday 13th April at 9am 

Interviews will be held on Friday 24th April 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 Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 432 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/robert-shaw-primary-and-nursery-school-nottingham

Robert Shaw Primary is a 420 place school and a 52 place Nursery in Nottingham City, it was opened in 1950 and serves the local communities of Ainsley, Aspley and Beechdale.
At our most recent OFSTED Inspection in January 2014 we were judged to be in the “Requires Improvement” category. Since this inspection we have been working extremely hard to address the priorities raised in the Inspector’s report and make progress towards being the Good school we aspire to be. We are a vibrant, multi-cultural school in Nottingham City, and we are dedicated to providing the best education for all of our children.
The Governors and staff work hard with the community of Robert Shaw School, in order to foster our ethos of mutual respect and to make British Values integral to all that we do.
The children in our school describe Robert Shaw, as like a big family where everyone looks after each other.
Our motto is ‘We strive to improve in all that we do’ and this is the belief that we instil in all of our children, and staff. By providing a stimulating and challenging environment, we provide all children with the equal opportunity to reach their personal and educational goals.

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