Deputy Headteacher
Rusper Primary School, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 4PR56 days remaining to apply
Job start date
13 April 2026
Closing date
19 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.6 FTE (3 days) - Days to be agreed with the Headteacher
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership 3 - 5
What skills and experience we're looking for
- An inspirational teacher with a proven record of improving outcomes for pupils.
- A reflective and collaborative leader who values people and relationships.
- Skilled in motivating and developing others, with a commitment to professional growth.
- Passionate about creating a safe, happy, and ambitious learning environment.
- Enthusiastic about contributing to the wider life of a small school and local community.
- Experienced in SEND, willing to train to be a SENDCo or already hold the NASENCo qualification
-
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Please see attached Person Specification document.
What the school offers its staff
At Rusper and across Bohunt Education Trust, you will benefit from:
- A supportive, collaborative leadership network.
- Ongoing professional development through the Trust’s leadership and learning programmes.
- A culture that values wellbeing, creativity, and professional trust.
- The opportunity to shape the future of a small, growing school at the heart of its community.
Further information about the job
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
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Rusper Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 105 pupils
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- cgarabet@rusper.w-sussex.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01293 871272
Rusper Primary School is a historic and well-loved village school; the school opened in 1872 and has been at the heart of the community for the last 153 years. We are in the most exciting transition of our journey to date as we are proud to announce that we have recently joined Bohunt Education Trust, a high-achieving MAT with ten schools including two Sixth Forms and a boarding facility. We may be separated geographically, however, all BET schools are student centred, sharing an uncompromising belief in high achievement and unconditional positive expectations, a real sense of community and a dynamic, innovative approach to education. We work closely with the Trust, notably alongside the developing primary phase at Bohunt Horsham. As the first stand-alone primary in the trust, we are in a unique position to set a precedent in both curriculum and pedagogy.
Arranging a visit to Rusper Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cgarabet@rusper.w-sussex.sch.uk.
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