Deputy Headteacher (Safeguarding and Inclusion)
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 9HZ9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
19 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L19-23
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Governing Body at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School are looking to recruit a new Deputy Headteacher to play a crucial role in developing Safeguarding and Inclusion provision at the school.
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a single sex boy’s secondary, and sixth form school based in Liverpool. There are currently almost 1400 pupils on roll.
At Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School our motto is Respect Believe Achieve. We are fully committed to the belief that the mutual Respect of our wonderful staff and students drives us all to Believe in what we do and therefore Achieve our very best.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a dedicated leader looking to focus on safeguarding and inclusion care within a Catholic school setting. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator, with natural empathy, who works positively with other professionals and communities, whilst deriving satisfaction from supporting and developing the lives of children and young people.
The specific responsibilities of the Deputy Headteacher fall into the following areas:
- Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Responsibility for inclusion across the school
- Management and development of the SEND team
- Quality assurance of off-site provision
- Strategic lead for whole school attendance
- Strategic lead for whole school wellbeing
As a school, we are immensely proud of our September 2021 Ofsted report which describes our school asgood with outstanding features. Inspectors said that“Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a learning community where pupils have great respect for each other. Teachers support pupils to become highly articulate young people who can express their views well on a wide range of issues.”They also commented that“Pupils benefit from studying a wide range of subjects. Leaders have put in place an ambitious curriculum. Leaders and teachers have high expectations of all pupils.”.
If selected for interview you will be given a tour of the school as part of the interview process, so you can see first-hand all that we have to offer. If however, you would like to undertake this prior to application please do not hesitate to contact us.
How to apply:
Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk) by midday, 19th March 2025, with interviews to take place on Tuesday, 25th and Wednesday, 26th March 2025.
Job description, person specification, application form, code of conduct – Safer working practice guidance, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 form, consent to obtain reference form, Disqualification Policy, model reasonable adjustments statement are available on the school website at www.cardinal-heenan.org.uk.
Applicants from overseas outside the EEA should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in an education sector.
Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check and subject to receipt of references.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be considered.
Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
What the school offers its staff
Further details about the role
The specific responsibilities of the Deputy Headteacher fall into the following areas:
- Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Responsibility for inclusion across the school
- Management and development of the SEND team
- Quality assurance of off-site provision
- Strategic lead for whole school attendance
- Strategic lead for whole school wellbeing
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check, together with an additional check as part of the shortlisting process, will be to carry out an online search (including social media).
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin@cardinal-heenan.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
About Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1331 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School website
- Email address
- l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01512351430
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a thriving and vibrant Specialist Sports College and a leading school in the local area.
Arranging a visit to Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk.
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