Deputy Headteacher
Shotton Primary School, Shotton Colliery, County Durham, DH6 2JPThis job expired on 22 November 2023
Job start date
15 April 2024
Closing date
22 November 2023 at 9am
Date listed
6 November 2023
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Not applicable
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £ 56,082 - £61,882
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale 8 to 12
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualified teacher status
Effective classroom practitioner with a secure knowledge and understanding of how children learn
Successful experience at curriculum leadership level
Experience of successful and co-operative working as a member of a team
Experience of successfully leading change
Experience of improving the skills of other practitioners
Experience of promoting safeguarding procedures in a school
Curriculum management that has resulted in successful change and effective practice
Experience of planning and managing high quality training and sustained professional development
Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of situations
Ability to lead by example with integrity, creativity, resilience and clarity
Proven leadership skills
Ability to promote an ethos within which all staff are motivated and supported to develop their own skills and subject knowledge, and to support each other
Curriculum management – planning, delivery and assessment
Ability to analyse and evaluate school self-evaluation processes including the use of external and internal data in order to accurately prioritise strategic leadership objectives
Ability to initiate and lead change by inspiring and influencing others
Experience, knowledge and understanding of education partnerships
Ability to demonstrate enthusiastic, sensitive, resilient and appropriate focused leadership whilst working with others
Ability to promote high quality care, guidance and support for pupils and parents
A clear vision and understanding of the needs of all pupils, in order to close gaps in achievement
Detailed knowledge of the structure and content of the current primary and Early Years curriculum
Understanding and knowledge of current issues in education
Evidence of being able to build and sustain effective working relationships with staff, Governors, parents and the wider community
Flexibility and adaptability to be able to mix with a wide range of people
Friendly and approachable
Resilient with a sense of humour
What the school offers its staff
The successful candidate will become an integral strategic member of our dedicated, hardworking Senior Leadership Team, who put the needs of our children at the forefront of their practice.
The successful candidate will have high expectations and demonstrate a caring attitude towards our children’s academic, social and personal development.
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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shotton Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 298 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Shotton Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- shotton.primar@durhamlearning.net
- Phone number
- 01915262006
Shotton Primary School is a happy, safe environment for all children and staff, where everyone is respected and valued.
We treat each other with consideration, honesty, fairness and compassion, through effective communication and positive, trusting relationships with all of our community.
Arranging a visit to Shotton Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email shotton.primar@durhamlearning.net.
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