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This job expired on 28 April 2025

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    28 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    4 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Deputy headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Competitive

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Deputy Head will be a model professional, setting an excellent example to teaching and support staff. You will work in close partnership with the Headteacher in actively and demonstrably promoting enrichment, entitlement and achievement through building and implementing agreed school policies. The Deputy Head will lead by example of your practice, and by positively encouraging and supporting all members of staff. You will work with the Headteacher to ensure that the school offers a high quality, exciting, engaging, well resourced, differentiated and well-matched curriculum for all children.

We focus on driving up standards and have experience of improving standards in education to provide the right learning environment for all children to achieve their full potential.

Are you an individual who is up for a challenge , has a vision for teaching excellence, and understands how important the right curriculum is to inspire children to learn?

If so, St John’s Academy is the school for you! We want a Deputy Head who can see and create opportunity, think differently, innovate and have kindness at heart for all children.

We are looking to appoint an outstanding Deputy Head from September 2025.

What the school offers its staff

The North West Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants

Diversity in the Workplace

The North West Academies trust values diversity in the workplace and is committed to ensuring that throughout the recruitment and selection processes no applicant is disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy of maternity, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation


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

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

St John's Deputy Job Pack.pdf - 6.94 MB (opens in new tab)
St John's Deputy Job Pack.pdf - 6.94 MB (opens in new tab)

About St John's CofE Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
161 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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Email address
admin@stjohnssandbach.co.uk
Phone number
01270 762859
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Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? St John’s CE Primary
Academy is looking to appoint two outstanding class teachers,
initially for a one year contract from September 2025.

Having recently joined the North West Academies Trust, St John’s is
entering an exciting phase of growth and transformation under a
brand new leadership team. We are committed to providing the
very best education for our pupils, ensuring high standards of
achievement, behaviour, and progress for every child.

We are looking for two full-time, inspirational class teachers who
are good at communication with children, parents and staff, and
have the skills and desire to enthuse children each and every day.
We want teachers who think differently, innovate and have
kindness at heart for all children.

If you have a clear vision for excellence, high expectations for both
staff and pupils, and the ability to foster a positive and ambitious
learning environment, we would love to hear from you.

Arranging a visit to St John's CofE Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@stjohnssandbach.co.uk.

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