Deputy Headteacher
St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 6ER42 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2027 (or earlier if possible)
Closing date
25 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
14 October 2026
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: Full-time, 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L8-L12 - £61,534-£67,898
What skills and experience we're looking for
St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust is seeking to appoint an exceptional Deputy Headteacher to support the Headteacher in providing visionary leadership across St Joseph & St Bede RC Primary School. This crucial role will ensure that our pupils receive an outstanding education, while also contributing to the strategic development of our Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Trust as it continues to grow over a period of time into a Catholic Academy Trust which, at scale, will be one of the largest Trusts in England.
Your outstanding management practice will ensure consistency and high standards, across the school. If you are an ambitious, professional, forward-thinking and ready to make a transformative impact, we look forward to hearing from you.
As Deputy Headteacher, you will play a key role in fostering a safe, secure, and welcoming school setting that enables the Trust to achieve its objectives. Through your leadership, you will promote teamwork, motivate staff, and build strong working relationships to drive continuous improvement and ensure every child has access to an outstanding education.
Our priority is to provide an exceptional learning environment where children feel inspired, motivated, and empowered to achieve their full potential. If you are a dynamic and passionate leader ready to make a tangible difference, we invite you to join us on this exciting journey.
We are seeking an individual who:
- Be a confident communicator, with excellent written and oral skills to engage effectively with all stakeholders.
- Demonstrate senior management and leadership experience to assist the Headteacher in managing teams and resources.
- Have proven experience in leading and managing staff, including the ability to support and motivate staff.
- Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ensuring effective decision-making to drive school improvement.
- Be highly proficient in the use of ICT systems, supporting the strategic and operational needs of the academy.
- Work well under pressure, maintaining accuracy, attention to detail, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Exhibit a flexible approach to working patterns, adapting to the demands of a dynamic and growing organisation.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- Be a member of a forward-thinking and innovative leadership team, driving excellence across our Trust.
- Lead a thriving Catholic academy as part of a growing family of schools across Bury, Bolton, Rochdale, Salford and Wigan.
- Work with a caring and engaged group of stakeholders who share a commitment to delivering the highest standards for our children.
- Benefit from a dedicated and highly supportive Central Team and Trust Board, with a clear vision and ambitious aspirations for the Trust.
- Receive tailored support for your professional and spiritual development from both the Academy Trust and the Diocese.
- Collaborate with excellent local and borough-wide networks, enhancing opportunities for innovation and best practice.
- Enjoy a generous Teachers’ Pension employer contribution.
Further information about the job
Our Mission:
Our Trust Mission is simple, it is to make Christ known, making lives better for our communities, our children and young people.
Our Values - One of Hope:
Inspired by St Teresa of Calcutta, we are people of hope. We have a complete belief in the future we will build together. By offering our children, staff and schools’ opportunities to grow and flourish, we make aspiration and ambition a reality. Our people, just like St Teresa are relentless and fiercely ambitious. We will always reach for that which seems to be just out of our grasp.
One of Courage:
As modelled for us by St Teresa of Calcutta, we will have the courage to do what is right. As a community, we will not shy away from making decisions that ensure our communities thrive. We will be brave in our actions. As a truly Catholic organisation this courage will be most apparent in how we collectively support the most vulnerable.
One of Innovation:
St Teresa of Calcutta changed the world. Together, we will always be pursuing new ideas and best practice in all areas of our work. We will prepare our children and young people for the world that awaits them. A world which they will shape and change.
The Trust is committed to welcoming individuals regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity, sexual orientation or marital status or whether you are pregnant or on parental leave or from a socio-economic background. We welcome applicants from all communities and from people that identify with those characteristics.
Potential applicants are encouraged to arrange a conversation with the Headteacher (Mr M. Lawrence) and visit the school to discuss this role. Initial contact should be made by email: admin@stoccat.org.uk.
Commitment to Safeguarding:
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1074 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check including Children’s barred list check and satisfactory references, including your suitability to work with children. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Applications will only be considered from individual applicants on our standard application form, and not via CV alone or agencies. An online search will be performed on all shortlisted applicants in accordance with the Trust’s safeguarding procedures and Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a form for self-disclosure of cautions and convictions.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 342 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@stoccat.org.uk
Arranging a visit to St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
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