Deputy Headteacher
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3AP5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £57,831.00 - £63,815.00 Annually (FTE) Group 2, L7 - L11
Deputy Headteacher job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a permanent Deputy Headteacher, who will work with the Headteacher to help lead us on our journey to be outstanding in all areas of school life.
We invite applications from suitably qualified and highly committed classroom practitioners with leadership experience who are practising Catholics with proven management skills and a clear vision for Catholic Education. The successful applicant will join a Senior Leadership Team who will be instrumental in shaping the future of the school, guided by our Mission.
We are seeking a Deputy Headteacher who will:
- be immediately responsible to and work with our Headteacher
- inspire, challenge and motivate staff, in order to maintain and develop the best teaching and learning
- bring experience of focused, successful and sustained school improvement
- work closely with our governing body in the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of pupils’ progress, attainment and wellbeing
- be a committed member of the Senior Leadership Team of our Trust.
- work collaboratively with the Trust team, local and Diocesan heads to ensure high standards of attainment and to sustain and develop the school’s Catholic Ethos.
We can offer you a great deal. There are plenty of things in place already. These include:
- Children with a thirst for knowledge who are eager to learn
- Parents who are keen to support their children’s learning
- Staff focused on school improvement who are looking for clear direction, critical friendship and support
- Governors who are aspirational for the school
- A thriving parish community who are eager to help
- The opportunity to develop leadership with other schools within the Trust and the wider community.
As part of the Bishop Wheeler Trust, you will be joining a successful and dedicated group of senior leaders who work collaboratively across all our schools within the Diocese of Leeds. Each school is also part of local and Diocesan partnerships.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, and if you would like to discuss this opportunity in further detail please contact Luke Gilhooly, Headteacher via Vikki Wilkinson, Office Manager at the school on 01943 463840 or by emailing office@stjosephsotley.org.
Further details including a job description, person specification and how to apply can be found at
https://www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org/Trust-Academy-Vacancies/.
- Closing date: Monday 27 January 2025, 12.00 noon
- Interview date: Interviews will take place the week commencing 3 February 2025.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our children and young people and we expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
In line with KCSiE 2024, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.
The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Otley
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 190 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
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