Deputy Headteacher
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L13 5TE13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 April 2025
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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership L13 - L17
What skills and experience we're looking for
The governors of St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational practising Catholic Deputy Headteacher who will develop and share our vision of high-quality education for all, with a deep commitment to our mission statement:
Together with Jesus,
We will Learn and Grow in Faith.
We are looking for a leader with exceptionally strong values who will foster and develop the respectful and inclusive ethos of our Catholic School. Who will bring energy and drive, demonstrating excellence in classroom practice and will be inspirational in enabling progress and raising standards. They must be creative, forward thinking and skilled in leading and managing areas of school improvement. The successful candidate must be able to face challenge with positivity, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be a team worker and essentially have a good sense of humour.
Governors are looking for a candidate with a passion for promoting a clear child centred vision of educational excellence, developing children’s’ love of learning whilst ensuring high levels of progress and attainment.
The Deputy Headteacher will:
- Be accountable to the Headteacher
- Be a member of the senior management team;
- Lead the Safeguarding Team;
- Assist the headteacher in managing the school;
- Support and represent the headteacher at meetings as and when required;
- Undertake such duties as are delegated by the headteacher;
- Play a major role, under the overall direction of the headteacher in formulating
and reviewing the Mission Statement, Development Plan, overall aims and
objectives of the school by helping establish the policies through which they shall
be achieved, managing staff and resources to that end and monitoring progress
towards their achievement;
- Contribute to the efficient organisation, management and supervision of school routines;
If the headteacher is absent from the school, the deputy headteacher must undertake such
duties of the headteacher as the headteacher or the governing body shall require.
What the school offers its staff
St Oswald’s Primary School is a larger than average, three form entry primary school catering for children aged three to eleven years. The school amalgamated in 2016 and is situated in two separate buildings. We can offer a prospective Deputy Head a school that in our most recent inspection in June 2024 deemed us to still be a ‘Good’ school (Ofsted) and our CSI Inspection in march 2024 found us to be a ‘Good’ school in all areas.
We have happy, well-behaved children who love their school and enjoy learning. Extremely hard working, friendly staff who are dedicated to supporting development. A close working partnership between school, parents/carers, community and church and a governing body who is fully committed to continuing the development of this fantastic school.
Further details about the role
This is a wonderful opportunity waiting for someone. We strongly recommend visits to school. Please contact the Business Manager Mr Strom for an appointment.
istrom@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk or phone 0151 228 8436
Information about school and policies can be found on our website www.stoswaldsschool.com
Closing date – 2nd May 2025
Shortlisting – 6th May 2025
Interviews – 19th May 2025
Application packs can be downloaded from our school website www.stoswaldsschool.com
and include a copy of our Child Protection Policy and Safer Working Practices Code of
Conduct Policy.
CVs will not be acceptable for this post. In addition, references will be required from your current employer and settings where you have worked with children. As per ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, online searches will be conducted on shortlisted candidates.
St Oswald’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory preemployment checks including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred List checks. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.’
We are committed to safer recruitment practices that:
- Deter prospective applicants who are unsuitable to work with children or young people
- Identify and reject applicants who are unsuitable to work with children or young people
- Prevent and deter inappropriate behaviours by providing on-going supervision, training and support to all staff and volunteers
Commitment to safeguarding
St Oswald’s Catholic Primary 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.
We are committed to safer recruitment practices that:
• Deter prospective applicants who are unsuitable to work with children
• Identify and reject applicants who are unsuitable to work with children
• Prevent and deter inappropriate behaviours by providing on-going supervision, training and support.
If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history. An on-line search will be conducted of information publicly available on-line.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 629 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- istrom@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 228 8436
Due to the planned retirement of our highly regarded head teacher, the governing body of St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School wish to employ an inspirational, dedicated and ambitious head teacher. St Oswald’s is a welcoming and caring community where children develop spiritually, morally and academically. Children enjoy coming to school and are proud of their community. They have the support of hard working, caring staff and benefit from excellent links with the parish and the local community.
We are looking for a leader whose drive and mission will maximise the achievements of our children as well as our dedicated staff.
Arranging a visit to St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email istrom@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk.
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