Deputy headteacher
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 5TU6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
10 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 April 2024
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: 32.5 hours a week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L6 - L10
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Establish and sustain a Christ centred vision embodied in the school’s Catholic mission, ethos, and strategic direction in partnership with the parish and Trust, those responsible for governance and through consultation with the school community and Diocese.
- Establish and sustain high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases, built on an evidence-informed understanding of effective teaching and how pupils learn.
- Ensure high standards of pupil behaviour through the promotion of virtues and of courteous conduct, in accordance with the school’s behaviour policy.
- Establish and sustain the ethos, culture, and practices, rooted in the distinctive characteristics of Catholic education, that enable pupils to access the curriculum and learn effectively.
- Prioritise the professional development of staff, ensuring effective planning, delivery and evaluation which is consistent with the approaches laid out in the standard for teachers’ professional development.
- Ensure the protection and safety of pupils and staff through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of the duty of care.
- Carefully and effectively implement improvement strategies, which lead to sustained school improvement over time.
- Commit to work successfully with other Catholic schools and other schools and organisations in a climate of mutual challenge and support.
- Establish and sustain a professional working relationship with those responsible for governance which is inspired by a Christ centred vision of human formation.
- Be one of the school’s Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.
- Lead teaching and learning as a classroom practitioner with a teaching responsibility.
- Facilitate, support, and monitor the overall progress and development of our children, in particular those with additional needs (SEND).
- Be responsible for taking the lead on curriculum development in school. (This includes EYFS, KS1 and KS2)
The successful candidate will have:
- Secure understanding of the distinctive nature of the Catholic school and Catholic education.
- Evidence of appropriate professional development for the role of Deputy Headteacher.
- Had active and effective leadership of a team/key stage/curriculum area/department.
- Had experience of and ability to contribute to staff development (e.g. coaching, mentoring, INSET for staff).
- Significant teaching experience.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
What the school offers its staff
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is a great place to work, first and foremost because of our fantastic students, we have some of the most oversubscribed schools in the north-east.
We benefit from having first class, committed and dedicated staff who work in our Trust. We offer excellent terms and conditions of employment, and working arrangements to ensure that we attract, reward and retain our talented people. We continually develop our commitment to our colleagues and understanding the importance of their wellbeing and work life balance. This includes striving to promote a healthy working environment with the wellbeing of colleagues at the forefront.
At Bishop Wilkinson, teaching quality is extremely high, as is middle and senior leadership. We empower individuals in our schools to provide the highest quality education, enabling every pupil to realise their full potential.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and is subject to an enhanced DBS check. An online search will be completed for all shortlisted candidates.
Applying for the job
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About St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 209 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@spl.bwcet.com
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School is proud to be part of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, a family of secondary, middle, primary and first schools in Durham, Gateshead, Northumberland, and Sunderland. Bishop Wilkinson is the largest Catholic Education Trust in the Northeast of England, comprising of 47 schools.
Our Trust is committed to the support and development of all staff. We will ensure that our new Deputy Headteacher is nurtured by the education team so that they feel fully equipped to flourish in their new role.
The children are at the centre of all that we do at St Peter’s. We aim to provide a stimulating learning environment in which each child feels valued and can fulfil their academic potential. We have designed our provision to develop the moral, emotional, physical, and intellectual needs of our children at each stage in their development and we are focussed on living out our mission, ‘As children of God, we are loved, we are called, and we are inspired.’
Arranging a visit to St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell
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