Deputy Headteacher - Strategic Leadership and Management of Curriculum and Standards

Mark Rutherford School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 8PX

34 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2025

• Closing date

  24 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £79,475.00 - £87,651.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Spine Range L20-L24 (Starting point L20)

Deputy Headteacher - Strategic Leadership and Management of Curriculum and Standards job summary

DEPUTY HEADTEACHER

Strategic Leadership and Management of Curriculum and Standards

Leadership Spine Range L20-L24 (£79,475 to £87,651 FTE per annum)

Starting point L20

Required to start April 2025

Due to external promotion, we wish to appoint an experienced, highly motivated and dedicated senior leader to join our dynamic and supportive team. Our school are looking to appoint an exceptional Deputy Headteacher to support the Headteacher on the next phase of our journey. You will be responsible for the strategic leadership and management of Curriculum and Standards.

As a member of the Leadership Team you will be involved in a wide range of whole school leadership responsibilities and the post will provide excellent preparation for career progression into a Headteacher post. We support all staff with their continual professional development, to include the NPQH for senior leaders at the right stage of their careers.

If you are an inspirational, strategic senior leader with a successful proven track record at a senior leadership level and would like to join a committed, dynamic and supportive team to further drive the school’s improvement, we would be delighted to receive your application.

Visits during the school day and conversations with the Headteacher are welcomed – please contact Lisa Caruso, HR Manager on l.caruso@mrus.co.uk to arrange.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

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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About Mark Rutherford School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1259 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Mark Rutherford School website (opens in new tab)
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