Deputy Headteacher
Swavesey Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RN9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
30 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Leadership Payscale 7-11
Deputy Headteacher job summary
We are looking to appoint a passionate, motivated and enthusiastic Deputy Headteacher. This is a full time post be we are willing to consider applications for applicants looking for part time opportunities.
We are looking for someone who:
Wishes to be part of our vision as a forward thinking school
Has the ability to inspire, maintain and further enhance our happy school
Is an outstanding practitioner who is passionate about teaching and the holistic development of the children
Has a positive outlook and personal resilience
Has a proven commitment in supporting each individual to reach their full potential
Is a team player with excellent interpersonal skills
Is a reflective practitioner
In return, we can offer you:
A warm, welcoming and inclusive school with a strong ethos
Hardworking, well behaved and inquisitive children who are eager to learn
A supportive and dedicated team of inspirational staff who have a dynamic approach to learning
Supportive parents and governors who are committed to the success of the school
A well resourced environment where every child does matter
The opportunity to work in a vibrant, professional learning community that seeks excellence
Excellent opportunities for career development and progression
Click HERE for further information about our school, our values and aims, the job description and person specification and a letter from the Head Teacher and Chair of Governors.
We welcome visits to the school to experience life at Swavesey Primary School in person. Please contact us to arrange at hr@swavesey.cambs.sch.uk
Swavesey Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, two satisfactory references and a Disclosure of Criminal Record and Disqualification Declaration.
Commitment to safeguarding
Swavesey Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, two satisfactory references and a Disclosure of Criminal Record and Disqualification Declaration.
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 Swavesey Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 312 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Swavesey Primary School website
Swavesey Primary School serves a rural catchment area, including the villages of Swavesey and Lolworth. We currently have 300 children working in 11 mixed age classes.
Our school provides a broad, challenging and practical curriculum within a warm, stimulating and imaginative environment to enable our children to enjoy their learning, as well as, develop the skills, attitudes and knowledge to become lifelong learners and achieve their full potential.
We work closely in partnership with our parents throughout the stages of our children’s school life and hope that parents enjoy feeling that they are an integral part of our school community.
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