Deputy Headteacher

The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PW

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  27 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  13 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Competitive salary on Leadership Scale: Negotiable dependent on experience
• Additional allowances:

  Competitive salary on Leadership Scale: Negotiable dependent on experience

Deputy Headteacher job summary

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and talented Deputy Headteacher to join our senior leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring leader ready to take the next step in their career within a successful and forward-thinking secondary academy.

As a stand-alone academy, we value independence, innovation, and the ability to shape provision to best meet the needs of our students and community. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in driving school improvement and contributing to the strategic direction of the school.

We are open to candidates from a range of professional backgrounds and welcome applications from individuals with a proven track record of diverse leadership experiences.

We are particularly interested in candidates who:

• Demonstrate strong and effective leadership skills
• Have a clear vision for excellence in education
• Can inspire, challenge, and support both staff and students
• Bring strengths in any area of school leadership (e.g. curriculum, teaching & learning, inclusion, behaviour, safeguarding, or pastoral leadership)
• Are reflective, resilient, and committed to continuous improvement

We are deliberately flexible regarding the specific portfolio, allowing the successful candidate’s strengths and expertise to help shape the role.

Our academy is a thriving and inclusive 11-18 school serving approximately 1,200 students. We are proud of our strong community ethos, high expectations, and commitment to ensuring every student achieves their full potential.

We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:

• The chance to shape a senior leadership role aligned to your strengths, and career development with a bespoke CPD programme
• A committed and skilled staff body, with engaged and motivated students
• Excellent teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
• Generous employer pension contribution at 28.6% basic salary from April 2025
• Competitive leadership salary, exceeding national averages
• Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
• Early Friday finish

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CV’s.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About The Bishop of Winchester Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1178 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Bishop of Winchester Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bishop-of-winchester-academy

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).

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