Deputy Headteacher
The Chase, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3NZThis job expired on 6 October 2025
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
19 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale Pts 22-27 £86,803 to £95,735 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Deputy Headteacher is a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, working in close partnership with the Headteacher to provide inspirational leadership and ensure the highest standards of education, safeguarding, and wellbeing across the school. The post-holder will be a highly visible presence in the school community and will model the values and ethos of the school at all times.
We are seeking an individual who is:
- Strategic and visionary, able to see the bigger picture while driving improvement at all levels. Inspirational and resilient, motivating staff and students through high expectations, positivity, and determination.
- Collaborative and approachable, building strong professional relationships with colleagues, pupils, parents, governors, and external partners. Decisive and accountable, able to manage complex issues with fairness, integrity, and professionalism.
- Adaptable and innovative, open to change and confident in leading new initiatives and opportunities.
- Committed and child-centred, with an unwavering focus on safeguarding and securing the best outcomes for every pupil.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- The support needed to continue your own professional development
- The opportunity to work with a close-knit, enthusiastic and hard-working team of staff who are committed to providing the very best for each individual in their care
- The opportunity to inspire our caring and highly-motivated children through engaging learning.
We welcome applications from experienced leaders and those looking to take the next step in their career. We can offer a committed team, a supportive and positive community and inspiring children
We value the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all. If you are interested in this position and would like to have a more detailed conversation before making the decision to apply for the post, please give us a call or email us and we will be happy to help you.
Closing date: Monday 6th October 2025 at 9.00 am
Interview date: Thursday 16th October 2025
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Chase is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and therefore the successful application for any position will be required to undertake a criminal records check DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) with ID and reference checks. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Chase
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1449 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- The Chase website
- Email address
- recruitment@chase.worcs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01684 891961
The Chase strives to be a school of excellence in every way, and this is naturally made clear in our mission statement:
This school seeks to encourage and reward excellence of every kind, to enable all students to achieve their full potential to become successfully independent, and to stress the importance of caring interdependence.
In pursuit of our mission statement, we strive to instil the following characteristics of effective life-long learning in all students:
• Aspiration
• Respect
• Resilience
• Adaptability
The Chase strives to be more than a school; it is a family, it is a community. Like all good families, The Chase wants our children to be happy and successful in their lives. We want our children to be happy and successful today. We want our children to be excited about the prospect of coming to school, each and every day. To that end, we provide pastoral care second to none; a quality of teaching that inspires young minds and a vast extra-curricular programme that will identify and develop the individual talents of each child. This is a caring, family school, which is insistent on good behaviour, caring interdependence, and strong partnerships between home and school, so all students feel happy, safe and secure as they pursue their studies.
Arranging a visit to The Chase
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@chase.worcs.sch.uk.
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