Deputy Headteacher
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Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
14 May 2021 at 9am
Date listed
4 May 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £45,319 - £50,026 (L5-L9)
Additional allowances
please see candidate pack
Deputy Headteacher job summary
As a member of the School’s Senior Leadership Team, the Deputy Headteacher will work with the Headteacher and Governing Body to maintain an environment that promotes and secures excellent teaching, effective learning, high standards of achievement and excellent behaviour. In achieving this, the Deputy Headteacher will be an excellent role model, responsible for working with and supporting the Headteacher in all aspects of school leadership and management.
Specifically, under the direction of the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will take a major role in, and accept responsibility for, aspects of the following:
• Formulating the aims and objectives of the school, including supporting the Headteacher in determining, organising and implementing the curriculum and assessment procedures across the school
• Establishing and implementing policies for achieving these aims and objectives
• Managing staff and resources to that end, ensuring management decisions are implemented
• Monitoring progress towards the achievement of the School’s aims and objectives
• If the Headteacher is absent, the Deputy Headteacher will deputise, as directed by the Governing Body.
• The Deputy Headteacher will also be expected to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a Headteacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).
Further information can be found in the candidate pack.
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 Watchfield Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 371 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Watchfield Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@faringdonlearningtrust.org
- Phone number
- 01793782623
Primary School in an expanding village, close to Defence Academy so the school has a very international feel to it.
Arranging a visit to Watchfield Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@faringdonlearningtrust.org.
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