19 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    24 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    28 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Deputy headteacher

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Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L9 - L13

What skills and experience we're looking for

Due to the retirement of our current Deputy Headteacher, we are seeking an experienced and inspirational leader to continue supporting our journey of excellence including leading on curriculum, pedagogy and assessment.

Could this be you?

We are a school family at Westbury-on-Trym, where each individual is proud to play their part. Our vibrant two form entry school, set in large grounds, is a place where everyone is valued, nurtured and respected so that they can flourish and live life to the full. It is a great place to grow and learn. Our journey continues.

Are you:

  • Passionate about teaching and learning, and enabling all children to achieve success?
  • Fully committed to supporting the ethos and values of our Christian school?
  • A senior leader with vision, drive and proven experience?
  • Committed to fostering strong relationships with our children, staff, parents/carers and wider community within an inclusive environment?
  • Enthusiastic about the continued improvement of our school?

If so, we would like to hear from you and encourage you to visit, meet our team and see our school family in action. Please arrange directly with the school office if you would like to attend one of these.

For further details please see the full recruitment pack on our website:

https://www.westburyontrym.academy/docs/Vacancies/Recruitment_Pack_Westbury_on_Trym_CE_Academy_Deputy_Headteacher.pdf


What the school offers its staff

We offer:

  • A happy, friendly, welcoming family with a strong, positive and caring Christian ethos and an active commitment to inclusion for all.
  • Amazing children who are enthusiastic and have a thirst for learning.
  • A highly professional and dedicated team, who are committed to our continual drive to improve.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, Disclosure and Barring Service and an occupational health check. Short-listed applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record/ information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. We'll carry out online searches on short-listed applicants. References will be requested for short-listed candidates prior to interview. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to clarkz@westburyontrym.academy

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About Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
412 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 11
Phone number
0117 3772605

We are a school family at Westbury, where each member is proud to play their part. Our vibrant school, set in large grounds, is a place where every individual is valued, nurtured and respected so that they can flourish and live life to the full; it is a great place to grow and learn. Following our positive Ofsted inspection in February 2020, when we were judged to be ‘good’, our journey to improve further continues. We have also been judged ‘Outstanding’ by SIAMS.

Arranging a visit to Westbury-On-Trym Church of England Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@westburyontrym.academy.

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