Deputy Headteacher
Westways Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 1NEThis job expired on 10 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
10 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L14 - L18 (£65,010 - £71,729)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Westways Primary School seeks to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and ambitious Deputy Headteacher to join our team from September 2024.
This full time opportunity is perfect for an experienced and successful Assistant Headteacher, or Deputy Headteacher of a smaller school who is looking to expand their teaching career within a newly established leadership team.
The successful candidate will:
support the Headteacher in ensuring that the provision for all pupils is excellent;
believe in and passionately support the vision and ethos of our school.
be an outstanding teacher with a track record of successful leadership and have excellent interpersonal skills;
have an excellent understanding and substantial experience of teaching and learning in the primary years and be able to support colleagues to develop further;
lead on a range of whole-school initiatives;
be able to demonstrate an academic interest in how children learn;
demonstrate a commitment towards a relational approach for behaviour management.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
excellent career support and high quality professional development:
the opportunity to work as part of a larger senior leadership team;
working as part of a large school community;
the opportunity to work with a supportive and knowledgeable Governing Body and become part of a highly engaged broader school community;
the great privilege of working with our wonderful children. Who are enthusiastic, diverse and filled with the drive to achieve their potential and have fun whilst they are doing it!
Further details about the role
The school has undergone a period of significant change over the last two years. The current Executive Headteacher is leaving at the end of this year. The Head of School formally took over in January and will fly solo as headteacher from September! They are looking for a Deputy to help them guide this inspiring school on the next stage of its development.
If you want to know more about our school we strongly recommend that you visit us. The Executive Headteacher would relish the opportunity to show you around the school and help you better understand our vision. To arrange a visit please telephone Vicky Phillips, School Business, Manager on 0114 266 2471 to arrange a mutually convenient time. We will be closed during the Easter break and will reopen on Monday 15th April.
13th May 2024 - Shortlisting
21st and 22nd May 2024 - Interviews
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 Westways Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 622 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westways Primary School website
- Email address
- vphillips@westways.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0114 2662471
Westways Primary School is a large, welcoming school situated in the west of Sheffield, close to the city’s universities and hospitals. Located in the vibrant community of Crookes, we benefit from a socially, culturally and ethnically diverse school community.
We believe that we offer the children at Westways a wonderful education that reflects the needs of the community we serve but also aims to develop the children as members of a global society.
Our team works hard to provide the very best for our pupils and in return they receive the support and training to enable them to be the best they can be. If you were to join our team, you can be assured that you will be part of a happy, caring community of staff who put children at the heart of the learning process.
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