Maternity cover for Deputy Headteacher

St Pauls CofE VA Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1HJ

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Mid February

• Closing date

  12 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £55,747.00 - £61,534.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership scale 4-8

Maternity cover for Deputy Headteacher job summary

Deputy Headteacher (Maternity Cover)
St. Paul’s CE (VA) Primary School
Fixed-term: Mid-February - End of Summer Term 2026

We are seeking an inspirational Deputy Headteacher (maternity cover) to join our Senior Leadership Team from mid-February until the end of the summer term, this post includes some time teaching in class. Applications are also welcomed from aspiring Assistant Headteachers; St Paul’s is committed to growing talent.

Website: https://www.stpauls.cambs.sch.uk/

Ofsted rated us GOOD (June 2021): “St Paul’s is a small school with a big heart.”

Our city-centre location provides access to an extensive range of opportunities within walking distance.

We are looking for someone who:

• is committed to working in partnership with staff, governors, parents and the wider community
• is ready to grow into a leadership role with the support of the Headteacher
• is an excellent classroom practitioner
• has high expectations of children’s achievement and behaviour
• will be a whole-school leader for teaching and learning
• can motivate, inspire, lead and support colleagues with whole-school initiatives and can demonstrate a track record of raising achievement
• brings vision, enthusiasm and determination
• has the ability to develop colleagues through performance management and professional development opportunities

We are within walking distance of the train station and bus links.

More details about our school can be found on our website. St Paul’s is a Church of England school in the Diocese of Ely and part of the Church Schools of Cambridge Trust.

We warmly welcome informal enquiries. If you wish to visit the school, please contact our Headteacher, Mrs Helen Darrell, at head@stpauls.cambs.sch.uk or 01223 568840.

Closing date: 9am on Friday 12 December 2025
Start date: Mid-February 2026

St Paul’s is committed to diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital/civil partnership status.

St Paul’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and social media checks.

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.

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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 St Pauls CofE VA Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 152 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Pauls CofE VA Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-pauls-cofe-va-primary-school

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