Deputy Headteacher – Harrow – September

Deputy Headteacher – Harrow – September

Job Title – Deputy Headteacher

Contract – Full time / Permanent

Grade – Leadership Group L14 - 20

Responsible to – Headteacher

Our School seeks to appoint a talented, energetic and well-qualified Deputy Headteacher to join an established and effective team, starting 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 progress their teaching career in a dynamic, cohesive school with a great reputation.

We are seeking a leader with vision, enthusiasm, drive and commitment to join a highly effective team, working collaboratively to give our pupils every opportunity.

The successful candidate will:

• be a full member of the Senior Leadership Team, actively supporting the Headteacher in ensuring that the provision for all pupils is excellent;
• believe in and passionately support the vision, ethos and policies of the school, helping to embed them at the core of teaching, learning and behaviour of the highest quality;
• have an excellent understanding and substantial experience of teaching and learning in the primary years;
• help to develop a school culture that is utterly committed to high expectations and “learning without limits”;
• lead on a range of whole-school initiatives;
• be an outstanding teacher with a track record of successful leadership and have excellent interpersonal skills;
• be keenly interested in how children learn, embracing equality of opportunity and a collaborative approach to teaching and learning;
• lead by example, sharing a deep understanding and knowledge of outstanding teaching and learning in order to develop the practice of others.

You can offer us:

• a commitment to improving standards, ensuring that every child is challenged to achieve their maximum potential;
• successful experience of raising achievement of all pupils through high expectations and challenge;
• a commitment to develop all our staff through coaching, mentoring and ongoing support;
• a proven ability to work effectively in partnership with parents, governors and other stakeholders.

We can offer you:

• excellent career support through exceptional professional development (including additional opportunities offered through being the learning hub for Leadership & Management as part of the Harrow Educational Partnership Board);
• the opportunity to be part of a larger senior leadership team;
• membership of a large, friendly, hardworking team of staff; Believe Achieve Succeed – Learning without limits Updated March 2024
• the opportunity to work with a strong, knowledgeable Governing Body, supportive, ambitious parents and carers, and most importantly;
• the privilege of working with highly motivated, enthusiastic and well behaved children.

We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. You will have a safeguarding responsibility if appointed.

The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment will be subject to references.

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

To apply for this opportunity your detailed CV to Clarus Education now to be considered. We will be contacting those shortlisted within 48 hours of an application.

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Deputy Headteacher – Harrow – September