Deputy Headteacher

Job description:

deputy headteacher

Medina Primary School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Closing Date : 6th October 2026

Interview Date 13th October 2026

Salary:
Pay range leadership scale 5 - 12

Contract type:
Full time permanent

Reporting to:
Headteacher

Responsible for:
Deputy Headship with inclusion

The deputy headteacher, under the direction of the headteacher, will take a major role in:

• Formulating the aims and objectives of the school

• Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives

• Managing staff and resources to that end

• 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 board.

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).

The deputy headteacher will:

• Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct

• Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community

• Serve in the best interests of the school’s pupils

Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Overview of inclusion

• Relational practice

• Curriculum

• Safeguarding as Deputy DSL

• Assessment

Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:

• Work alongside the senior leadership team (SLT) and other staff members to create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life

• Uphold educational standards in order to prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life

• Ensure a culture of staff professionalism

• Encourage high standards of behaviour from pupils, built on relational practice, rules and routines that are understood by staff and pupils, and clearly demonstrated by all adults in school

• Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, in line with the school’s behaviour policy

Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:

• Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across all subjects and phases, based on evidence

• Ensure teaching is underpinned by subject expertise

• Effectively use formative assessment to inform strategy and decisions

• Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum

• Establish curriculum leadership, including subject leaders with relevant expertise and access to professional networks and communities

• Use valid, reliable and proportionate approaches to assessing pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum

• Ensure the use of evidence-informed approaches to reading so that all pupils are taught to read

Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:

• Promote a culture and practices that enables all pupils to access the curriculum

• Have ambitious expectations for all pupils with SEN and disabilities

• Make sure the school works effectively with parents, carers and professionals to identify additional needs and provide support and adaptation where appropriate

Under the direction of the headteacher, the deputy headteacher will:

• Establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction together with the governing board and through consultation with the school community

• Establish and oversee systems, processes and…