Average Deputy Headteacher salary in the UK

Deputy Head Teacher Hartlebury Up to £59,522.00 Core Purpose of the Deputy Headteacher To provide professional leadership and management of the School that will promote a secure foundation from which to achieve high standards in all areas of the School’s work.   To achieve success, the Deputy Headteacher will work with the Headteacher and Regional Lead and other key stakeholders to: • deliver the school’s vision, provide leadership and direction; • demonstrate outstanding leadership; • promote excellence, equality and high expectations of all students; • effectively and efficiently manage resources to achieve the school’s aims; • drive school performance and deliver continuous improvement; • carry out day-to-day management, organisation and administration; • create a safe, compelling and progressive learning environment that leads to students who are ready, confident and enthusiastic about their education and school. Duties and Responsibilities • Play an active part of the Senior Leadership Team and lead the school alongside the other members of this team, with enthusiasm, ambition and confidence. • Represent the SLT to all stakeholders. • Demonstrate personal enthusiasm for, and commitment to, embracing the love of learning and education. • Champion children, particularly those who are disadvantaged to ensure they are equipped, in the correct uniform and ready to learn. • Ensure that the behaviour culture across the school reflects the school’s high standards and ambition for our students, promoting high standards of behaviour and positive attitudes towards learning. • Lead the school’s reward and recognition systems and processes. • Promote exceptional attitudes and behaviours regarding safeguarding, welfare and safety. • Embody, promote and embed the values of the Rights Respecting School’s philosophy. • Develop, implement and evaluate policies, procedures and practices that drive improvement and raise standards. • Provide the professional challenge to staff to support continued reflection and striving to improve practice. • Work collaboratively with staff within the SLT, across the school, and the wider Cambian group • Access, analyse and interpret information, and use it effectively. • Initiate and support evidence-based research and debate about effective behaviour management practice. • Acknowledge excellence and challenge development areas for the school. • Build a strong, cohesive staff team that are able to consistently implement the school’s behaviour policies. • Promote the school’s ethos where continual professional development is an integral part of our practice. • Challenge, influence and motivate others to attain high goals. • Attend meetings of the Leadership Team when required. • Attend meetings and report to the governors as required. • Contribute effectively to the school development plan and self-evaluation. • Play a leading role in the successful implementation of change strategies. • Chair meetings of staff and to lead working parties as the need arises. • Participate fully in staff development and staff performance management, and lead where necessary • Play a central part in the school’s quality assurance and monitoring processes. • Provide statistical information about the school to the Headteacher for internal purposes or, when required, by external agencies. • Liaise with external agencies as required. • Participate in and lead assemblies as and when required. • Help promote, support and sustain excellent relationships with the local community. • Line manage designated staff as required. • Fulfil a teaching and mentoring requirement as required.

At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy! Are you an innovative Deputy Headteacher/Head of Educationcommitted to improving the lives of pupils and young people? We are looking for a Deputy Headteacher/Head of Education to join our new Acorn School - Penge School in South East London. The school will have capacity for 34 pupils ages 5-16 years old and is due to open November 2024. We're recruiting for a Head of Education/Deputy Headteacher to help set up and grow our new school from September 2024. The school will be a co-educational provision for pupils with complex needs including SEMH.  Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care. Up to £55,000 per annum, depending on experience (not pro rata)Monday to FridayTerm Time onlyPermanent About the role To provide a high-quality education service for our students in accordance with Company policies, procedures and practices and the standards set by the Regulatory Body. To work with the Head Teacher, leadership team and other stakeholders to secure high standards throughout the school. Key Task Areas and Responsibilities To comply with good safeguarding procedures and principles as detailed by the local safeguarding boardTo participate in the process of assessment of referralsTo act as overall curriculum coordinator and manager across the schoolTo act as the lead teacher for the positive support of behaviour that may challengeTo work as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team which encompasses education, residential care and the clinical teamTo monitor progress and targets to ensure that each individual student can achieve planned outcomes Essential criteria Relevant experience of teaching pupils and young people with Autistic spectrum condition and/or challenging behavioursRelevant experience of teaching pupils and young people with complex needsExperience of managing staffManaging budgets effectively and ensuring cost efficiencyDegree and QTS Why join Acorn Education? Benefits Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including: Life AssurancePension scheme with options to increase your contributions“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including: A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroadCycle to Work SchemesElectric Car Purchase SchemeCritical illness cover And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS. #1

Empowering Learning are supporting an independent provider of specialist education, who support children and young people aged between 7 to 19 years with neurodiverse learning needs. They are seeking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher, who will also have SENCo responsibilities on a permanent basis from September 2024, within their community-based provision in East London, that provides therapeutic education for complex and vulnerable neurodiverse pupils. The specialist provision offers an alternative to residential placements for young people heading towards negative pathways and focuses on catering for pupils who are unable to attend most school settings, aswell as those likely to have experienced multiple exclusions and been out of education for period of time. This programme is about inclusive education and no child attending a school setting and the programme runs for 39 weeks per academic year, with Therapeutic Education Practitioners working with the young people in the community and online, supported by therapists, teaching staff, social workers and other professionals. Attendance and safeguarding are monitored daily. As the new Deputy Headteacher joining, you will also undertake line-managing the Assistant SENCo responsibilities, aswell as other key members of the non-leadership team. You will also have extensive leadership experience from either with an SEN school or therapeutic education setting. You will be highly child-centric education professional who is able to oversee a number of aspects within the community-based service, alongside the Headteacher. You will also coordinate and chair all annual reviews, ensuring they are undertaken in an appropriate timely manner and is a pupil-centric review, inclusive of the pupil's own voice, as part of the wider remit of delivering strategic development of the online school's Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision. You will lead your staff team to adapt teaching and learning opportunities, to allow all pupils to thrive, gain qualifications. KEY EXPERIENCE/ KEY REQUIREMENTS An SEN advocate for young people.Role modelling outstanding teaching and professionalism.Extensive experience within specialist therapeutic education provisions or specialist schools.Proven experience of positive performance management and developing teams, inclusive of coaching and influencing staff to deliver innovative ways of working and teaching.Able to provide bespoke interventions, and educational administration linked to Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs)Experience of driving inclusive education initiatives to support best practice with vulnerable and complex groups.Proven skills in coaching & mentoring.Proactive and innovative, collaborating with team members in other disciplines, whilst also with the ability to work flexibly and independently.NASENCo qualification holder or working towards.QTS / QTLS / NPQH qualified Salary: £60,500 - £68,000 (Dependent on experience) To discuss this role in more detail, please contact Kenny Fraser at Empowering Learning on or email