Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full Time
Number of positions: 1
Qualifications Required: Good Honours Degree, QTS
Start Date: 1st September 2026
Salary: L8 - L12 - £61,534 to £67,898
Our children are highly motivated, engaging learners who are capable of outstanding achievement.
We are looking for the right candidate who can help them realise this potential and contribute to our ambitious vision for the future.
This is an opportune time to join the Headteacher and the wider leadership team at Northenden Community School as we take our school to the next stage of its journey.
We strongly encourage prospective candidates to visit us and meet our children and staff.
As Deputy Headteacher, you will play a central role in shaping the future of our school.
You will lead key school priorities, oversee the curriculum and promote our pastoral and inclusive ethos. T
he role includes class teaching responsibilities and we are looking for a candidate who will model excellent practice and inspire both pupils and staff.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding candidate who has:
- Considerable skill as an exceptional teacher-leader, with high aspirations for all learners within their class and the wider school.
- High expectations for pupils’ attainment, behaviour and attendance with excellent communication skills to ensure these expectations translate into pupils achieving their full potential.
- Proven leadership experience with a track record of successfully delivering whole-school initiatives and a vision that inspires and motivates others.
- Expertise in teaching and learning, with a current understanding of the National Curriculum, Phonics, the EYFS framework and national assessment requirements.
- Strong strategic thinking, with experience in school self-evaluation and development planning, including devising, implementing and monitoring effective policies.
- Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with families, external agencies, the wider community and all stakeholders.
- The ability to turn challenging situations into positive opportunities and successful outcomes.
In return, Northenden Community School offers:
- A school with community at its heart
- Inspired, enthusiastic learners who are well-behaved and eager to embrace creative and exciting opportunities to discover their potential.
- Highly engaged parents and carers.
- A caring workplace with the chance to shape the future of our unique school and make a lasting impact.
- A commitment to professional growth and development, with high expectations across all areas.
- Opportunities for innovation, with close collaboration across partner schools and educational foundations to share best practice and research.
Northenden Community School is a warm and welcoming one form entry primaryschool, serving pupils from Nursery to Year 6. We are proud of the strongrelationships we build with our families and the wider community.
The care, guidanceand support we offer every child and their family are the strengths of our school. Ourpupils are considerate and co-operative and our families play an integral role in ourschool community.
If you would like to arrange a visit before submitting your application, please contactthe School Office.
Further information about our school, including the job description and personspecification, can be found on our website.
All applications must be completedelectronically and submitted by email before the stated closing date.
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We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed
here.
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
