Deputy Head Teacher

If you answered yes to the above, we want to hear from you!

Work with us in our relentless pursuit for excellence, sharing in our mission to make every day count for the children within our schools. We are looking for an enthusiastic leader, determined to ensure that every child has the opportunity to reach their potential. As Deputy Head Teacher, you will have the opportunity to be part of an ambitious leadership team, whilst growing and developing as a leader with the ultimate ambition to secure a Headship within our Trust within a timeline appropriate to your development. 

As practitioners, we have a joint responsibility, alongside parents, to ensure that our children strive for excellence 

As a large Multi Academy Trust we are recognised as one of the highest performing primary Trusts regionally and nationally and have had significant success in deliver rapid and sustained improvement. A significant part of this success is due to our commitment to a professional continuum, growing and developing the potential of staff across the schools. As Deputy Head Teacher, you will form a key part of this strategy to develop talent, with the intention to invest in the candidate to enable their career ambitions to ultimately be fulfilled. 

Look forward with confidence!

We can offer you:

•    Children that will make you smile.
•    A team that cares.
•    A team that is driven to work together to improve outcomes for all children.
•    Quality professional learning opportunities.
•    A senior Leadership team that listens.
•    Significant support from your Head teacher.
•    A Trust committed to your professional development, enabling you to become a highly effective Deputy Head Teacher.
•    A partnership with relationships at its heart, ensuring a friendly atmosphere encompassing a supportive ethos.
•    High quality support via our Education team including an allocated Director of Quality Assurance and the opportunity to work alongside our team of Lead Practitioner. 
•    A Trust with an established track record of high-quality education and experience of leading rapid school improvement.
•    Significant professional development opportunities provided through Flying High Futures, enabling access to national programmes including NPQSL and NPQH through our Teaching School Hub, bespoke Trust CPL and support via our English Hub, Behaviour Hub and our involvement in a Maths Hub.  

We are looking for someone who:

•    Cares about the community they serve.
•    Has a passion for teaching and learning.
•    Is unshakable in their commitment to put children first.
•    Is experienced in whole school leadership, with a track record and understanding of successful and sustainable school improvement.
•    Is able to inspire and motivate others.
•    Has high expectations and believes that every child can achieve.
•    Is a leader with a strong understanding of teaching & learning and curriculum. 
•    Is tenacious in their approach, with an unrelenting drive to deliver great outcomes for all children. 
•    Is committed to professional learning with a determination to grow, reflect, develop and learn. 
•    Is flexible and willing to respond to new challenges. 
•    Is willing to roll up their sleeves up and ‘get stuck in’.
•    Is able to share and learn from best practice whilst knowing how to utilise the partnership opportunities we have within the Multi Academy Trust and Teaching School. 

If this is you, please get in touch! Visits are warmly welcomed.
We wish you all the very best for your application.

To find out more about this exciting opportunity, please telephone the school office on 01623 415790 or email office@ladybrookfha.org 

For further information about the Flying High Partnership please visit Flying High Trust | Flying High Partnership.

Application forms to be found on our school website Vacancies | The Flying High Academy, applications to be returned to Clare.Wall@ladybrookfha.org.

Closing Date: Friday, 28th April 23 at 9am.

Interview Date: Tuesday, 2nd May 2023.

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities Statement: 

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.