Deputy Headteacher

We are delighted that you are considering applying for the Deputy Headship at St Bernard’s, within the St Francis Catholic MAT. This is a truly exciting time to be joining St Francis as a new Catholic Trust of 13 schools, growing to 23 schools in line with the Bishop of Hallam’s vision for education.

We are at the start of our journey to create a community of schools who come together to share and develop practice to create an outstanding provision of education for our young people. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with committed and highly skilled leaders whilst also having the opportunity to enter into Trust Leadership in the future. As a Trust which is committed to talent spotting, nurturing and progression, this role would suit a candidate new to Deputy Headship as well as those with experience to share.

St Bernard’s is a high performing school with exceptional children and inspirational and loyal staff. As a small but significantly oversubscribed school we cater for children across South Yorkshire. St Bernard’s has an excellent reputation amongst the local and wider communities of the Diocese. Not only do we strive for academic excellence, we also place equal emphasis on the development of our students as well-rounded individuals, recognised in our latest Section 48 Inspection, graded as Outstanding.

We are seeking a candidate who can balance the traditionality of the school along with a bold and innovative vision for the future. We aspire to be at the cutting edge of research and development in order to provide an inspiring curriculum for our students. The successful candidate will therefore be passionate about teaching, learning and curriculum design in order to continue to develop our school and prepare our children for the most outstanding futures.

We welcome interested applicants to come and visit the school, to meet the Headteacher, the staff and the students and to understand the aspirations that the school has for the future. In order to arrange a visit to the school, please contact the Trust Executive PA, Michelle Wild on mwild@hallam-diocese.com.

To apply please visit Vacancies – St Francis CMAT (stfcmat.com) to obtain the Deputy Headteacher Recruitment Pack, please complete all relevant documentation and send to Michelle Wild, Executive PA to the Trust on mwild@hallam-diocese.com

Closing date: 9am, Friday 10th May 2024.