Deputy Headteacher

Department: SLT

Directly Reporting to: Executive Headteacher

Hours: 37.5 hours a week – 52 weeks per year

United Learning

The John Roan School is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum, and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

The Role

This is an exciting leadership position which would suit a highly motivated Deputy Headteacher looking to join a thriving school at a critical stage in its improvement.

The post of Deputy Head (Academic) is an exciting leadership position which would suit a highly motivated Assistant Headteacher looking to join a thriving school. We want to hear from leaders who wish to build on our improvements, share our vision for providing an outstanding environment for teaching and learning and who, like us, value drive, integrity, scholarship, and contribution.

The Deputy Head will work in partnership with the headteacher to bring about continuous improvement of the school in order to ensure high standards of academic achievement for students, high quality teaching and learning experiences for students and high standards of behaviour in lessons and around the school.

The role will be key in the strategic leadership of curriculum design and sequencing and in driving forwards the implementation of the curriculum through high quality teaching and learning. The postholder will be responsible for the continuing professional development of the staff, ensuring that the students receive excellent learning experiences day in day out, come what may.

We actively encourage and welcome visits to the school, and we would be delighted to show you around our Lower and Upper school sites so that you can fully appreciate our excellent learning environment. 

To arrange a visit please contact Tracey Arnold, PA to Executive Headteacher on 020 8516 7555.

Closing date: Monday 24th May at Midday.

Start date: September 2021.

Interviews: Wednesday 26th May. 

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and the post holder must be committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, and positively support equality of opportunity and equity of treatment to colleagues and students in accordance with the United Learning Equal Opportunities Policy and Code of Conduct.

United Learning comprises: UCST (Registered in England No: 2780748. Charity No. 1016538) and ULT (Registered in England No. 4439859. An Exempt Charity). Companies limited by guarantee. VAT number 834 8515 12. Registered address: United Learning, Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB.