Deputy Headteacher

Be the best that you can be. Come and join a tremendous staff team in an outstanding school.

You will be a highly capable senior school leader looking for the next challenge. This is the opportunity to lead and mould the future of Hounsdown School at a crucial time in education nationally and in the lifecycle of the school.

You will be a skilled teacher and a member of your school’s Senior Leadership Team with significant whole-school pastoral leadership experience. The portfolio of responsibility within the Job Description is flexible and will change over your time at Hounsdown. However, expect there to be pastoral, curriculum and school operation leadership responsibilities.

Your skills as a person and your empathic understanding of the needs of all young people, as well as your ability to support, lead and motivate staff, are all more important than what you know now. You will be ambitious to do the best for students in our care and have a work ethic to match. Come and be a key part of the team that is shaping the future at Hounsdown.

Hounsdown, a Hampshire school, is a popular, over-subscribed, Outstanding (Ofsted 2017) 11–16 Science College, which converted to an Academy in August 2011. Our school has a welcoming ethos, with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

Staff Benefits

• Private health cash plan
• Free counselling support
• Fantastic CPD opportunities for all
• Cycle loan scheme
• Staff swimming
• Respectful email policy
• Staff fitness sessions
• Excellent pension scheme
• Free onsite parking

If you would like to arrange a visit to the school prior to your application, please email HRadmin@hounsdown.hants.sch.uk with your availability to arrange this.

For further information about the school and the role, please visit www.hounsdown.hants.sch.uk  

To apply, please complete our application form, which should be returned to HRadmin@hounsdown.hants.sch.uk 

Please note, we do not accept CVs.

Closing date: Noon on Tuesday 31 January 2023  

Interview dates: Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 February 2023

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant pre-employment checks.