Deputy Headteacher

🏫 St. John's Church of England Primary School
📍 Croydon💷 £65,642 – £75,443⏱ Full Time
📅 Posted Today📅 Closes 28 Sept 2026🔗 Via Tes Jobs
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Deputy Head Teacher Tenable from 1st January 2027 Full-time/permanent Pay range: Salary range will be within the Outer London Group 3 Leadership range of 8-14, based on experience. Please read the Job Information Pack attached in full before applying. We are a diverse and highly successful Church of England school with a positive ethos, strong family values and a commitment to inclusive practice in which children make very good progress. We are proud to have achieved Strong Standard:High quality and consistently strong practice across the board in our Ofsted Inspection in May 2026. We value our staff, with professional development at the centre of our work and this is a marvellous opportunity for an inspiring leader to join an outstanding school as Deputy to our newly appointed Headteacher. Our new Deputy Headteacher will facilitate the school to grow and evolve in a way that truly reflects our amazing community, having a range of skills to complement our ambitious and highly effective Senior Leadership Team, teachers and support staff. They will be passionate about nurturing and developing our school ethos and support the distinctiveness of our Christian church school. We are looking for a DHT who is an outstanding teacher role-modelling highly effective classroom practice; someone with leadership experience, ready for their next challenge. The successful candidate will be a dynamic and highly effective person who oversees the day-to-day management across the school, provides strategic foresight, leads teaching & learning with a focus on high standards. Our recruitment process is about finding the right personality with the right experience, someone who will be as excited as we are about continuingly developing our school. We are looking for a DHT who: has the skills to work in synergy with our new Headteacher and manage our school effectively in her absence; working collaboratively with our senior leadership team and governing body. will lead a robust safeguarding

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