Job Introduction
Number on Roll: 291
Closing Date: Saturday 6th September 2025 (5pm)
Interview Date: w/c 15th September 2025
Job Start Date: 1st January 2026
Contract / Hours: Permanent , Full-time
Salary Type: Leadership Scale
Salary Details: L5 – L7 (£54,939 - £57,831)
Location of Role: Based at North Kidlington Primary School
Contact email address: office.2357@north-kidlington.oxon.sch.uk
Are you looking for an opportunity to see if school leadership is for you?
Our well-established and successful school is looking to recruit a Deputy Headteacher. We are an ambitious school with a focus on research-based practice and wellbeing and are proud to provide an engaging curriculum for all our children. Our school value of kindness is at the heart of everything we do, supporting children, staff and families to achieve and thrive.
In this role, you will work closely with the Headteacher, leading change and managing existing systems, developing increasingly effective teaching and learning strategies and providing opportunities that support all our children.
This is a role where you will need to ‘hit the ground running’ and so we are looking for someone who has some experience of leadership; who is able to quickly prioritise and manage projects and who has excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
The Acting Deputy Headteacher, under the direction of the Headteacher, will take a major role in:
- Supporting cluster groups with curriculum development and maintenance.
- Supporting with the implementation of a new writing scheme of work across all departments.
- Monitoring internal data to ensure children meet their potential in statutory assessments.
If the Headteacher is absent, the acting deputy head teacher will deputise, as directed by the governing board.
The Acting Deputy Headteacher will also be expected to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a Headteacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).
Duties and responsibilities
Qualities and knowledge
Under the direction of the Headteacher:
- Support with the day-to-day management of the school.
- Communicate the school’s vision compellingly and support strategic leadership.
- Lead by example, holding and articulating clear values and moral purpose, and focusing on providing excellent education for all pupils.
- Build positive and respectful relationships with all members of the school community.
- Keep up-to-date with developments in education, and have a good knowledge of education systems locally, nationally and globally.
- Work with political and financial astuteness, translating policy into the school’s context.
- Seek training and continuing professional development as required.
Pupils and staff
Under the direction of the Headteacher:
- Demand ambitious standards for all pupils, instilling a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on pupil outcomes.
- Ensure excellent teaching in the school, including through training and development for staff.
- Establish a culture of ‘open classrooms’ as a basis for sharing best practice.
- Create an ethos within which all staff are motivated and supported to develop their skills and knowledge.
- Identify emerging talents, coaching current and aspiring leaders.
- Hold all staff to account for their professional conduct and practice.
Systems and processes
Under the direction of the Headteacher:
- Ensure that the school’s systems, organisation and processes are well considered, efficient and fit for purpose and take into account staff workload.
- Provide a safe, calm and well-ordered environment for all pupils and staff, focused on safeguarding pupils and developing exemplary behaviour.
- Work with the governing board as appropriate.
- Support strategic, curriculum-led financial planning to ensure effective use of budgets and resources.
- Support distribution of leadership throughout the school.
- Conduct regular attendance audits and manage low attendance under direction from the Headteacher.
- Monitor behaviour through the school system and through discussion with the Headteacher and SENCo
The self-improving school system
Under the direction of the Headteacher:
- Maintain and seek out relationships with other educational organisations to foster good practice, support staff and improve outcomes for all pupils.
- Develop effective relationships with fellow professionals.
- Inspire and influence families and the community to believe in the fundamental importance of education in young people’s lives and to promote the value of education.
The Deputy Headteacher will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.
Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the Deputy Headteacher will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the Headteacher.
A visit to the school would be most welcome, please contact the school office on 01865 372607 or email office.2357@north-kidlington.oxon.sch.uk
Application Procedure
APPLICATIONS TO BE SENT BY EMAIL TO office.2357@north-kidlington.oxon.sch.uk using the Oxfordshire County Council application form which is available on the North Kidlington School Website.
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
