We are seeking to appoint a strategic, innovative, and driven Deputy Headteacher who will play a pivotal role in shaping the next stage of our school’s journey. You will be a strategic leader who is passionate about continuous improvement and able to bring clarity, purpose, and momentum to whole school priorities.
Working closely with the Headteacher, you will lead on key areas of school improvement: modelling excellence and ensuring that initiatives are not only implemented but embedded, evaluated, and impactful. You will empower staff to refine and elevate their practice, ensuring consistency, ambition, and high expectations across all phases of the school.
We are seeking an outstanding classroom practitioner who leads with credibility, inspires others, and ensures that pupils experience exceptional teaching every day. Your practice will reflect the highest standards of pedagogy, innovation, and inclusive learning, setting the benchmark for excellence across the school. This post includes a two and a half day teaching commitment.
As a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), you will play a central role in maintaining our embedded safeguarding culture. You will ensure that all procedures are robust, statutory responsibilities are met, and staff are confident, well-trained, and vigilant in fulfilling their duties to keep children safe. You will work closely with families and external agencies to ensure that every child is protected, supported, and able to thrive.
This role requires a leader who can drive impactful change, build strong and trusting relationships, inspire staff at all levels, and ensure that outcomes for children continue to rise. Your strategic leadership, moral purpose, and commitment to excellence will help secure the very best educational experience for our pupils.
If you are a highly motivated leader who is eager to make a significant, lasting difference within a high performing and ambitious school, we warmly welcome your application.
All applications should be made by completing the E-Teach application form and include evidence of how you meet the person specification for the role. CVs are not accepted, please complete the application form in full.
Closing date: 9am Wednesday 25th February 2026
Interviews: Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th March 2026
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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