Job Title: Deputy Headteacher

School type: Secondary

Contract type: Full time, Permanent

Salary: £71,330.00 - £78,702.00 Per Annum (L14 – L18)

Location: Birmingham

Start Date: September 2026

This is an exciting opportunity within thid Academy Trust. We are looking for an outstanding and ambitious Deputy Headteacher who can lead others in making a difference to the lives of young people at this Academy. You’ll need the commitment and passion and energy to make our vision for Olympus a reality in the local community.

Our school is our brand new free school that opened in Sandwell in September 2023, recruiting 180 students from Sandwell and Birmingham. The school caters for students aged 11 to 16. It opened with Year-7 students only, as a six-form entry school. Olympus will grow year-on-year to provide education for 900 students after five years. This is the next opportunity to join our amazing team as our students now progress into their KS4 study. You will be at the very front of architecting the environment, infrastructure and pathway to success.

This Academy will create the right environment for young people to flourish, igniting their passion and love of learning, enabling them to thrive academically. We will awaken students’ aspirations and develop their understanding of well-being and health, enabling them to thrive personally. We will be at the heart of the community.

As well as a bespoke package of professional development, we offer a range of staff benefits including membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, an employee assistance programme and access to offers and discounts with well-known retailers.

Job Specification

Carry out “the duties of a school teacher” as set out in the Conditions of Service for School Teachers in England and Wales. Fulfil the role of a senior leader and subject teacher as appropriate.

To do other reasonable tasks as laid down in the School Teacher Pay & Conditions document and as required from time to time at the discretion of the Headteacher

This Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced criminal records check.

Strategic Direction and Development of the School

Working with the Headteacher and Leadership Team to help develop a strategic view for the school in its community and analyse and plan for its future needs and further development within the local, national and international context.

Specific Duties:

Undertaking the following responsibilities:

Lead by example, provide inspiration and motivation and embody for the students, staff, governors and parents, the vision, purpose and leadership of the school.
Deputise for the Headteacher when required

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Work with the Headteacher and Leadership Team to:

Create an ethos and provide educational vision and direction which secure effective teaching, successful learning and achievement by students and sustained improvement in their spiritual, moral, social, cultural, emotional and physical development, and prepare them for the opportunities, responsibility and experience of adult life.
Promote and safeguard the safety and welfare of students.
Help create and implement a School Improvement Plan, underpinned by sound financial planning, which identifies priorities and targets for ensuring that students achieve high standards and make progress, increasing teachers’ effectiveness and securing school improvement.
Ensure that all those involved in the school are committed to its aims, motivated to achieve them, and involved in meeting long, medium and short term objectives and targets which secure the educational success of the school.
Ensure that the management, finance organisation and administration of the school support its vision and aims.
Ensure policies and practices take account of national, local and school data and inspection and research findings.
Monitor, evaluate and review the effects of policies and targets of the school in practice, and take action if necessary.
Lead and manage the transition of new students.
Attend Local Governing Body Meetings when appropriate.

Learning and Teaching

Work with the Headteacher and Leadership Team to secure and sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the school; monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and standards of students’ achievements; use benchmarks and set targets for improvement.

Work with the Headteacher and Leadership Team to:

Create and maintain an environment and a code of behaviour which promotes and secures good teaching, effective learning, high standards of achievement, good behaviour and discipline, and which enables teachers to meet their professional standards.
Determine, organise and implement the curriculum and its assessment; monitor and evaluate it in order to identify and act on areas for improvement.
Develop teaching and learning throughout a range of strategies including coaching and sharing best practice and CPL to raise student achievement and increase engagement.
Ensure that appropriate support is put in place and monitored to improve student progress.
Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and standards of learning and achievement of all students, including those with special educational needs, to inform future developments.
To lead in the implementation of policies and practice which promote equality of opportunity and tackle prejudice.
Develop effective links with the community, including business and industry, to extend the curriculum, enhance teaching and learning and develop community cohesion.
Create and maintain an effective partnership with parents to support and improve students’ achievement and personal development.
Analysing and evaluating data and suggesting ideas for the development of intervention programmes in support of student behaviour, welfare and attendance

Leading and Managing Staff

Members of the Leadership Team work with the Headteacher to lead, motivate, support, challenge and develop staff to secure improvement.

Work with the Headteacher and Leadership Team to:

Maximise the contribution of staff to improving the quality of education provided and standards achieved and ensure that constructive working relationships are formed between staff and students.

Plan, delegate, support, motivate and evaluate work undertaken by groups, teams and individuals, ensuring clear delegation and accountability.

Implement and sustain effective systems for the Appraisal of staff.

Motivate and enable all staff to carry out their respective roles to the highest standard, through high quality continuing professional development based on assessment of needs.

Lead professional development of staff through example, support and co-ordinate the provision of high quality professional development within the area of responsibility.

Sustain your own motivation and that of other staff.

Ensure that professional duties are fulfilled, as specified in the Terms and Conditions of Service of Teachers, including those for the Leadership Team.

Accountability

Members of the Leadership Team work with the Headteacher to help evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the school.

You:

Provide information, objective advice and support to the Headteacher to enable the Headteacher to meet their responsibilities for securing effective teaching and learning and improved standards of achievement and for achieving efficiency and value for money.

Help create and develop an organisation in which all staff recognise that they are accountable for the success of the school.

Help present a coherent and accurate account of the performance of all aspects of the school in a form appropriate to a range of audiences, including LAB members, the local community, OFSTED, and WAT.

Help ensure that parents, students and stakeholders are well informed about the curriculum, attainment and progress, and about the contribution that they can make to achieving the school’s priorities for improvement.

Specific Responsibilities: To be agreed on appointment based on your skills and experience

Responsible for Quality Assurance of education

Appraisal, CPL and staff performance supported by Senior Leader

Strategic Leadership of Achieve Excellence Programmes supported by Senior Leader

Recruitment & Induction

ICFP, Timetable and Staff Deployment

Meetings/INSET/Calendar

Coordination and maintenance of STM/SIP/SEF

Line Management of AAHT’s

Inspection preparation

FD Team Leadership

Coordination of whole school CPL strategy

Staff Absence and cover

Grievance and Complaints officer

General

Contribute to the overall ethos/aims of the academy
Participate in training, other learning activities and performance development as required.
Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.
The post holder is required to be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, equal opportunities, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person.
The post holder has a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults during the course of their work. This post requires the post holder to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the work to be undertaken. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the post holder will carry out. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties that may be required from time to time within the general scope of the post.

Requirement

Qualification

Degree or equivalent
Evidence of ongoing professional development
Qualified Teacher Status

Skills and Competencies

Able to enthuse, motivate and lead staff

Approachable and emotionally intelligent

Able to set targets, meet deadlines and to work under pressure

Good presentational skills and public speaking

Willing to contribute to extra-curricular activities

The ability to understand the need for confidentiality

Evidence of leading initiatives to successful outcomes

Personal Qualities & Attributes

Self Awareness: learns continuously and effectively adapts behaviour in response to feedback

Personal Effectiveness: makes things happen; operates with resilience, flexibility and integrity.

Communication: shares and listens to information, opinions and ideas, using a range of effective approaches.

Able to work as part of a team, understanding Trust roles and responsibilities and own position within these.

Ability to identify own training needs and willingness to participate in training and development opportunities

Comply with Trust’s commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children

Please contact Mathure for further information.

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