Recent Vacancies
St Saviour's Catholic Primary School
London
Deputy Headteacher
We are looking for a Deputy Headteacher (L8 – L12) with some teaching responsibility (0.4 -0.6) to start January 2027 or earlier. St Saviour’s RC Primary School is seeking an inspirational Catholic leader with a passion for nurturing both academic excellence and a caring, faith-filled environment. St Saviour’s is a one form entry voluntary aided Roman Catholic school with diverse intake of pupils creating a multi-cultural school community. It is a good opportunity to join our thriving and evolving school community under a new leadership to shape the next chapter for the school. Following our Good Ofsted outcome in March 2025, we continue to strengthen our culture of excellence, inclusion and compassion. To book a visit please contact the school Business Manager, Mrs Reid, on 02088524283 to arrange this. We would warmly welcome visits to our school during the following times Application documents can be obtained on our school website: or call the school office on 02088524283 to request these and it will be emailed out to you. St Saviour’s Roman Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people especially the most vulnerable. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and relevant pre-employment checks. References may be taken up before interviews along with social media checks. Applicants must have eligibility to work in the UK.
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Clacton-on-Sea
Headteacher
The Trustees of the Rosary Trust and the Governors of St Care's Catholic Primary School are seeking to appoint an inspirational and dedicated Head Teacher from 1st January 2027. St Clare's is a caring, friendly school and community where our Catholic Ethos is central to all we do. Our new Head Teacher will be well-supported by all stakeholders and will have the benefit of a close network of colleagues in the CMAT. Our new Head Teacher will work with the Local Governing Body and the Rosary Trust to shape the strategic direction of the school, and will be responsible for day to day leadership and management of St Clare's. Our new Head Teacher will lead a team that strive together in the best interest of all our children, following the school’s Mission Statement: In our Catholic School, with God at the centre of our lives, we offer every child a high standard of education. Applicants are invited from Head Teachers, Deputy Head Teachers or Assistant Head Teachers with outstanding leadership experience. We warmly welcome and encourage applicants to contact our school and speak to Mrs M Withers SBM to obtain further information and arrange a date to tour the school. Please email for an application pack or to arrange a visit. Completed applications should be sent to the school by email to the address above or by post, marked; Please note that we do not accept CVs or applications from agencies. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. This is a reserved post and is open to practising Catholics only, please review the document produced by the Diocese of Brentwood ‘’Definition of a Practising Catholic for Reserved Posts” for further information St Clare's is 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. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, along with other relevant employment checks. Please note that this will also include a check of life online. Applications should be on a CES application form, and sent to the school (applications not submitted on the CES application form will not be considered). Any electronic applications will have to be signed by the applicant attending an interview.
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Stockton-on-Tees
First Day Caller
We are seeking to employ a confident, determined and caring person to provide a practical approach to further improving attendance and punctuality. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious educational professional to work as part of a supportive, friendly and dedicated pastoral team. If you are innovative in your approach and committed to having a positive impact on the lives of young people we look forward to receiving your application.
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School
Deputy Headteacher
Job overview
Deputy Headteacher
Liverpool, Merseyside
Start date: 01/09/2025
Salary: L13 - L17
Contract term: Permanent, Full Time
About the Role
Advert for the post of permanent Deputy Headteacher
L13-17
Required for September 2025
The governors of St Oswald’s Catholic Primary School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspirational practising Catholic Deputy Headteacher who will develop and share our vision of high-quality education for all, with a deep commitment to our mission statement:
Together with Jesus, We will Learn and Grow in Faith.
We are looking for a leader with exceptionally strong values who will foster and develop the respectful and inclusive ethos of our Catholic School. Who will bring energy and drive, demonstrating excellence in classroom practice and will be inspirational in enabling progress and raising standards. They must be creative, forward thinking and skilled in leading and managing areas of school improvement. The successful candidate must be able to face challenge with positivity, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be a team worker and essentially have a good sense of humour.
Governors are looking for a candidate with a passion for promoting a clear child centred vision of educational excellence, developing children’s’ love of learning whilst ensuring high levels of progress and attainment.
St Oswald’s Primary School is a larger than average, three form entry primary school catering for children aged three to eleven years. The school amalgamated in 2016 and is situated in two separate buildings. We can offer a prospective Deputy Head a school that in our most recent inspection in June 2024 deemed us to still be a ‘Good’ school (Ofsted) and our CSI Inspection in march 2024 found us to be a ‘Good’ school in all areas.
We have happy, well-behaved children who love their school and enjoy learning. Extremely hard working, friendly staff who are dedicated to supporting development. A close working partnership between school, parents/carers, community and church and a governing body who is fully committed to continuing the development of this fantastic school.
The Deputy Headteacher will:
• Be accountable to the Headteacher
• Be a member of the senior management team;
• Lead the Safeguarding Team;
• Assist the headteacher in managing the school;
• Support and represent the headteacher at meetings as and when required;
• Undertake such duties as are delegated by the headteacher;
• Play a major role, under the overall direction of the headteacher in formulating and reviewing the Mission Statement, Development Plan, overall aims and objectives of the school by helping establish the policies through which they shall be achieved, managing staff and resources to that end and monitoring progress towards their achievement;
• Contribute to the efficient organisation, management and supervision of school routines;
If the headteacher is absent from the school, the deputy headteacher must undertake such duties of the headteacher as the headteacher or the governing body shall require.
This is a wonderful opportunity waiting for someone. We strongly recommend visits to school. Please contact the Business Manager Mr Strom for an appointment.
istrom@st-oswalds.liverpool.sch.uk or phone 0151 228 8436
Information about school and policies can be found on our website www.stoswaldsschool.com
Closing date – 2nd May 2025
Shortlisting – 6th May 2025
Interviews – 19th May 2025
Application packs can be downloaded from our school website www.stoswaldsschool.com and include a copy of our Child Protection Policy and Safer Working Practices Code of Conduct Policy.
CVs will not be acceptable for this post. In addition, references will be required from your current employer and settings where you have worked with children. As per ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, online searches will be conducted on shortlisted candidates.
St Oswald’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory preemployment checks including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred List checks. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview.’
We are committed to safer recruitment practices that:
• Deter prospective applicants who are unsuitable to work with children or young people
• Identify and reject applicants who are unsuitable to work with children or young people
• Prevent and deter inappropriate behaviours by providing on-going supervision, training and support to all staff and volunteers
L13 - L17
Permanent, Full Time
Start date: 01/09/2025
Apply by 01/05/2025, 23:00