Deputy Headteacher - Oakridge School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
Are you a leader who is looking for a Deputy Headteacher position?
Do you want to work in a positive, forward thinking school with wonderful families, children and staff?
Do you want to make a real difference to the life chances of young children?
We are looking for a Deputy Headteacher who can start in September 2025 or sooner if possible.
We have lots to offer, including flexible working and development opportunities. Why not come for a visit, at a time that suits you, to find out more
Term time only: Yes
Salary Type: Leadership
Salary details: L8-L14 (L8 - £59,167 L14 - £68,586)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 02/12/2024 09:30
Interviews to be held: TUESDAY 10TH DECEMBER 2024
About us
Oakridge School is two-from entry school in High Wycombe. There is a vibrant and inclusive learning community committed to providing high-quality education and fostering the personal development of all our students. We pride ourselves on our supportive environment, dedicated staff, and a strong partnership with families and the wider community.
The school has amazing, polite and respectful children who love being at school and learning. The staff all share the school’s vision of ‘Enhancing the life chances of all our children.’ We feel strongly about wellbeing and workload, which is why we have developed the attached, ‘Wellbeing and Workload Charter.’
Website: https://www.oakridgehighwycombe.co.uk/
About the role
As Deputy Head, you will play a key role in partnership with the Headteacher, driving school improvement, enhancing the quality of teaching and learning, and ensuring the wellbeing of both staff and students. You will be working closely with the current Headteacher who has overseen the school’s journey from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good,’ and is willing to support a candidate whose ambition may be to become a Headteacher. Three senior leaders now hold Headship positions.
At Oakridge School, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our students’ lives. We offer a supportive working environment, flexible working if needed, ongoing professional development, and a collaborative team atmosphere.
We are looking forward to welcoming someone to our forward-thinking Leadership Team, who recently won ‘Primary School Leadership Team of the Year,’ in the 2024 Buckinghamshire School Awards.
You will be working with a teaching team who are open-minded, work well together and enjoy improving their knowledge and developing their practice. You may have some experience of developing others.
You will be working with wonderful children, who have excellent behaviour and learning attitudes.
This is a non-class based teaching role.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
We want to employ someone who is passionate about enhancing the life chances of children. We are looking for an effective teacher who is positive and wants to develop. We want someone who is excited about the impact education can make to the lives of children.
We are not looking for the ‘perfect’ candidate, but someone who has the right attributes and attitude to succeed. In your application, tell us what you’ve done and achieved so far and your aspirations for this post and beyond.
Please see the Person Specification for more details.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 520341
Email: [email protected]
Oakridge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children therefore robust checks will be made to ensure the safety of Oakridge children. This will include a social media checks on applicants. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
