Deputy Head Teacher

Deputy Teacher – Pennyman Primary Academy

Status: Permanent

Required: September 2024

Hours: Full time

Salary:  Deputy Head Teacher – Pennyman Primary Academy L11– L15 £60,488 – £66,628

Reporting to: Headteacher

About the Trust

The Trust was established in 2015 and provides education and enrichment activities to more than 1100 children across five Academies, located in Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland local authority areas.  Academies within the Trust are:

• Brambles Primary Academy (3 to 11 years),
• Discovery Special Academy (2 to 16 years),
• Dormanstown Primary Academy (3 to 11 years),
• Pennyman Primary Academy (3 to 11 years), and
• Wilton Primary Academy (3 to 11 years).

About the role we are looking to appoint:

Pennyman Primary Academy is a thriving inclusive learning community for 410 pupils from Nursery to Year 6. Pennyman Primary Academy is a larger than average sized primary school. It is a mainstream academy with a specialist designated unit for children with complex physical and medical needs and associated communication and learning needs.

Tees Valley Education is seeking to appoint an inspirational Deputy Head Teacher to lead on Teaching, Learning and Assessment. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate that they have  outstanding teaching experience, and have taught in upper school. This opportunity has arisen from staff promotion within the Trust and the structure has been designed to further strengthen strategic and operational leadership capacity to both the academy and to the Trust.  The successful candidate will work closely with other senior leaders to identify and continually develop strategies in key areas.

In conjunction with the Head Teacher and other Senior Leaders, the post holder will lead on aspects of teaching and learning, coaching and mentoring of staff, development of subject leaders and areas of improvement including assessment.  There will be no set classroom responsibility, but teaching, at times, will form part of the role. Consequently, the post holder will utilise their outstanding pedagogy and inspirational leadership to refine, develop and promulgate existing practices and programmes.

Our children are a joy to work with and ‘are recognised as proud academy learners and citizens’. Furthermore ‘Pupils know implicitly how to behave and how to interact positively with each other and with staff. This is because of the high levels of respect that underpin the school’s very inclusive and supportive ethos’ Ofsted 2023. In addition, we are also committed to your professional development (CPD) and offer a wide range of opportunities for career progression.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated and ambitious individual to develop as a senior leader and take the next steps towards Headship.

We can offer:

• A committed senior leadership team that puts the child at the centre of school improvement
• The opportunity to contribute to shaping the future of safeguarding, welfare and inclusion even further
• A forward-thinking academy, which is committed to improvement through evidence-based research
• An excellent learning environment for children with a strong community ethos
• Hard working, committed and dedicated staff who strive to gain the best outcomes for all of our children
• Dedicated children who love coming to the academy and are encouraged to be the best they can be
• A passionate and high performing team of professionals across the trust to learn from and contribute to.

What the Trust will provide the successful candidate with:

• A workplace where all staff are valued and treated with respect as outlined within the Trust’s Diamond Standards
• A passionate, enthusiastic and supportive Leadership Team
• A listening and learning organisation where all staff are encouraged to be curious and share ideas for the Trust/academies/team to improve
• Hard working, committed and dedicated staff who strive to gain the best outcomes for all children across the Trust’s academies
• Dedicated approach to children’s learning to encourage them all to be the best they can be
• Career enhancement opportunities within areas of interest as well as supporting ongoing professional development and training specific to job role
• Dedicated line manager to discuss work streams and capacity
• Free access to the Trust’s Wellbeing offer, which includes counselling, access to GP, Mindfulness and so much more.
• Free parking
• Enrolment into the local government pension scheme
• All support contracts are employed on National Joint Council (NJC) for local government services (also known as Green book)
• Benefits of the Trust’s Staff Charter which can be found at TVED Staff Charter.

Safeguarding requirements for the role:

Tees Valley Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and, therefore, all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as “spent” must be declared.  The Trust’s Recruitment of Ex-Offender policy can be requested or visit the Trust’s website.

Applications are invited from prospective candidates who demonstrate that they are able to meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification and who have the vision, values and tenacity to join an outstanding team and help continue the journey towards excellence.