At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and inspire students while promoting wellbeing and positive relationships.
- Company: Progress Schools, committed to staff and student wellbeing.
- Benefits: Generous holidays, wellbeing app, professional development, and financial security.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team with excellent career growth and recognition opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while thriving in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Degree, QTS/QTLS, and experience in teaching and leadership roles.
The predicted salary is between 47000 - 58000 £ per year.
Join us as a Deputy Headteacher: Empower Futures! Do you want to work for a company where wellbeing is more than a word, it's a commitment? Somewhere where the person matters as much as the professional? Well at Progress Schools, that's just the approach we take.
Our top-notch benefits go beyond the basics:
- Access to discounted gym memberships
- A free wellbeing app that is jam packed with fitness, yoga and mindfulness resources
- Dedicated counselling support
- Generous holidays and additional leave for foster carers
- Flexibility wherever possible
We want to invest in your personal and professional growth as much as we do the young people who attend our schools. But that's not all, we also offer:
- Professional Development: Support for professional qualifications, in-house training, including paid qualifications. Last year we invested approx. £3.5k per colleague!
- Financial Security: Death in Service Insurance providing four times your salary.
- Family-Friendly Policies: Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave.
- Health and Wellbeing Cashback: Access to Medicash for you and your dependants, covering the costs of eye tests, optical, dental, prescriptions, and holistic treatments up to £900 annually.
- Recognition Awards: Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Recognition Awards.
- Referral Bonus: £500 for referring top talent.
- Exclusive Discounts: MiRewards benefits platform, offering loads of discounts and rewards.
- Weekly drop ins with Senior Leaders: Connect, clarify and communicate with weekly drop-ins with our Managing Director and organisation SLT.
- Group Connection: Annual Group conference and a comprehensive benefits review.
What are we looking for from you?
- Engagement Skills: A highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who is approachable, promotes positive relationships, and fosters high expectations. Able to inspire and motivate students in a creative and adaptable way, particularly within alternative education settings.
- Emotional Support: Committed to a high level of pastoral care with the ability to manage student behaviour effectively and provide meaningful support to students with diverse and challenging needs.
- Academic Background: Degree or equivalent qualification. Maths and English at least Level 2.
- Core Teaching Qualifications: QTS/QTLS required. NPQSL and/or NPQH desirable. Specialist teaching qualification in a chosen subject is an advantage.
- Experience: Proven experience teaching across the secondary age range with a successful track record as a Head of SEN or similar leadership role. Experience using virtual learning environments is desirable.
- Teaching Subjects: Proficiency in delivering a chosen subject area and supporting staff with curriculum delivery in line with school expectations.
- Knowledge: Strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection, equality of opportunity, and inclusion-especially within schools with a high number of vulnerable children.
- Problem-Solving: Ability to identify challenges quickly and implement appropriate, student-focused solutions that drive positive outcomes.
- Communication: Confident in communicating clearly and persuasively-both verbally and in writing-with a wide range of stakeholders including students, parents/carers, staff, and governors.
- Promotion of Values: Dedicated to promoting equality, diversity, safeguarding, wellbeing, and British values across the school community.
- Time Management: Effective in managing leadership responsibilities, team coordination, student outcomes, and community engagement simultaneously.
Deputy Headteacher employer: The Progress Group
The Progress Group is an exceptional employer located in High Wycombe, dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment. With a strong emphasis on professional development, generous holiday allowances, and family-friendly policies, we prioritise the wellbeing of our staff as much as that of our students. Join us to make a meaningful impact in education while enjoying a fulfilling career with ample growth opportunities.
