Senior Deputy Headteacher
About This Role
Are you heading for headship?
This role will get you there.
We are looking for an ambitious senior leader who wants to run a school — not just support one. If headship is your goal within the next two to four years, this is the role that will prepare you for it.
The opportunity in one sentence:our Headteacher holds a trust-wide executive role across our secondary schools, which means you will lead Notley day to day with the authority, visibility, and accountability both alongside the Headteacher and deputising for him.
What you will actually do:
You will have operational leadership of a secondary school of 1,300 students — behaviour, attendance, pastoral systems, safeguarding, daily decision-making, and staff leadership. You will deputise formally for the Headteacher. You will present to governors. You will be the face of the school.
This is not a supportive number two role. It is substantive, stretching, and genuinely preparatory for headship.