Deputy Headteacher - Higham Lane North Academy

Higham Lane North Academy is delighted to welcome applications for the post of Deputy Headteacher for a September 2025 start.

Key Requirements:

Applications are invited from suitably qualified, highly effective and experienced senior leader. The successful candidate will need to show that they have the ability and vision to be a vital part of the opening and shaping of this brand new 11-16 school.

The deputy headteacher, under the direction of the headteacher, will take a major role in:

Communicating the school’s vision in a compelling way and supporting the headteacher’s strategic leadership

Formulating the aims and objectives of the school

Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives

Monitoring progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives

Support with the transition process of the founding cohort

Support with the day-to-day management of the school

Managing staff and resources to that end

If the headteacher is absent, the deputy headteacher will deputise, as directed by the governing board.

The deputy headteacher will also be expected to fulfil the professional responsibilities of a headteacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD).

What the School offers its Staff:

At Higham Lane North Academy, our staff are our most precious resource. We are committed to offering you:

A supportive, collaborative working environment that places staff workload and wellbeing at the heart of all working practices.

A clear behaviour and praise policy that enables all teachers to teach, and all pupils to learn effectively with a highly visible and supportive senior leadership team. This includes a centralized detention system, ensuring that you are fully supported with your practice.

A commitment to an ambitious, broad and balanced knowledge curriculum that is highly considerate of teacher workload and wellbeing, particularly around planning, assessment and feedback.

Research-based teaching and learning practice and strategies developed with workload and wellbeing in mind. Alongside this you will work within an environment that has a genuine passion and enthusiasm for teaching and learning that will enable you to thrive and flourish within the classroom.

Weekly CPD opportunities with a careful balance between whole-school, subject and personal priorities to be even more effective.

Opportunities to obtain professional qualifications and develop your career over the coming years in a growing school. We will provide bespoke career stage training such as NPQH and ELP.

The opportunity to work with a highly experienced, effective, forward-thinking and ambitious senior leadership and Trust team.

A supportive senior leadership and trust team that will regularly seek your feedback to hear your views on what is going well, and how we can be even more effective, giving you control over your work practice and contributions.

The opportunity to work collaboratively with other schools within our trust, particularly with Higham Lane School and Oak Wood Primary and Oak Wood Secondary Schools.

Employee Support Schemes:

·        Subsidised eye care for extended VDU users

·        A Gym Membership Scheme

·        A Cycle to Work Scheme

·        An Employee Assistance Programme, providing practical and emotional support

·        An Employee Benefits Scheme, offering discounts on everyday essentials

·        A Health Cash Plan benefit, providing reimbursements for various health-related expenses, including dental treatments, optical care, physiotherapy and more.

Further details about the role

Please be aware that this role is at Central England Academy Trust's brand-new secondary school, Higham Lane North Academy, opening in September 2025.

Higham Lane North Academy is set to open with up to five forms of entry (150 places) in Year 7. This state-of-the-art school and community resource is at the new, Milby Meadows neighbourhood on Upper Farm Drive, Nuneaton Warwickshire, CV11 6YN. It will grow in line with the local need for additional secondary school places until reaching full capacity as a 920-pupil school. The school will include a Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) with up to 20 places available by 2030.

How to Apply

Please complete the Application Form, as well as the Equality Details Form, that you will find on the school’s website (www.hlna.co.uk) and email them to jobs@hlna.co.uk, indicating in the message title the post you are applying for.

If you would like to have a chat about this post, please contact Kirstie Robinson, Headteacher Designate, on 024 7638 8123. The closing date for applications is midday, Monday 20th January 2025 with a proposed interview date of Monday 27th January 2025.

Please address the following points when completing the ‘Additional Information’ section of the application form:

- why you feel your personal qualities and experience make you an excellent candidate for this position.

- your specific ideas about what you can do as Deputy Headteacher to ensure pupils at Higham Lane North Academy are safe, happy and make excellent progress.

Additional Information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will also be taken through the school's vetting procedure. Higham Lane School is also strongly committed to protecting personal data. Our Privacy Notice, which can be found under the GDPR section on the school website, describes why and how we collect and use personal data and provides information about individuals’ rights.