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Deputy Head Teacher - Cleeve School
Cheltenham
School: Cleeve School (Secondary)
Address: Two Hedges Road, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Title: Deputy Head Teacher - Cleeve School
Grade: Leadership Group
Allowances: (Not applicable)
Hours: Full Time
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 10/03/2025
Interview Date: 17/03/2025
Start Date: 01/09/2025
Position: Deputy Head (SENDCo) (L16 - 20)
Start date: September 2025
Dear Prospective Candidate
Thank you for the interest you have shown in the transformative position of Deputy Head at Cleeve School. I hope this information pack allows you to form a clear view of our thriving school and encourages you to submit an application, for what is an extremely exciting opportunity. I am enclosing with this letter an application form, an indicative Job Profile as well as a draft copy of our ‘2030 Vision’ document. I also very much welcome pre-application tours.
Cleeve School was recently visited by Ofsted and I am delighted to say that we received two ‘Outstanding’ judgements. The one area of focus was identified as the implementation of impactful classroom strategies for all students with SEND. The report acknowledges that many students with SEND progress extremely well; however, some are inhibited by inconsistencies in delivery. Whilst this Deputy Head (SENDCo) role will be influential in enabling all to meet their full potential, it is very much a school-wide team that will enable us to become a national ‘leading light’ for inclusion and SEND provision. This starts with me as the Executive Head - and permeates through everyone’s roles and responsibilities. Margaret Mulholland (ASCL) writes about all leaders wearing ‘equity lenses’ – and we do. As our Ofsted report makes clear, we also have the highest expectations for all students and inclusion is woven throughout this. At all costs, we avoid the soft bigotry of low expectations!
We enjoy working closely with a nationally-recognised external SEND expert and have built an extensive on-site team of specialists across our SEND Team, which also includes two non-teaching Deputy SENDCos. We are extremely proud of our partnership work with external agencies, including the Advisory Teaching Service.
Underpinned by our core values of Aspiring, Collaborating and Transforming, our vision is built around our mission of Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunities and Inspiring Futures. We are extremely proud to be a non-selective school, sitting at the heart of our large and growing community, providing the highest quality of education to our students and families. We are driven to ensuring that our most-vulnerable-to-barriers students benefit from our mission – and our mission pursuit will not be successful if we leave any child behind! Not on our watch!
As you can imagine and as a non-selective school, we fully believe that inclusion sits at the heart of our vision and the pursuit of our mission. We believe that every child has an entitlement to a fabulous education and that this is essential for success and excellence to be achieved, in school and beyond. We also believe that principles built on inclusion ‘democratises’ access and opportunity and, ultimately, helps to foster a culture of hope and joy within education. What could be better?
As you can see, our ‘2030 Vision’ captures seven enabling strategies in terms of how the ambitions from the ‘Vision’ are being met. Our work with inclusion and students with SEND underpins these enablers, so that all leaders are leaders of SEND.
As part of our broader vision is an absolute focus on our ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ strand, placing quality-first teaching as a ‘universal’ priority, aiming for all classrooms to consistently provide an outstanding and adaptive learning experience for all, on a day-by-day basis.
For the full candidate letter and information surrounding this vacancy, please visit the 'Application Pack’, this pack also details the application process. This can be found on the school website https://www.cleeveschool.net/ .
Our '2030 Vision Document' which is referenced throughout above and the application pack, can be found on our Cleeve School website. For any questions on this or to arrange an informal visit, please contact our HR Manager, Michaela Pink on mlp@cleeveschool.net in the first instance.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff, and volunteers, to share the same commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Please click on the website link to the right of this advert - click on School Information and then on Vacancies to apply.
Closing date for applications: 10-03-2025
Salary: Leadership Group
Hours Per Week: Full Time
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