{"id":5224,"date":"2026-03-16T13:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/?post_type=ir_vacancies&#038;p=5224"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:34:13","slug":"deputy-head-of-school","status":"publish","type":"ir_vacancies","link":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/vacancies\/deputy-head-of-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Head of School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Permanent position&nbsp;required&nbsp;from&nbsp;Autumn&nbsp;Term&nbsp;2026&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for Northern Lights Learning Trust&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based at Grange Primary School, Hartlepool.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L10&nbsp;\u2013 L14&nbsp;\u00a364,691&nbsp;&#8211; \u00a371,330 (based on 2025-2026 salaries)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per annum, salary starting point subject to experience&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teachers\u2019 Pay and Conditions&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are&nbsp;seeking&nbsp;to appoint a dedicated and inspirational Deputy Head of School for Northern Lights Learning Trust, to join the Senior Leadership Team at Grange Primary School. This role involves working closely with the Head of School to drive continuous improvements across the school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are looking for&nbsp;an&nbsp;excellent teacher across the primary phases, who is&nbsp;an&nbsp;enthusiastic,&nbsp;resilient&nbsp;and caring leader who&nbsp;has&nbsp;high expectations&nbsp;for all&nbsp;and a commitment to inclusion.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The successful candidate will&nbsp;demonstrate&nbsp;the ability to lead Teaching and Learning across the school, ensuring the quality of education continues to&nbsp;be developed to&nbsp;meet the&nbsp;ever-changing&nbsp;needs of&nbsp;our&nbsp;children&nbsp;and&nbsp;community.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post will be a non-class-based&nbsp;role, although some class teaching and intervention will&nbsp;be integral to the role.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This role is open to teachers with&nbsp;proven excellence in&nbsp;senior leadership&nbsp;and who are excited about the prospect of making a difference to the lives to our children and their families.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All candidates must&nbsp;possess&nbsp;strong interpersonal skills,&nbsp;have&nbsp;a non-judgemental&nbsp;approach&nbsp;and&nbsp;have a set of core values which&nbsp;align with the values and ethos of Northern Lights and Grange Primary School.&nbsp;Candidates should be able to work&nbsp;in partnership&nbsp;with parents,&nbsp;families,&nbsp;our local&nbsp;community&nbsp;and external services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If&nbsp;this&nbsp;is you, we would really welcome your application!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Deputy-Head-of-School-Application-Pack-March-26.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Deputy Head of School Application Pack March 26.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c4fb76d9-cd91-4e51-b94d-1d8c7343acbf\" href=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Deputy-Head-of-School-Application-Pack-March-26.pdf\">Deputy Head of School Application Pack March 26<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Deputy-Head-of-School-Application-Pack-March-26.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c4fb76d9-cd91-4e51-b94d-1d8c7343acbf\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8806c2fc-cad5-4d8e-92d3-67bd753c773b\" href=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NLLT-Application-Form-4.docx\">NLLT Application Form<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NLLT-Application-Form-4.docx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8806c2fc-cad5-4d8e-92d3-67bd753c773b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","school":[18],"class_list":["post-5224","ir_vacancies","type-ir_vacancies","status-publish","hentry","school-grange-primary-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir_vacancies\/5224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir_vacancies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ir_vacancies"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernlights.education\/nllt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=5224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}