Deputy Headteacher

Type of Position:Deputy Head
Subject:Leadership
Salary:L25 – L33 £79,676 to £95,21 - Inner London
Start Date:September 2019
Closing Date: 3pm Mon 28 January 2019

Deputy Headteacher

Starting September 2019

Inner London salary range L25 to L33 (£79,676 to £95,291)

An appointment as Deputy Headteacher at Morpeth School is an opportunity to join a highly successful team: talented, committed staff; enthusiastic, friendly pupils and a community of supportive families and external partners within and beyond Tower Hamlets.

We believe that our success derives from our inclusive, pupil-centred focus; our commitment to the continuous review of teaching and learning and a strong belief in the need to work within a set of values which underpins all that we do.

Applicants should be excellent teachers with extensive experience of pupil and staff leadership. Given the experience of the Senior Leadership Team, final post responsibilities can be negotiated.

Detailed information will be included in the documentation we will send, but some facts that may help you are as follows:

  • in September 2012, given our ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted status,  we became a Teaching School, in partnership with one of our main primary schools.
  • we were judged ‘Outstanding’ for the second time in May 2013.
  • our sixth form is relatively new (almost 10 years old) but very popular. We are oversubscribed for Year 7 and Year 12.
  •  we have outstanding buildings and facilities.

Closing date for receipt of completed application forms: 3pm on Monday 28th January, with Interviews on Tuesday 5th & Wednesday 6th February 2019.

For further details and information pack, please see the documents below.

To book a visit to the school, please contact Rumina Begum (PA to the Headteacher)  020 8981 0921 rbegum4@morpeth.towerhamlets.sch.uk         

We are committed to safeguarding our students.  Successful candidates will be required to abide by the school’s Safeguarding Children policy and undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Morpeth School is committed to Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Children policies