Tottington High School is at an exciting point in its journey. We are fully committed to fostering a culture of high expectations, respect, and inclusion and recognise that behaviour, attendance, safeguarding, and student attitudes play a fundamental role in academic success and wellbeing. That’s why we are seeking an outstanding Deputy Headteacher to lead and implement a transformational strategy that ensures a positive, ambitious ethos across the school.
As Deputy Headteacher for Behaviour and Attitudes, you will drive a consistent and fair approach to behaviour management, ensuring high expectations for all students. You will take the whole-school strategic lead for initiatives which promote positive attitudes to learning, strong attendance, and a culture of respect and responsibility both in and beyond the classroom. Additionally, as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), you will play a crucial role in safeguarding, ensuring that all students feel safe, supported, and able to thrive.
Could you be our leader? If so, we want to hear from you!
For this key role, the ideal candidate will:
- be an experienced senior leader with a proven track record of improving behaviour, attendance, and student attitudes in a secondary school setting.
- be passionate about inclusive education and understand the importance of relationships in shaping student conduct.
- have the ability to inspire, challenge, and empower students and staff to achieve the highest standards.
- be committed to safeguarding and student welfare, ensuring a safe and supportive school environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of young people and contribute to the continued success of Tottington High School.
In return we can offer:
- A dynamic, thriving and caring workplace, under the leadership of an inspirational and highly experienced Headteacher
- A route to Headship through the Shaw Education Trust Talent Management programme with opportunities such as 1:1 coaching, school visits and CPD
- The opportunity to study for a Level 7 (masters degree level) qualification in leadership and management
- Undertaking trust-wide work such as taking part in Health Checks, targeted support and mentoring in other schools.
Join us in shaping a school where every student takes pride in their learning, behaviour, and future.
Tottington High School is a school
with a very clear vision for its future, having recently converted to academy
status to be part of the family within Shaw Education Trust; committed to the
continued professional development of all members of staff and the sustained
successful performance of all its academies.
At THS we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence.
We want to inspire our school community to believe they
can achieve their high aspirations and will be successful in the future.
We will accomplish this by:
- Working as a team and promoting inclusivity
- Striving for greatness everyday
- Being inspired to reach our goals
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff).
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays).
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
Start date: September 2025 (potential for an Easter 2025 start)
Tottington High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions.
All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, therefore, we encourage early applications.
Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.