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Job Title: Deputy Headteacher
Location: Meadowcroft School, Wakefield, WF1 4AD
Hours: 37.5 hours per week | MondayFriday
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum (depending on experience, not pro rata)
Contract: Permanent | Term Time Only
Start: June 2026
UK applicants only no sponsorship available
About the Role
The Deputy Headteacher Pastoral will provide strategic leadership for pastoral provision, behaviour, and wellbeing across the school. The role is central to embedding a trauma-informed and inclusive culture, ensuring that all pupilsparticularly those with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needsfeel safe, supported, and ready to learn.
You will lead the development and implementation of behaviour, anti-bullying, and inclusion strategies, ensuring they are consistent, relational, and effective. Working closely with senior leaders, you will align safeguarding, pastoral, and behaviour systems to create a cohesive and responsive approach. Through strong leadership and the use of evidence-informed practice, you will drive high standards, consistency, and positive outcomes for all pupils.
What Youll Be Doing
You will take ownership of a...