An opportunity has arisen to join one of the highest performing and most popular schools in London as a deputy headteacher.
At Highlands we aim to provide a world class educational experience to our students and to be held as an example of best practice to other schools. If this level of ambition appeals to you, we would welcome an application.
The SLT team at Highlands is large, with 15 members, and our deputy headteachers are given a substantial brief to lead within it. They are given significant whole school responsibilities, they line manage a team of assistant headteachers who support with delivering those responsibilities, and year groups and departments also work into their teams. This provides a balance of strategic, pastoral and curriculum responsibility.
We ask a lot of our senior leaders, but we also think hard about wellbeing: we have two hours of CPD every Wednesday; we use centralised collaborative resources to support planning; pastoral leaders oversee centralised detentions to free up other teaching staff; we have a two week October half term break; teaching staff can have their PPA time blocked together and work from home - for a deputy headteacher this would amount to one day a fortnight.
Contract term Permanent
Position Full-time
Salary range: Outer London L24 (£95,267) - L28 (£104,648)
The closing date for applications is 9am on 12th January 2026
Interviews will be held shortly after
Start date: Easter or September 2026
Interested? Read our job pack in full which can be found on our school’s website on the vacancy page. Please send your application to the email address found on the last page of the job pack.
We hope you apply.