Deputy Headteacher (Safeguarding and Inclusion)

Salary: L19 - L23

Contract: Full-time and permanent, starting September 2025

Closing date: Midday on Wednesday 19 March 2025

Interviews: Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 March 2025

The Governing Body at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is looking to recruit a new Deputy Headteacher to play a crucial role in developing Safeguarding and Inclusion provision at the school.

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a single-sex boys' secondary and sixth form school based in Liverpool. There are currently almost 1400 pupils on roll.

At Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, our motto is Respect, Believe, Achieve. We are fully committed to the belief that the mutual Respect of our wonderful staff and students drives us all to Believe in what we do and therefore Achieve our very best.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a dedicated leader looking to focus on safeguarding and inclusion care within a Catholic school setting. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator, with natural empathy, who works positively with other professionals and communities, whilst deriving satisfaction from supporting and developing the lives of children and young people.

The specific responsibilities of the Deputy Headteacher fall into the following areas:

• Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Responsibility for inclusion across the school
• Management and development of the SEND team
• Quality assurance of off-site provision
• Strategic lead for whole school attendance
• Strategic lead for whole school wellbeing

As a school, we are immensely proud of our September 2021 Ofsted report which describes our school as good with outstanding features. Inspectors said that “Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a learning community where pupils have great respect for each other. Teachers support pupils to become highly articulate young people who can express their views well on a wide range of issues.” They also commented that “Pupils benefit from studying a wide range of subjects. Leaders have put in place an ambitious curriculum. Leaders and teachers have high expectations of all pupils.”.

If selected for interview, you will be given a tour of the school as part of the interview process, to enable you to see first-hand all that we have to offer. If, however, you would like to undertake this prior to application, please do not hesitate to contact us.

How to apply:

This role is full-time and permanent. If this advert incorporates your strengths and interests, and you wish to be part of our extremely successful and constantly evolving team, please see the Deputy Headteacher application pack below, along with the code of conduct – Safer working practice guidance, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 form, consent to obtain reference form, Disqualification Policy, model reasonable adjustments statement below.

Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk) by midday, Wednesday 19 March 2025, with interviews to take place on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 March 2025.

Applicants from overseas outside the EEA should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in the education sector.

Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check and subject to receipt of references.

The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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Assistant Headteacher - English

Salary: L10 - L16

Contract: Full-time and permanent, starting September 2025

Closing date: 10am on Friday 21 March 2025

Interviews: Monday 24 March 2025

The Governing Body at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School are looking to recruit an Assistant Headteacher – English to play a crucial role in developing teaching and the quality of education and lead the development of teaching in English.

Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a single-sex boys’ secondary and sixth form school based in Liverpool. There are currently almost 1400 pupils on roll.

At Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, our motto is Respect, Believe, Achieve. We are fully committed to the belief that the mutual Respect of our wonderful staff and students drives us all to Believe in what we do and therefore Achieve our very best.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a dedicated leader looking to focus on high standards of teaching, learning, student achievement and progress within a Catholic school setting. The successful candidate will be a strong communicator, with natural empathy, who works positively with other professionals and communities, whilst deriving satisfaction from supporting and developing the lives of children and young people.

The specific responsibilities of the Assistant Headteacher fall into the following areas:

• To fulfil all the responsibilities of a main-scale teacher
• To provide professional leadership and management for English
• To support, hold accountable, develop and lead department staff, including TLR post holders.
• To ensure high standards of teaching, learning, student achievement and progress
• To play a full part in the life of the school community, supporting its ethos and policies and ensuring that staff and students follow this example.

As a school, we are immensely proud of our September 2021 Ofsted report which describes our school as good with outstanding features. Inspectors said that “Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School is a learning community where pupils have great respect for each other. Teachers support pupils to become highly articulate young people who can express their views well on a wide range of issues.” They also commented that “Pupils benefit from studying a wide range of subjects. Leaders have put in place an ambitious curriculum. Leaders and teachers have high expectations of all pupils.”.

If selected for interview, you will be given a tour of the school as part of the interview process, so you can see first-hand all that we have to offer. If however, you would like to undertake this prior to application, please do not hesitate to contact us.

How to apply:

This role is full-time and permanent. If this advert incorporates your strengths and interests, and you wish to be part of our extremely successful and constantly evolving team, please see the Assistant Headteacher application pack below, along with the code of conduct – Safer working practice guidance, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 form, consent to obtain reference form, Disqualification Policy, model reasonable adjustments statement below.

Email application forms and covering letters to Lynn Lewington (l.lewington@cardinal-heenan.org.uk) by 10am on Friday 21 March 2025, with interviews to take place on Monday 24 March 2025.

Applicants from overseas outside the EEA should obtain an overseas criminal check before applying for a visit as the post is in the education sector.

Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check and subject to receipt of references.

The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.