Deputy Headteacher

After doing an impressive job supporting our school, our Associate Headteacher has secured the substantive headship of a large Catholic high school. While we are saddened to see him depart, this has given us the opportunity to relook at how we build on our progress.

That is why we are delighted to be creating a new Deputy Headteacher position – a post that will focus on driving forward educational standards.

This is a key strategic appointment, and we are looking for a leader with a proven track record of improving outcomes, strengthening teaching and learning, and using data to inform and secure sustained improvement.

Working closely with the Headteacher, the successful candidate will provide inspirational leadership, ensuring that every pupil achieves their full potential through consistently high-quality teaching, a rigorous curriculum, and a culture of high expectations.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an experienced senior leader with a strong track record of improving educational outcomes
• Be a practising Catholic committed to upholding our faith
• Have deep knowledge of effective pedagogy and assessment
• Be highly skilled in using data to inform teaching, intervention, and school improvement
• Demonstrate the ability to motivate, challenge, and support staff to achieve excellence
• Be committed to safeguarding, equality, and the wellbeing of all pupils and share our belief that we should all aspire not to have more, but to be more.

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy is a vibrant Catholic secondary school located in Crosby, forming part of the Pope Francis Catholic Multi-Academy Trust.

At the heart of the school’s ethos is a commitment to nurturing the whole person. The Academy’s aims to foster the ‘Sacred Heart Family’, ensuring that the school stands as the heartbeat of its local community, where every student is known, valued and encouraged to flourish.

Sacred Heart Catholic Academy has demonstrated clear and sustained improvement in recent years. In its most recent Catholic Schools Inspection, the Academy was judged Good with some Outstanding features, with inspectors praising the strength of Catholic leadership, exceptional pastoral care and the way the school’s mission and values are embedded in daily life.

In its latest Ofsted inspection, the school was found to have made significant steps forward from its previous judgement. Inspectors noted the Academy’s strong ambition for all pupils, improving outcomes, positive behaviour and a broad, well-structured curriculum that prepares pupils effectively for life beyond school. Together, these outcomes reflect a school on a clear upward trajectory, committed to continuous improvement and high expectations for all.