Virtual School Kent - Deputy Head

Role Responsibility

Virtual School Kent are seeking a Deputy Head to join our friendly and hardworking support team. The main duties of the post holder will include being responsible for the operational line management of an integrated team of multi-agency staff to improve outcomes for children in care, care leavers and children with a social worker by providing an enhanced service with a ‘team around the child/young person’ and/or ‘team around the school/provider’ approach, ensuring statutory duties and best practice are met, particularly in relation to the health and education of children in care and care leavers. Identifying areas of development and challenging practice will be a key part of this role.

You should have:

• Recent and relevant experience of senior leadership within a school or education setting
• Relevant experience of working with children in care and care leavers in a school or post 16 environment 
• Relevant experience of managing and developing partnerships in a multi-agency or multi-disciplinary environment
• Demonstrable experience of monitoring standards of educational planning and practice in order to raise standards and develop quality practice
• The ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To find out more about Virtual School Kent please visit our website: http://www.virtualschool.lea.kent.sch.uk/

The closing date will be 17^th July 2025 and Interviews are due to be held on Wednesday 23^rd July 2025 at Brook House Whitstable, Kent, CT5 3SS.

Contact Details

To find out more about the post please contact Tony Doran, Head Teacher of VSK on Email: Tony.Doran@kent.gov.uk or call Marcia Gunner Tel: 03000 415319

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.