Download our audit tool
Assess your skills against the criteria for a successful assistant or deputy headteacher.
The DfE doesn't publish specific standards for members of the senior leadership team, so this audit tool is based on the Headteachers' standards, with the criteria tailored towards to assistant and deputy roles. It covers the following areas of responsibility, as set out in the standards:
- School culture
- Teaching
- Curriculum and assessment
- Behaviour
- Additional needs
- Professional development
- Organisational management
- School improvement
- Working in partnership
- Governance and accountability