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Tailor your interview to reflect the job description
Use our interactive tool to help you create a bespoke interview pack that reflects the job description and your school's context and improvement priorities.
For example, if your deputy head will lead on curriculum development across your school, you can select from a list of recommended questions and tasks designed to test their skills in this area.
If your deputy head doesn't have a specific leadership focus, you can use the list of questions below that are suitable for any deputy head role.
This list of interview questions is suitable for any deputy headteacher role. Adapt it to suit your school and use it during each interview to record the responses given and score evidence (you'll need one copy