061 Assistant Headteacher - Curriculum & Teaching

Elements Academy, Sheffield, S25 2NF

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  13 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L8 - L12
• Additional allowances:

  L8 - L12

061 Assistant Headteacher - Curriculum & Teaching job summary

At Elements Academy, curriculum and teaching are the vehicles through which every student’s potential is realised.

We are a specialist setting where all students have SEND and an EHCP. We are seeking an exceptional and highly skilled leader to design, implement and sustain a highly ambitious, carefully sequenced and expertly delivered curriculum for all learners.

This is a pivotal role for a leader who understands that in a specialist setting, curriculum is about precision, coherence and expert adaptation, ensuring that every learner can access powerful knowledge and make meaningful progress.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Ethos Academy Trust, where we aim to deliver the very best educational experiences for pupils across the primary and secondary age range. Our academies are welcoming, calm and purposeful and, within a nurturing ethos, our learners are stretched academically, supported pastorally and developed socially and emotionally.

If you are looking for a new and rewarding challenge in education and you are committed and passionate to making a difference, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Safeguarding Statement for candidates

Ethos Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants much be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including an Enhanced DBS check (including Children’s Barred List) and past employment references.

Applicants are required, before appointment, to disclose any conviction, caution or binding over including ‘spent convictions’ under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1972 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Elements Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 7 to 16
• School size: 174 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Elements Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elements-academy

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