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  • Job start date

    1 January 2026

  • Closing date

    20 October 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    10 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£58,569 - £64,690

Assistant Headteacher job summary

As Assistant Headteacher you will be part of the Senior Leadership Team, working with the Headteacher and Regional Director to take a leading role in improving the quality of teaching and the learning experience for children. This role is positioned to ensure high quality education for all pupils and drive to improve standards of learning and achievement, particularly at Key Stage 2. As Assistant Headteacher you will ensure that all teaching demonstrates best practice, develops relationships, supports training and development and helps all children make excellent progress across the academy.

A successful candidate would have excellent opportunities to progress further with Co-op Academies Trust into senior leadership roles in the future, in schools across the North of England.



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.

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About Co-op Academy Medlock

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
411 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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School website
Co-op Academy Medlock website
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It is Co-op Academy Medlock's ambition for all our children to fulfil their highest potential.

We inspire our children to become confident, independent and engaged learners. Everything we do is to provide our children with the best start in life and encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Medlock serves a vibrant and diverse community. It is a place where differences are recognised and celebrated through our curriculum as well as through pastoral channels. Our children, families and staff are caring, respectful and responsible. We work in partnership with our families and community.

At Medlock we are passionate about providing every child with the skills they need to be lifelong learners. We believe that school life should give our children the ambition to be the best they can be. Learning is fun, purposeful and challenging and at the end of their time at Medlock, our children are confident young global citizens who understand British Values and are ready for the next stage of their educational journey.

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