Assistant Headteacher

Consett Academy, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6LZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  16 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £68,725.00 - £75,859.00 Annually (FTE)

Assistant Headteacher job summary

Assistant Headteacher
Consett Academy
To start September 2026

Consett Academy is seeking an exceptional and ambitious leader to join our Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Teaching and Learning. This is a pivotal role for an outstanding practitioner who is passionate about raising standards, inspiring colleagues and ensuring that every student achieves their very best.

Working closely with the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher, you will play a central role in translating the Trust’s vision into meaningful, measurable impact within the academy. You will provide strategic leadership for teaching and learning as well as literacy across the Academy driving a culture of excellence, high expectations and continuous improvement. Your work will ensure that classrooms are engaging, inclusive and uncompromising in their focus on achievement and progress for every child.

We are looking for a leader who leads by example: a highly effective classroom practitioner with a proven track record of improving outcomes and developing others. You will have successful leadership experience within a secondary setting and be confident in monitoring, evaluating and enhancing the quality of teaching through robust performance management and purposeful professional development. A strong understanding of data will underpin your ability to set ambitious targets, identify priorities and demonstrate whole-school impact.

At Consett Academy, we believe that strong relationships, mutual respect and high aspirations are the foundations of success. You will embody these values, champion safeguarding and inclusion, and work in partnership with families, governors and the wider community to secure the very best opportunities for our students. You will be resilient, reflective and driven, with the credibility and interpersonal skills to inspire confidence and motivate others.

We offer the opportunity to work within a collaborative and forward-thinking Senior Leadership Team where your voice will be valued and your expertise will shape whole-school improvement. You will benefit from high-quality professional development, Trust-wide collaboration and a supportive culture built on mutual respect, professional trust and shared ambition, alongside the opportunity to make a genuine and lasting difference to the lives of young people in our community.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the educational experience of young people in a thriving academy and to contribute to the continued growth and success of our Trust. If you would like to arrange an informal visit to the academy prior to application, please contact Stuart Aldridge, Deputy Head of Teaching & Learning, who will be delighted to welcome you.

Connect Multi-Academy Trust is legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and bind-overs as well as pending prosecutions, which aren't 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and check to establish that a person is not barred from 'regulated activity' as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 6 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Connect Multi-Academy Trust is legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and bind-overs as well as pending prosecutions, which aren't 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and check to establish that a person is not barred from 'regulated activity' as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

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 Consett Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1491 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Consett Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/consett-academy

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