Assistant Headteacher - Literacy Focused
Bolton St Catherine's Academy, Bolton, BL2 4HUThis job expired on 25 April 2025
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 65,286 - 72,162
Assistant Headteacher - Literacy Focused job summary
ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER (LITERACY FOCUSED)
L12 – L16 £65,286 - £72,162
1.0 FTE
PERMANENT CONTRACT
REQUIRED 1st SEPTEMBER 2025
At BSCA and The Bishop Fraser Trust, we believe that ensuring children can read at and beyond their chronological reading age is an absolute game-changer. It is the foundation upon which their future success is built. We know that when children leave school without confidence in their reading ability and literacy skills, they face significant barriers to achieving the employment and opportunities they truly deserve. We refuse to let that happen. We want every child in our schools to flourish.
That’s why this role—Assistant Headteacher for Literacy—is one of the most critical in our organisation. Too many of our pupils arrive with literacy levels below age-related expectations, and we need a warrior, a champion, to change that.
We are looking for someone who will drive forward three key areas of our reading agenda:
- Reading interventions that make a difference – ensuring that every opportunity is maximised, so pupils make rapid gains in their reading skills, confidence, and attitude towards reading.
- Disciplinary literacy across the curriculum – embedding literacy in every subject, in every lesson, every day, so all teachers are actively helping to lift pupils to the next level.
- Inspiring a love of reading – so that a passion for books and stories is passed on to the next generation, breaking the cycle of reading anxiety and unlocking new possibilities for our children.
But that’s not all. We also want someone who is just as passionate about developing writing—helping children express themselves clearly and effectively—and supporting curriculum areas in building oracy skills. We need innovative approaches that ensure our pupils leave us as confident communicators, able to speak up for themselves and others.
Bolton St. Catherine’s Academy is on an exciting journey, and we are incredibly proud of the culture we are building here. Our recent Ofsted inspection highlighted the fantastic progress we have made as an academy, and we are looking for someone to join us as we take our next steps. We offer state-of-the-art facilities in an amazing £36 million building, providing staff with the opportunity to teach in a cutting-edge and vibrant environment.
We are also fully committed to staff development, with over 60 hours CPD and development annually, as well as our own leadership development programmes.
Our students deserve the very best, if you believe so too, come and look around!
WE ARE SEEKING A PASSIONATE CANDIDATE WHO:
- Model and drive the values and vision of the school.
- Inspire, challenge and support others to enable them to be the best they can be
- Drive the school’s vision and expectations to have a significant impact on students’ life chances sharing our ethos that ‘no child is left behind’
- Be an outstanding leader, teacher and role model for all
- Have a proven track record of leadership at middle or senior level
- Nurture a culture of professional development
- Have the ability to project presence and articulate our vision to all members of the school community
- Demonstrate high level inter-personal skills to work successfully with a wide range of audiences
- Show a commitment to modelling the highest professional standards and the ability to teach outstanding lessons
- Have a proven track record of change management to secure improved academic standards
- Are committed to equality of opportunity and inclusive education
- Have the energy, enthusiasm, personal warmth and humour to remain resilient and deliver the above.
YOUR MAIN DUTIES WOULD BE:
- To be the strategic lead for the school’s Literacy.
IN RETURN, WE OFFER:
- Continuous Professional Development (CPD): Access to National College training, subject-specific CPD, leadership pathways, and mentoring programs.
- Career Progression: Clear pathways for growth, from early careers to leadership roles. We use a ‘touchbase’ informal approach to focus on professional development as well as an annual career conversation with your manager!
- Wellbeing & Support: Leadership training focused on wellbeing, mental health resources, and staff networks.
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI): Commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace, with ongoing EDI training and initiatives.
- Long weekend off in November for teachers and term time support staff!
- Automatic pay progression for teachers – we don’t have performance related appraisals and pay reviews!
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days for all year-round support staff. This increases to 28 days after 5 years!
- A paid premium to a Healthcare Cash Plan to claim back contributions towards dental, optical and other medical costs via UK Healthcare
- 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Amazing benefits and discounts via UK Healthcare
- Fantastic facilities
- A lunch allowance for those colleagues volunteering to assist in lunchtime duties or activities
APPLICATION INFORMATION:
For more information visit our website www.boltonstcatherinesacademy.org.uk or contact our Business Operations Team on 01204 332553 or by emailing hr@boltonstcatherinesacademy.org.uk
To apply please complete the attached application form via the link.
Please do not send CV’s as they will not be considered.
We reserve the right to close the recruitment early should sufficient suitable candidate applications be received.
The Bishop Fraser Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to child protection screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.
CLOSING DATE: Friday 25th April 2025
INTERVIEWS: TBC
Commitment to safeguarding
The Bishop Fraser Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to child protection screening including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and also past employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer. References will be sought prior to interview.
About Bolton St Catherine's Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1051 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bolton St Catherine's Academy website
Bolton St Catherine’s Academy educates children and young people from 3 to 16 years of age. The values of Bolton St Catherine’s Academy are underpinned by a growing Christian ethos and is an inclusive Academy for those of Christian faith, for those of other faiths, and those of no faith. St Catherine is the patron saint of students and scholars and at Bolton St Catherine’s Academy, learning is at the heart of everything.
Students will leave the Academy with
• Good academic outcomes
• The Christian values of respect, tolerance and service
• A positive and enduring outlook
so that they live happy, healthy and purposeful lives – irrespective of their background or circumstances.
The entire Academy is geared to support every single child as they develop and progress, guaranteeing success for each individual. Bolton St Catherine’s Academy is located in a £36million building with innovative spaces and state of the art facilities to support children’s learning. These facilities are amongst the very best in the country and support in delivering a rich, varied and relevant curriculum.
Challenging targets and goals are set for every single student and staff work tirelessly to ensure these are achieved. Children learn and develop most effectively when they are happy and secure. At Bolton St Catherine’s Academy staff strive to develop an environment in which learners thrive, working to develop trust and mutual respect between everybody within the Academy and beyond.
It is through the school’s new values of Believe, Strive, Care and Achieve, that the Academy will continue to build on the progress it has made. In 2018, the Primary school gained the best KS2 results of any school in the BL2 postcode area and was in the top 3 % nationally for Maths and the top 10% nationally for Writing.
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