Assistant Headteacher (Maths)
North Durham Academy, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 0TW13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
24 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 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 (Actual)
Assistant Headteacher (Maths) job summary
Assistant Headteacher (Maths) - North Durham Academy
Part of Connect Multi-Academy Trust (formerly New College Durham Academies Trust)
Salary range: £68,725 to £75,859 per annum
Start Date: September 2026
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Reporting to: Headteacher
North Durham Academy is seeking to appoint an outstanding and ambitious Assistant Headteacher (Mathematics) to join our senior leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and inspirational leader to drive excellence in mathematics teaching and learning while contributing to the strategic leadership of the whole school.
The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the vision for mathematics across the school, raising standards of attainment, and ensuring that all students develop strong numeracy and problem-solving skills that prepare them for future success. They will also take on an additional school-wide leadership responsibility (to be determined depending on experience and interest).
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for the Mathematics department, ensuring high-quality teaching and learning across all key stages.
- Lead the development and implementation of an ambitious mathematics curriculum.
- Use data effectively to monitor student progress and drive improvement in outcomes.
- Support and develop teaching staff through coaching, mentoring, and professional development.
- Work collaboratively as part of the Senior Leadership Team to support whole-school improvement priorities.
- Promote a culture of high expectations, inclusion, and achievement for all students.
The Ideal Candidate Will
- Be an experienced and highly effective teacher of mathematics with a proven track record of raising attainment.
- Have successful middle or senior leadership experience in a secondary school.
- Demonstrate the ability to inspire and lead staff to deliver outstanding outcomes.
- Have strong analytical skills and experience using assessment data to inform practice.
- Be committed to continuous school improvement and professional development.
What We Offer
- A supportive and forward-thinking leadership team.
- Opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.
- A collaborative and inclusive school culture.
- Access to high-quality CPD and leadership training.
- A chance to make a significant impact on the lives and futures of our students.
How to Apply
For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:
Mark Gray, Headteacher, on m.gray@ndcat.org.uk
Closing date: 24th March 2026
Interviews: TBC
Join us and shape the future of North Durham Academy—where your leadership will make a lasting difference.
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
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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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About North Durham Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 976 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- North Durham Academy website
Connect Multi-Academy Trust is an ambitious Multi Academy Trust based in North Durham. The trust currently has 3 large secondary schools and 5 primary schools.
Our schools are at the heart of their local communities and strive to deliver on our founding principles of Inclusion, Progression and Excellence which supports a central vision of ‘Students First’.
The principle of inclusion provides opportunities for students of all abilities, aspirations and backgrounds and involving staff, governors, students and the wider community in determining the direction of our Trust. Our curriculums are broad and challenging, with the academic success of students at the heart of what we do.
To encourage progression, our schools provides effective advice and guidance. This enables learners to make informed and appropriate decisions for future study and employment, encouraging them to take on new challenges and reach higher levels of achievement.
The focus on excellence underpins all we do whether in learning areas, working in the community or governing and leading our schools.
The Trust recognises that safeguarding our children and young people is core to all our activities, and we expect all staff, volunteers and wider stakeholders to share this commitment.
Our Aims are:
To ensure our schools are centres of excellence with a focus on the nurture and achievement of all their members;
To promote mutual support, encouragement and benefit between our academies;
To develop, as the core foundation of academic achievement, a strong culture of professional development amongst our staff;
To celebrate and maintain the unique identity of communities we serve with each school at the heart of its community;
To recognise and enable all those who often remain invisible, through ethnic or cultural disadvantage, or through disability or poverty to achieve their full potential.
At North Durham Academy, we are openly focused on the educational outcomes of our students and firmly believe that placing the student at the centre of everything we do will ensure that they leave with both the best possible grades and having had the best possible experiences throughout their time with us.
In order to realise this, we work with our vision in mind at all times:
“For all students and staff to want to learn and work at a good school; and for all parents/carers from our community to want to send their children to a good school.”
There are a number of key principles that underpin the vision, which are:
Outstanding care for each and every individual
A relentless drive and focus to ensure that each and every student achieves their true potential
A focus on the quality of education and on high standards
A broad and balanced curriculum
A range of in-school and extra-curricular experiences to prepare our students for life in modern society
Superb facilities which support and enhance learning at all levels including achievement and engagement
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