Assistant Headteacher

Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, OL16 2XW

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  19 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £61,534 - £67,898

What skills and experience we're looking for

We currently have an opportunity for the right candidate to join the Senior Leadership Team at RAISE Rochdale PRS in the capacity of Assistant Headteacher.

We are seeking an ambitious, resilient, and creative leader to play a key part in the next phase of RAISE’s development. The exact whole school responsibilities of the post will be agreed based upon relevant skills and experience of the successful candidate.

The successful applicant will be joining RAISE at a very exciting time in our journey. There will be opportunities for further professional development and working within a very supportive and collaborative SLT.

What the school offers its staff

Please see the attached person specification and job description (some aspects to be agreed with the successful candidate) and we hope you consider an application to work with us on our improvement journey.

Applicants are invited to complete the attached application form detailing how they meet the personal specification requirements for the roll using no more than 1000 words. This should demonstrate your experience and skills for undertaking the post of Assistant Headteacher at RAISE, specifying which areas of whole school responsibility they would be best qualified to undertake.

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 186 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service website
• Email address: recruitment@raiserochdale.org
• Phone number: 0300 303 8384
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rochdale-pupil-referral-service

Rochdale Pupil Referral Service provides educational provision for pupils who are out of mainstream schools for a variety of reasons that include exclusion, emotional and behavioural difficulties, medical reasons, pregnancy and young mothers. We operate across three sites around the Rochdale borough consisting of; Turnaround Centre at Saxon Hall, KS3 & KS4 based at Heights Lane and our year 11 centre based at St Albans.

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