Assistant Headteacher
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy, Bradford, BD9 4BQ12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
18 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
6 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £80,653 and £93,420
What skills and experience we're looking for
Responsibilities of the Assistant Headteacher will be tailored to the strengths of the successful candidate and the needs of the College
Role Summary: The Assistant Headteacher will provide ambitious strategic leadership of others which will drive the College forward. They will work closely as part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), responsible for driving improvements across the College and maintaining a culture of high expectations and excellence. The successful candidate will expect to meet the following Assistant Headteacher Standards:
Ethics And Professional Conduct
Assistant Headteachers in a Catholic school are expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of principled and professional conduct exemplified by the self-cultivation of virtues and qualities of character fundamental to the Catholic tradition: faith, hope, love, justice, solidarity, temperance, fortitude and practical wisdom.
Assistant Headteachers are expected to meet the teachers’ standards and be responsible for providing the conditions in which teachers can fulfil them.
In addition, Assistant Headteachers uphold and demonstrate the Seven Principles of Public Life at all times. Known as the Nolan principles, these form the basis of the ethical standards expected of public office holders:
- selflessness
- integrity
- objectivity
- accountability
- openness
- honesty
- leadership
School Culture
Assistant Headteachers assist in:
- supporting the Christ centered vision embodied in the school’s Catholic mission, ethos and strategic direction in partnership with the parish and Trust, those responsible for governance and through consultation with the school community and diocese
- supporting the Headteacher in creating a culture where students experience a positive and enriching school life enabling them to flourish
- upholding ambitious educational standards which reflect the distinctive characteristics of Catholic education and which prepare students from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
- promoting positive and respectful relationships across the school community and a safe, orderly and inclusive environment which recognizes and individual’s dignity
- ensuring a culture of high staff professionalism rooted in mutual respect, subsidiarity and the pursuit of excellence
Teaching
Assistant Headteachers assist in:
- establishing and sustaining high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases, built on evidence-informed understanding of effective teaching and how students learn
- ensuring teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines or specialist domains, and demonstrate how each discipline and domain contributes to the Christian vision of human flourishing to live life to the full
- ensuring effective use is made of formative assessment
Curriculum and Assessment
Assistant Headteachers assist in:
- ensuring a broad, structured and coherent curriculum entitlement rooted in the distinctive characteristics of Catholic education which sets out the knowledge, skills, values and virtues that will be taught
- establishing effective curriculum leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of relevant expertise with access to professional and diocesan networks and communities
- ensuring that all students are taught to read through the provision of evidence-informed approaches to reading, particularly the use of systematic synthetic phonics in schools that teach early reading
- ensuring valid, reliable and proportionate approaches are used when accessing the students’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum
Behaviour
Assistant Headteachers assist in:
- establishing and sustaining high expectations of behaviour for all students, rooted in love, justice and reconciliation and built upon relationships, rules and routines, which are understood clearly by all staff and students
- ensuring high standards of student behaviour through the promotion of the virtues and courteous conduct in accordance with the College’s behaviour policy
- implementing consistent, fair and respectful approaches to managing behaviour
- ensuring that all adults within the College lead by example and model and teach the virtues characteristic of a good citizen
Additional and Special Educational Needs And Disabilities
Assistant Headteachers assist in:
- ensuring the College holds ambitious expectations for all students with additional and special educational needs and disabilities in light of the principles of Catholic Social teaching
- establishing and sustaining ethos, culture and practices rooted in the distinctive characteristics of Catholic education that enables students to access the curriculum and learn effectively
- ensuring the College works effectively in partnership with parents, carers, parish and professionals, to identify the additional needs and special educational needs and disabilities of students, providing support and adaption where appropriate
- ensuring the College fulfils its statutory duties with regard to the SEND code of practice
What the school offers its staff
At St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress, and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contribution
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Employee Assistance Programmes- including access to free counselling and 24/7 helpline
- A strong and caring ethos among staff and students
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academies, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1794 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- personnel@sbsj.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01274 941941
St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College is a highly aspirational learning community, striving to provide an outstanding 21st century education for all learners in a learning environment of the highest possible quality. We work constantly to promote a passion for learning, to create innovative ways of working and to nurture the talents and ambitions of all our students and staff.
The College operates across the impressive former sites of its two foundation schools, St Joseph’s Catholic College and St Bede’s Grammar School – now known respectively as “Ignis” for Years 7–9 and “Ardor” for Years 10-13 – approximately one mile apart. The rich history and tradition of the two foundation schools stretches back over 100 years, with the originally stated mission to provide,
“a thorough training in the knowledge and principles of the Catholic faith combined with a secular education equal in every respect to the best public schools in England.”
This is an exciting time to join the College as we continue to develop this mission and build on our tradition, with a determined focus on strong teaching, and wide-ranging co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Our mission inspires the three elements of our College Diploma – Scholastica, academic achievement, Ecclesia, contribution to the Catholic life of the College, and Olympia, participation in activities outside the classroom. These elements of the College Diploma form the foundation of our newly implemented House system, with our 1500 lower school students divided into five Houses, each with three leaders who are responsible for the achievement, personal growth and well-being of students within their House. Each House is supported by a House Manager who upholds standards and expectations within the House, as well as playing a major role in clerical and administrative organisation to support students.
The College motto, Christus Lumen Gentium, Christ, Light of Nations, inspires the organisation of our subject areas into five Learning Divisions, again, each with three leaders: Ignite, the Division Leader, responsible for overall performance, Illuminate, responsible for quality of teaching and professional learning, and Shine, responsible for tracking student progress and organising intervention and support. Each Learning Division is complemented by a Division Manager who provides efficient and effective clerical and administrative support for teachers. As need arises, we also make temporary, fixed term appointments on TLR3 to enhance the professional development within specific Learning Divisions, to develop future leaders and to continue to improve attainment at GCSE.
After GCSE, the majority of students continue with us into St Benedict’s Sixth Form, our very successful Post-16 provision, where approximately 450 students enjoy fantastic study and social facilities and achieve excellent results. Ofsted’s most recent judgement concludes,
“as a result of strong leadership and consistently good teaching, achievement in the sixth form is good. Leaders know the priorities for improvement and take effective action to further improve students’ opportunities.”
We make every effort to secure and enhance the success of our sixth form students, through work experience, academic and pastoral support and an intensive focus on careers advice and guidance to steer them to the most appropriate Post-18 choices.
Our Houses and Learning Divisions and our high-performing sixth form reflect our passion to achieve success for all and we want to appoint staff who share this passion and are committed to supporting the development of our mission. For every post, we seek staff who can inspire, have high expectations and raise the aspirations of young people. If this is you, we look forward to reading your application and welcoming you as a member of our community.
Arranging a visit to St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@sbsj.co.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Assistant Headteacher ( Inclusion and Personal development)
Tadcaster Grammar School
Toulston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9NB
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Shaw Road, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL16 4RX
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Bradford