19 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    23 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    3 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: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

L13 - L17

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for:

  • An experienced, strategic and creative leader, committed to ensuring that all of our students progress and achieve their potential at The Elton High School.
  • An excellent role model of consistently high expectations.
  • A person of resilience, who will go the extra mile for students, not because they are asked to but because they want to.
  • A person who can inspire students and the staff they work with, building strong relationships with our parents, carers and community partners.

What the school offers its staff

The success of our school is built on the work of our high-quality staff. We have a strong system of staff training in place aimed at developing the very best practice, with a constant focus on ensuring that all of our team feel supported to give of their best and to have a work life balance. We pride ourselves on taking a proactive approach to promoting the well-being of everyone in our school community and consistently review opportunities to further promote staff well-being. Initiatives include a half termly Golden Week (no meetings scheduled), Staff Wellbeing Committee and an annual Well-being Day for every member of staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the DBS.

Please note that, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to poolea@eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk

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Additional documents

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About The Elton High School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1040 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
0161 763 1434

The Elton High School is a significantly oversubscribed school with a tradition of excellence. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (February 2022) reiterated the strengths that had been confirmed in the previous report (2017) and are firmly embedded across our school. The inspection team noted that ‘pupils are proud to attend’ Elton with an established culture of ‘high aspirations for what pupils can achieve’. Our students achieve well, with the inspectors being particularly impressed with the climate for learning and behaviour of our students – their ‘positive behaviour at all times is characteristic of the respectful culture of this school [and] their positive conduct reflects leaders’ high standards’.

The success of our school is built on the expertise of our high-quality staff. We have a strong system of staff training in place aimed at developing the very best practice, moreover we have a constant focus on ensuring that all of our team feel supported to give of their best and to have a work life balance. We pride ourselves on taking a proactive approach to promoting the wellbeing of everyone in our school community and consistently review opportunities to further promote staff wellbeing.

The school has excellent transport links with the M60, M61, M62 and M66 Motorways crisscrossing the area plus the Metrolink Light Rapid Transit system with a fast and frequent service from Bury centre through Manchester city centre to East Didsbury.

Arranging a visit to The Elton High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email poolea@eltonhigh.bury.sch.uk.

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