Assistant Headteacher

Winifred Holtby Academy, Hull, HU7 4PW

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2026

• Closing date

  12 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £64,691.00 - £71,330.00 Annually (Actual) Leadership Scale L10 - L14

Assistant Headteacher job summary

As an Assistant Headteacher, you will help maintain the ethos of the academy by driving our organisational culture and drive. The successful applicant will support the strategic leadership of Winifred Holtby Academy as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, by providing effective leadership and management for a designated area for the academy’s work and by leading a specific strand of the School Development Plan.

The successful candidate will have experience of safeguarding practices in a school / academy context; explicitly, how to keep children safe from the risk of harm and be able to promote good behaviour consistently and be confident in de-escalation strategies. They will understand what highly effective practice looks like in their field of responsibility as week as knowing how to diagnose and implement effective strategies to raise standards

About You

Candidates will be educated to degree level, have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), evidence of appropriate and continuous further professional development a commitment to further training.

The successful candidate will have experience of leading a team at year group, subject or faculty level with demonstrable impact or experience of leading at a whole-academy level.

What WE can Offer YOU

In return for your skills and experience, we provide a supportive and friendly environment to develop and thrive. We offer all staff access to an excellent pension (TPS); an excellent new staff induction programme; a commitment to high quality continued professional development; and free onsite car parking.

For an informal discussion about this post, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Karen Farmer, Headteacher, via 01482 826207.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Consortium Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An appointment will be made subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure, in line with the usual terms and conditions of employment at The Consortium Academy Trust.

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

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.

About Winifred Holtby Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1320 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Winifred Holtby Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/winifred-holtby-academy

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