Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for teaching and learning
St Michael's CofE Academy, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 9JA5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 October 2025 at 8am
Date listed
15 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L1 - L5
What skills and experience we're looking for
The opportunity:
At St Michael's CE Academy, we're seeking friendly, reliable individuals to join our nurturing family. You'll play a vital role in creating a safe, welcoming environment where pupils thrive and teachers excel. If you're committed to excellence, teamwork, and making a real difference in young lives, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for someone:
To provide strategic leadership and management of teaching and learning across the school, ensuring consistently high-quality teaching that leads to outstanding pupil progress and achievement, in their own classroom as well as across school. The Assistant Headteacher will play a key role in driving school improvement, leading professional development, and embedding a culture of excellence, innovation, and reflective practice.
Visits to the school are welcomed and can be arranged by contacting Yvette Sullivan at yvette.sullivan@stmichaels.enhanceacad.org.uk
Applications will be considered as soon as they are received and we reserve the right to close the applications early. References will be requested prior to interviews.
What the school offers its staff
Why join Enhance Academy Trust?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a successful and forward-looking academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
As a Trust we have developed a range of employee benefits. Here are just a few examples:
o Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
o Physical and mental health support from a team of experienced nurses, counsellors, therapists, physiotherapists, consultants plus NHS GPs and private medical services.
o GP consultations with experienced NHS doctors are available for our employees and members of their household, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and prescriptions (which have to paid for) can be delivered to local chemists.
o Free annual flujab
o Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all oursettings
o A paid annual Wellbeing Day – a time for you to use the day for an activity which promotes your own individual health and wellbeing.
o Wherever possible, PPA at home forteachers.
Safeguarding statement
Enhance Academy Trust is committed to ensuring the actions we take, keep children safe and protect them from harm in all aspects of their school life. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils. The actions that we take to prevent harm, to promote well-being, to create safe environments, to respond to specific issues and vulnerabilities all form part of the safeguarding responsibilities of the Trust. We recognise our moral and
statutory responsibility and make every effort to provide a safe environment underpinned by a culture of openness where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe they are being listened to.
Enhance Academy Trust is committed to ensuring the actions we take, keep children safe and protect them from harm in all aspects of their school life. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils. The actions that we take to prevent harm, to promote well-being, to create safe environments, to respond to specific issues and vulnerabilities all form part of the safeguarding responsibilities of the Trust. We recognise our moral andstatutory responsibility and make every effort to provide a safe environment underpinned by a culture of openness where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe they are being listened to.
To view our Safeguarding and Child protection policy please visit the school website.
To view our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders policy please click on the following linkEnhance AcademyTrust - Policies
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people. We expect all staff, volunteers and governors to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
Offers of employment will be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media check for shortlisted candidates, prohibition from teaching, right to work, two satisfactory references.
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.
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About St Michael's CofE Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 479 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Michael's CofE Academy website
- Email address
- yvette.sullivan@stmichaels.enhanceacad.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01924207340
At St Michael’s, we are proud to be a Church of England School. Inclusive and welcoming to all, we celebrate achievement in all its forms and place care and wellbeing at the centre of everything we do. Everyone is nurtured to shine with ambition and to flourish.
High-quality learning opportunities are at the heart of what we do – from academic success to creativity, sport, outdoor learning and personal development. Our extensive grounds and strong SEND provision ensure that every child is supported to thrive and fulfil their potential.
As part of the Enhance Academy Trust, we live out our belief that Together Everyone Achieves More.
Arranging a visit to St Michael's CofE Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email yvette.sullivan@stmichaels.enhanceacad.org.uk.
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