Deputy Director of Sixth Form - Academic Support

Norton Hill Academy, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4AD

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  4 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time employment - Monday to Friday.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916-£51,048
• Pay scale: MPS1 - UPS3
• Additional allowances:

  TLR1b

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a highly inspirational teacher to join our outstanding, high achieving Sixth Form. We have a thriving Sixth Form with over 400 students spread across our two MSN campuses. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community that is student focused, embraces differences and celebrates diversity. This is an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic educator to make a significant impact within a thriving Sixth Form.

This person will be working in conjunction with the Director and Deputy Director of the Sixth Form and Sixth Form Administrators across all our campuses. Key responsibilities will include leading the Post-16 SEND provision, liaising with departments and parents/carers, developing comprehensive student profiles, and conducting annual reviews to ensure that individual learning needs are consistently met within the classroom.

Key Leadership and Management Skills:

• To be able to demonstrate visionary leadership, drive and ambition
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing demands and prioritise tasks effectively to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Display excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate outstanding management of people

Successful applicants will:

• Have a deep passion and enthusiasm for their subject
• Be committed to exceptional standards of teaching and learning
• Be able to motivate, challenge and inspire students to achieve their best
• Establish and develop excellent relationships with students and staff
• Be tenacious in their commitment to maintaining outstanding results in the Sixth Form
• Contribute to our core vision and values

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• A school with outstanding behaviour and safety for all
• Excellent facilities for teaching and learning
• A department which effectively uses technologies to support with workload reduction
• Leading edge professional development to support and improve your leadership skills in preparation for further promotion
• An emphasis on Duke of Edinburgh, Ten Tors and other outdoor education for all
• All staff in the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership have the chance to share best practice across age ranges, share resources and work in one or more school

MNSP Sixth Form serves Midsomer Norton, Radstock and the surrounding rural area where there is an abundance of attractive and affordable housing. The school is on the edge of the Mendips but close to Bath, Bristol, Frome and Wells.

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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Data Protection and Data Breach Policy.pdf - 591 KB (opens in new tab)

Trust Annual Report 2025.pdf - 1.34 MB (opens in new tab)

MNSP Recruitment Brochure.pdf - 2.95 MB (opens in new tab)

Norton Hill Ofsted Report (1).pdf - 127 KB (opens in new tab)

Norton Hill School - Deputy Director of Sixth Form - Academic Support.pdf - 174 KB (opens in new tab)

About Norton Hill Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1765 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Norton Hill Academy website
• Email address: enquiries@nortonhillschool.mnsp.org.uk
• Phone number: 01761 412557
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/norton-hill-academy

Norton Hill is a co-educational, non-selective 11-18 school. Our students come from Midsomer Norton and the surrounding villages of North East Somerset. Norton Hill School prides itself on providing a secure, stable and well-ordered environment based on traditional values and genuine care and concern for individuals.

We have just over 1700 students at the school of whom 400 are in the Midsomer Norton Sixth Form. In September 2016 we increased our Year 7 entry to eleven tutor groups, in response to a growing demand for places at Norton Hill.

Students at Norton Hill belong to one of five houses: Blackdown, Cotswold, Exmoor, Mendip and Quantock. The House system ensures that every student is known individually, whilst enjoying the opportunities that a large school can offer.

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