Deputy Headteacher - Attainment & Standards
Aldersley High School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV8 1RT14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
27 April 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
13 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Headteacher
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.4 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale L23-28
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a Deputy Headteacher to restore capacity to our Senior Leadership Team, following the promotion of two previous postholders to Headship. We are considering applications for both pastoral and academic leaders who can add strength and quality to an established and effective leadership team which has delivered significant school improvement in the last two years. If you are a strong leader with a proven track record of raising standards at the highest levels, we want to hear from you. The current leadership team has expertise in a variety of different areas of school improvement, so we are able to choose the right candidate for our school, with roles and responsibilities distributed with the existing Deputy upon appointment.
More than anything, we are looking for someone who can add value to our school, and bring ideas and experiences that will further build on our improvements. Innovative thinking, evidence of leading pragmatic but effective initiatives and a strong set of ethics related to supporting the students who need it most will make you a strong candidate for appointment. You should have the desire to make a difference in a local community and be committed to putting down roots for long-term success. Equally, with a Deputy Headteacher role, you will have the knowledge and experience to be able to deputise for the Headteacher in his absence, leading our school community when needed.
Aldersley, founding school of the Amethyst Trust, is a successful, welcoming and diverse school on a journey to success, with great ambition at the heart of everything that we do. Your hard work can make a real difference in our community, so all true difference-makers should get in touch.
Tours of the school are highly encouraged and will be available on the below dates:
Thursday 16th April
Tuesday 21st April
Thursday 23rd April
Please contact Claire Hammond at chammond@aatrust.co.uk to arrange a tour with your preferred date.
What the school offers its staff
At Aldersley High School in Wolverhampton, we are determined to leave no stone unturned in our quest for educational excellence, and we are very clear how to get there.
We exist to strengthen our community – by ambitiously educating young people who excel academically and make a positive difference in our world.
We teach challenging lessons, impart powerful knowledge and provide excellent support, so that we achieve the best outcomes and make success inevitable.
Aldersley High School is a diverse, highly successful 11-18 comprehensive school set in the north-east of Wolverhampton, near to the commuter link of Junction 2 of the M54. We serve a vibrant and ambitious community that is used to having a strong school at its heart, and we would love for you to be part of it.
Aldersley was the founding school of the Amethyst Trust, which has expanded significantly over the past few years to now encompass five schools in a growing and thriving Trust partnership. We benefit from fantastic relationships with our sister schools, meaning that there is great opportunity for networking, professional development and ultimately professional success at Aldersley and beyond in our Trust.We are a Trust that believes in a ‘talent-first’ approach, ensuring that we grow potential and see leadership opportunities as a logical step for those who make a real impact.
As a staff, we always act with our core values clearly in mind. Before anything else, anyone who works at Aldersley CARES. Our CARES values are:
We are Committed - Whatever the challenge, we get stuck in and we work hard. Our students deserve nothing less.
We are Ambitious - We always aim for our students to be the best. We are ambitious for what they will achieve.
We are Reliable - We are consistent, day after day after day. We always know what to expect from each other.
We are Experts - We seek self-improvement at all times. We work hard to have expert knowledge in all that we do.
We put Students First - We make all decisions in the best interests of students. We put their success before anything else.
We believe that our students are best-served by having a staff body who are supported to have meaningful work-life balance and their family lives protected, so they can give everything to our students during the school day. We fiercely protect our directed time budget, limit communications outside of the working day, and do not ask our teachers to mark books regularly, focusing instead on assessment that really works. We work together on shared planning so that our energies can be spent on excellent delivery in the classroom, where students behave well and want to learn.
As the founding school of the Amethyst Trust, we benefit from our links with two partner secondary schools and two specialist schools, giving fantastic career development opportunities at every turn.The Amethyst Trust is at the forefront of educational thinking, with innovative teaching with a knowledge-rich edge, progressive ideas on feedback and staff wellbeing, and excellent provision for SEND students through our well-equipped Resource Base. We benefit from fantastic grounds and facilities, including excellent and regularly-updated ICT, and the Trust is in a strong position to make sure that our staff and students want for nothing.
We know we have succeeded when our students achieve academic outcomes that are amongst the best locally and nationally. We are determined that our community will be proud of our school and will know that it is excellent. Our students will have developed qualities that will ensure that they succeed in the wider world, and you will have played your part in making it happen.
You can see more of our school and what we are all about in our trailer here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxwsLTqMMX0
If a school with a clear sense of mission, a moral purpose and an ambitious and caring school community is where you see yourself, please get in touch or come to visit us. This can be done by contacting Claire Hammond at chammond@aatrust.co.uk and we will be back in touch with you as soon as we can. We would love to receive your application to join our team.
Further information about the job
Start Date: September 2026
Closing Date: Monday 27th April 2026 3pm
Interview Day: 5th/6th May 2026
Contract: Full Time / Permanent
Location: Aldersley High School
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
Please complete the online application.
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About Aldersley High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1293 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aldersley High School website
- Email address
- chammond@aatrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01902 556868
Aldersley High School is a vibrant and ambitious secondary school within the Amethyst Academies Trust. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of high expectations, respect, and achievement for every student. With a thriving Sixth Form and a strong focus on academic progress, we offer a broad and balanced curriculum supported by excellent pastoral care. Our staff benefit from high-quality professional development and clear opportunities for career progression across the Trust. At Aldersley, we believe in empowering both students and staff to reach their full potential.
Arranging a visit to Aldersley High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chammond@aatrust.co.uk.
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