Deputy Headteacher - Personal Development, Curriculum & Sixth Form
Moreton School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8BY14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2027
Closing date
12 October 2026 at 8am
Date listed
28 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £86,803 - £95,735
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale L22-26
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential Requirements
Qualifications and Training:
- Qualified Teacher Status.
- Degree
Experience:
- Successful senior leadership and management experience in a secondary school.
- Teaching experience
- Involvement in school self-evaluation and development planning, with evidence of improving provision, outcomes, student experience or progression.
- Demonstrable experience of successful line management and staff development
Skills and Knowledge:
- Strong understanding of curriculum design, implementation and evaluation, including the ability to support subject leaders to develop ambitious, well-sequenced provision.
- Understanding of high-quality teaching, and the ability to model this for others and support others to improve
- Strong knowledge of personal development, PSHE, careers education, enrichment, student leadership and preparation for adulthood.
- Understanding of post-16 pathways, including academic, vocational and foundation routes, and the ability to develop provision in partnership with other schools and Trust leaders.
- Understanding of school finances and financial management
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate a vision and inspire others
- Ability to build effective working relationships
Personal Qualities:
- A commitment to getting the best outcomes for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Commitment to safeguarding and equality, ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways that exploit the position.
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer
- A key strategic leadership role within a successful and ambitious school.
- The opportunity to shape and grow an exciting sixth form provision.
- Extensive professional development and leadership opportunities across the Amethyst Academies Trust.
- A collaborative and supportive senior leadership team.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- A strong commitment to staff wellbeing, including our highly valued early finish on Fridays.
Further information about the job
About Moreton School
Moreton School is a large secondary school serving our community in Wolverhampton, with catchment areas including Bushbury, Low Hill, and Scotlands. The school has a small Sixth Form and a Football Academy with links to Paris St. Germain, making it a unique and dynamic learning environment.
We have a committed and talented staff body who work relentlessly to offer our students the best life chances and we stop at nothing to achieve that. We benefit from fantastic grounds and facilities, including excellent and regularly-updated ICT and an all-weather multi-sports pitch, and the Trust is in a strong position to make sure that our staff and students want for nothing.
Moreton School in part of the Amethyst Academies 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 Moreton 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, giving fantastic career development opportunities at every turn. The Amethyst Academies Trust is at the forefront of educational thinking, with innovative teaching with a knowledge-rich edge along with progressive ideas on feedback and staff wellbeing, including a very well received early finish on Fridays.
Our dedicated leadership team is here to support you in your professional development and ensure that you have the resources and opportunities to thrive.
Why Moreton School?
At Moreton School, we are committed to supporting families from disadvantaged backgrounds and being at the heart of our local community. If you want to be part of a school with a clear moral purpose that is ambitious for the community and young people it serves, please get in touch or come to visit us. This can be done by contacting Kavina Patel on moretonhr@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.
The Role: Deputy Headteacher – Personal Development, Curriculum and Sixth Form
We are seeking an exceptional and ambitious leader to join our senior leadership team as Deputy Headteacher from January 2027.
This exciting role offers the opportunity to provide strategic leadership for personal development, curriculum and the continued growth of our sixth form provision as part of Amethyst Sixth, working in close partnership with Aldersley High School and the wider Amethyst Academies Trust.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the educational experiences and future opportunities available to our students. They will lead the development of an ambitious, inclusive and knowledge-rich curriculum, oversee a highly effective personal development programme and drive the growth and success of the sixth form provision at Moreton School.
Working alongside the Headteacher, the successful candidate will contribute significantly to the strategic direction, continued improvement and future success of the school.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for curriculum, personal development and sixth form provision across the school.
- Lead the continued development of an ambitious, inclusive and high-quality curriculum that prepares students for future study, employment and adult life.
- Drive the school's personal development strategy, including PSHE, careers education, enrichment, student leadership and preparation for adulthood.
- Lead the introduction, growth and quality assurance of sixth form provision at Moreton School as part of Amethyst Sixth.
- Work collaboratively with Aldersley High School, Trust leaders and external partners to strengthen post-16 pathways and opportunities.
- Support and develop middle and senior leaders through coaching, professional development and effective line management.
- Use data, stakeholder feedback and self-evaluation to drive continuous school improvement.
- Support the Headteacher in maintaining high standards across the school and ensuring readiness for inspection and external accountability.
- Contribute to the strategic vision, culture and ethos of the school.
How to Apply
To arrange an informal conversation or school visit, please contact Kavina Patel, PA to the Headteacher, at moretonhr@aatrust.co.uk.
Deadline for applications: Monday 12th October 2026 at 8:00am
Interviews: TBC
Start Date: 1st January 2027
To apply for this role, please complete the application form and return it, together with a supporting letter, to moretonhr@aatrust.co.uk for the attention of Kavina Patel.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications.
Safeguarding
We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026.
This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (2020)
Commitment to safeguarding
All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise conditional job offer may be withdrawn. (KCSIE 2026)
This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).
For those applicants who are shortlisted for interview please note that you may be subject to online checks.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Moreton School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1130 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Moreton School website
- Email address
- moretonhr@aatrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01902 556689
Moreton School is a large secondary school serving our community in Wolverhampton, with catchment areas including Bushbury, Low Hill, and Scotlands. The school has a small sixth form and a football academy with links to Paris St. Germain, making it a unique and dynamic learning environment.
We have a committed and talented staff body who work relentlessly to offer our students the best life chances and we stop at nothing to achieve that. We benefit from fantastic grounds and facilities, including excellent and regularly updated ICT and an all-weather multi-sports pitch, and the Trust is in a strong position to make sure that our staff and students want for nothing.
Moreton School is part 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 Moreton 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, 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 along with progressive ideas on feedback and staff wellbeing, including a very well received early finish on Fridays.
Our dedicated leadership team is here to support you in your professional development and ensure that you have the resources and opportunities to thrive.
Arranging a visit to Moreton School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email moretonhr@aatrust.co.uk.
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