28 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2027

  • Closing date

    21 September 2026 at 8am

  • Date listed

    24 August 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

Pay scale

L20-L24

What skills and experience we're looking for

We is seeking to appoint an outstanding Deputy Headteacher, with proven experience of delivering success on a whole school scale, to join our supportive Senior Leadership Team.

This role will provide an exciting and challenging opportunity for a current Deputy Head or an ambitious Assistant Head looking for the next step in their career.

As a Deputy Headteacher, you will:

  • Raise the standard of teaching and learning.
  • Promote the ethos of the school with pupils, students, parents and colleagues.
  • Maximise pupil achievement.
  • Safeguard and care for our pupils.
  • Develop our holistic education programme.

What We’re Looking For:

  • A proven track record as a successful Deputy/Assistant Headteacher or senior leader.
  • A passionate educator with a commitment to excellence and equity.
  • A strategic thinker with the ability to inspire and lead others.
  • A role model who embodies the values of the Trust and promotes a positive school culture.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead a thriving school and contribute to the wider development of our Trust. If you are ready to make a difference and lead with purpose, we would love to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

Woldgate is a positive, warm and welcoming school where pupils aim to do their very best and take pride in their achievements. By constantly challenging our pupils to excel, we nurture aspiration and strive to cultivate a lifelong love of learning in our young people.

Our view of an outstanding school is based on shared values, where every child is known and cared for as an individual. To cultivate this, we build a supportive and caring community, where a child’s talents can grow through academic study and the opportunity to participate in the many activities, productions and visits that make Woldgate School unique.

We believe we provide a unique education for our young people. As a school at the heart of the community it serves, we work in partnership to ensure our children not only receive a broad and balanced education, but also have the opportunity to enjoy the Yorkshire Wolds and make a wider contribution to the area in which they live.

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

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all members of staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all posts.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

View advert on school website (opens in new tab)

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Woldgate-Deputy-Headteacher_compressed.pdf - 1.41 MB (opens in new tab)

About Woldgate School and Sixth Form College

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1167 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Website
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College website
Email address
cking@woldgate.net
Phone number
01759302395
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Woldgate is a school with a distinct vision for education. Our view of an outstanding school is based on shared values, where every child is known and cared for as an individual. To cultivate this, we build a supportive and caring community, where a child’s talents can grow through academic study and the opportunity to participate in the many activities, productions and visits that make Woldgate School unique. We are a school with a positive, welcoming, warm atmosphere, in which pupils take pride in their achievements and where each individual pupil achieves academically through consistently good teaching, in an environment that seeks to nurture their love of learning and challenges them to excel.

Arranging a visit to Woldgate School and Sixth Form College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cking@woldgate.net.

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