Head of School
Topcliffe CofE Academy, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 3RG26 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
27 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £55,747 - £61,534 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the Role
Topcliffe CofE Academy is seeking an exceptional and inspirational Head of School to lead our outstanding school. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for all pupils and supporting staff to deliver the highest standards of teaching and learning. This role will have a teaching commitment.
Working closely with the Executive Headteacher, the successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the strategic direction of the school, driving school improvement, and ensuring a safe, inclusive, and high-performing learning environment.
What the school offers its staff
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Executive Headteacher in leading the strategic development and day to day management of the school.
- Maintain highly positive relationships with pupils, parents, staff, and the wider community.
- Maintain the high standards of teaching, learning, and curriculum delivery.
- Lead and develop staff through coaching, mentoring, and professional development.
- Monitor pupil progress and implement strategies to raise attainment and achievement.
- Promote a strong culture of safeguarding, wellbeing, and inclusion.
- Collaboratively self-evaluate and plan for future focus areas.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Leadership experience.
- A proven track record of raising standards and improving outcomes for pupils.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
- A strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
- The ability to inspire, motivate, and develop staff and pupils alike.
- Strong knowledge of developing oracy with explicit teaching of talk, vocabulary, and reasoning.
- Expertise in leading an effective mixed-age curriculum.
- Ability to lead a high-performing, well-supported staff team through coaching and focused CPD.
Our school vision:
Growing, believing, achieving together
“Love your neighbour as yourself and do to others as you’d have them do to you.”
This teaching enables us to grow and flourish as positive and hopeful citizens of tomorrow’s world, believing there are no limits on what we can achieve if we are kind and work together.
This vision makes our school a truly special place to learn, as together we live out our core Christian values of compassion, respect and community.
Further information about the academy can be found on the academy websitehttps://www.topcliffeacademy.org/.
Further information about the job
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and will take place on:
Tuesday 14th April 2026 at 3:45pm
Monday 20th April 2026 at 3:45pm
Please contact the school office to book a place on 01845 448227.
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
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.
About Topcliffe CofE Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 121 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Topcliffe CofE Academy website
- Email address
- HR@elevatemat.org
Arranging a visit to Topcliffe CofE Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@elevatemat.org.
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