Headteacher
Allerton High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 7AG27 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 May 2027
Closing date
23 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- 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
- L28 - L34
What skills and experience we're looking for
Headteacher Vacancy
Pay Range: L28-34 (£104,059 - £120,532) Start Date: 1st May 2027
About Our School
Allerton High School is a highly successful, inclusive 11–18 local authority maintained secondary school with 1,200 pupils, including a vibrant Sixth Form. Judged Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ in November 2024, our school is renowned for its exceptional academic standards, rich extra-curricular offer, and deeply embedded pastoral care. We work closely with Leeds City Council, our family of schools and local partners, to ensure that every young person, regardless of background, achieves their full potential.
The Role
Following the retirement of our highly respected Headteacher, the Governing Body is seeking an exceptional leader with the vision, integrity, and energy to lead Allerton High School into its next era of success.
This is a rare opportunity to inherit a school in an enviable position. Your role will not be to reinvent the wheel, but to creatively build upon our outstanding foundations. You will sustain our high academic benchmarks, champion evidence-based teaching, and lead a dedicated staff team, while actively participating in local authority school-to-school support networks.
What We Are Looking For
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Sustained Excellence: Proven experience as a Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher with a track record of maintaining or achieving consistently high student outcomes at Key Stages 4 and 5.
- System Leadership: The ability to look beyond our gates, collaborating effectively with the Local Authority, primary feeders, and regional education partners.
- Inspirational Culture: A leadership style that inspires confidence, balances high expectations with staff wellbeing, and preserves our positive, inclusive school community.
- Strategic Oversight: Strong financial and operational management to navigate local authority frameworks and resource allocations efficiently.
- Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and NPQH (completed or currently undertaking).
What We Can Offer You
- The opportunity to lead an established, high-performing, and financially sound Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ school.
- A highly articulate, motivated, and exemplary student body.
- A stable, skilled and collaborative teaching and support staff team.
- A supportive, legally compliant, and strategically focused Governing Body.
- Robust professional network ties within Leeds Local Authority.
We encourage prospective applicants to visit the school and experience our warm and vibrant community. Informal and confidential discussions with the Chair of Governors can be arranged through the school office.
School visits
Please contact Kate Dove, HR Manager and Headteacher’s PA at dovek@allertonhigh.org.uk or call 0113 203 4770 to arrange an appointment to visit the school.
Closing date: 23rd November 2026 Shortlisting: 26th November 2026 Assessment and interviews: 12th & 13th January 2027
To request an application pack please email educ.headteacher@leeds.gov.uk
Allerton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments made are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history, and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.
We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds
What the school offers its staff
Headteacher Vacancy
Pay Range: L28-34 (£104,059 - £120,532) Start Date: 1st May 2027
About Our School
Allerton High School is a highly successful, inclusive 11–18 local authority maintained secondary school with 1,200 pupils, including a vibrant Sixth Form. Judged Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ in November 2024, our school is renowned for its exceptional academic standards, rich extra-curricular offer, and deeply embedded pastoral care. We work closely with Leeds City Council, our family of schools and local partners, to ensure that every young person, regardless of background, achieves their full potential.
The Role
Following the retirement of our highly respected Headteacher, the Governing Body is seeking an exceptional leader with the vision, integrity, and energy to lead Allerton High School into its next era of success.
This is a rare opportunity to inherit a school in an enviable position. Your role will not be to reinvent the wheel, but to creatively build upon our outstanding foundations. You will sustain our high academic benchmarks, champion evidence-based teaching, and lead a dedicated staff team, while actively participating in local authority school-to-school support networks.
What We Are Looking For
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Sustained Excellence: Proven experience as a Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher with a track record of maintaining or achieving consistently high student outcomes at Key Stages 4 and 5.
- System Leadership: The ability to look beyond our gates, collaborating effectively with the Local Authority, primary feeders, and regional education partners.
- Inspirational Culture: A leadership style that inspires confidence, balances high expectations with staff wellbeing, and preserves our positive, inclusive school community.
- Strategic Oversight: Strong financial and operational management to navigate local authority frameworks and resource allocations efficiently.
- Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and NPQH (completed or currently undertaking).
What We Can Offer You
- The opportunity to lead an established, high-performing, and financially sound Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ school.
- A highly articulate, motivated, and exemplary student body.
- A stable, skilled and collaborative teaching and support staff team.
- A supportive, legally compliant, and strategically focused Governing Body.
- Robust professional network ties within Leeds Local Authority.
We encourage prospective applicants to visit the school and experience our warm and vibrant community. Informal and confidential discussions with the Chair of Governors can be arranged through the school office.
School visits
Please contact Kate Dove, HR Manager and Headteacher’s PA at dovek@allertonhigh.org.uk or call 0113 203 4770 to arrange an appointment to visit the school.
Closing date: 23rd November 2026 Shortlisting: 26th November 2026 Assessment and interviews: 12th & 13th January 2027
To request an application pack please email educ.headteacher@leeds.gov.uk
Allerton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments made are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history, and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.
We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds
Further information about the job
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)About Allerton High School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1764 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Allerton High School website
- Email address
- educ.headteacher@leeds.gov.uk
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Arranging a visit to Allerton High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email educ.headteacher@leeds.gov.uk.
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