Headteacher
Co-op Academy Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M9 0WQ39 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter or September 2026
Closing date
19 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
11 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £113,646 - £131,578
Headteacher job summary
Your Role
Co-op Academy Manchester are seeking to appoint an exceptional Headteacher who will promote a culture of excellence, be passionate about the transformational power of education, and have the drive and skillset to secure the very best outcomes for our students. With an authentic commitment to cooperation and our Co-op ‘Ways of Being’, the successful candidate will not only be a highly visible leader within the academy but will also establish themselves as an outward facing trusted professional for the wider community.
We would welcome applications from existing Headteachers wanting to further their career in a large secondary academy supported by a highly regarded Trust, as well as those from talented and ambitious Deputy Headteachers looking to take their next step in senior leadership. If you’re a committed educationalist, steeped in the skills and knowledge of school improvement, with a belief in the power of co-operation to achieve great things please get in touch with us and consider applying.
Why us?
Co-op Academy Manchester is ambitious for its students and everyone works hard to ensure they have the best pupil experience and that they leave the Academy equipped to lead happy and successful lives. As part of the Co-op Academies Trust, the academy has been transformed since joining Co-op Academies Trust and has been graded “good” in the latest Ofsted inspection, in March 2023.
All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.
Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.
Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all have equal chances to succeed.
Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.
Our Values
Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:
Succeed together
Do what matters most
Be yourself, always
Show you care
So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:
Benefits include:
Our employee benefits package includes:
- You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
- Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
- Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
- Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
- Co-op Funeralcare benefit
- Season ticket and rental deposit loans
And more!
We have arranged a series of virtual information sessions about the role and the Trust, please email central recruitment to sign up for one of these. Each session should last up to 45 minutes. The following times and dates are available: 7th January and 12th January from 4pm - 5pm. Visits to the academy are strongly encouraged. To sign up for the information sessions and/or a visit to the academy please email centralrecruitment@coopacademies.co.uk.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Co-op Academy Manchester
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1610 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Co-op Academy Manchester website
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