Headteacher

Ponteland High School, Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 9EG

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  17 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 September 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: L31 to L37

What skills and experience we're looking for

Ponteland High School achieves well. The task now is to make certain that the school's daily standards match the quality of its outcomes, and that every part of the school operates to the same high expectation.

This is the opportunity in this post: the academic foundation is already strong, so the improvement work is about culture, consistency and ambition.

01 Expectations, lived daily

Set out clearly what is expected of every student in behaviour, conduct, appearance and attitude to learning, and ensure those expectations are understood and applied consistently in every corridor and every conversation.

02 SEND as a strength

Strengthen provision for students with special educational needs and disabilities so that it becomes a recognised strength of the school, with every student well known, well supported and well served.

03 Systems that work

Ensure that agreed processes are followed reliably, so that students, staff and families consistently experience the school as organised, responsive and fair.

04 Teaching and outcomes

Build on strong results at GCSE and A level by securing high-quality teaching in every classroom and sustaining ambition for every student, including the most able and the most vulnerable.

05 Presence and visibility Lead through daily presence. In a school of this size, what the Headteacher notices, praises and insists upon becomes what the school values.

What the school offers its staff

As part of Pele Trust you would join thirteen other schools, and a SCITT, and a group of headteachers who work together rather than in parallel.

The partnership between feeder primary schools and Ponteland High School are particularly strong and well developed.

You will have the support of a central team that takes the operational load seriously so that you can concentrate on leading your school.

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

Pele Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced DBS and a range of other recruitment checks.

In accordance with Department for Education’s Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, as part of the recruitment process we will undertake an online search of publicly available information of shortlisted candidates. This search will be undertaken by someone who is not part of the decision making process, and after the shortlisting stage, any relevant incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, may be explored at interview.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

Ponteland Headteacher Application Pack Final.pdf - 485 KB (opens in new tab)

PHS HT Application Form.docx - 44.3 KB (opens in new tab)

About Ponteland High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1536 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ponteland High School website
• Email address: c.leightley@peletrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ponteland-high-school

Welcome to Ponteland High School: our overriding aim is to build a school where all of our students are happy, feel safe and achieve exceptionally well.

We are delighted to have converted to an 11-18 secondary school in September 2019 and moved into our state of the art building in November 2020. We know that our students benefit greatly from being within our school from Year 7 and this will support them, in achieving exceptionally well as they progress to GCSE and beyond.

Arranging a visit to Ponteland High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.leightley@peletrust.org.uk.

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