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Headteacher
Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 3AQ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To commence from September 2026
Closing date
26 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- School teachers' leadership scale L32 to L38
What skills and experience we're looking for
The post-holder will:
• Play a leading role in delivering the trust’s aims and objectives, in accordance with our Funding Agreement and Strategy Plan
• Lead and manage Whitcliffe Mount to a high standard, fulfilling the standards described in the National Standards for Headteachers 2020, the Governance Handbook and the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the role, as directed by the CEO, to support colleagues in other trust schools, to strategically lead areas of trust-wide development or build partnerships that support the delivery of the trust’s objectives
• Be accountable to the Executive Principal for achieving the highest standards of education for pupils in the academy
• We appoint headteachers to the post, not the school. However, we only make changes in consultation and with the agreement of the postholder.
What the school offers its staff
We are seeking a talented leader to join our trust and lead Whitcliffe Mount in the next stage of its journey to excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful trust and a large secondary school with high standards but lots of potential to improve further.
We would love to hear from you, if you:
- Share our trust’s aim of “overcoming disadvantage” and believe in “Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best”
- Are ambitious for all pupils, committed to securing high standards of behaviour, academic performance and providing opportunities for personal development
- A commitment to inclusive practice and keeping all pupils safe
- Can lead others effectively, able to help colleagues achieve their personal best and contribute to the team’s success
- Have achieved success in your current senior leadership role
- Would welcome working with a team of supportive colleagues, sharing resources and expertise for the benefit of all.
We put people first in our trust. This is reflected in our core belief of ‘Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best’. We offer first class training and support, with internal leadership programmes complementing the extensive offer we can deliver as the Teaching School Hub for Calderdale and Kirklees. We allow our leaders to make decisions and take responsibility, whilst offering the support they need to be a success. This commitment has helped us buck the national trend with recruitment and retention. Many of our staff tell us they would not be willing to work anywhere else.
There is a wealth of support available across our trust, from networks of headteachers, trust-wide subject directors, trust improvement leaders and a very experienced central team. You will be trusted to lead Whitcliffe Mount but know you can draw on the support of a very successful team. In addition to the Teaching School Hub, one of our schools is a Behaviour & Attendance lead school and we have been asked to support other schools through the RISE programme, a strong indication of the quality of our work and support.
We offer a first-class benefits package, including competitive salaries and longer-term opportunities for career development. Above all, we provide a warm, friendly, supportive environment that helps our colleagues to thrive.
Further information about the job
Completed application forms should be returned to share.hr@sharemat.co.uk.
Candidates are welcome to get in touch before submitting their application. Please contact Jenny Carr, Executive Principal jenny.carr@sharemat.co.uk or via telephone to Mrs Carr’s Personal Assistant, Rebecca Corcoran on 01484 463366 ext. 1207. We may also be able to arrange a school visit upon request.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1244 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy website
- Email address
- jenny.carr@sharemat.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01484463366
SHARE Multi Academy Trust comprises of Woodside Green Primary, Heaton Avenue Primary, Luck Lane Primary, Millbridge Primary, Royds Hall, Shelley College, Whitcliffe Mount School and Thornhill Community Academy. A central team provides operational support.
We believe in helping staff and students achieve their personal best and are keen to recruit the very best talent to our trust.
More than six hundred people work hard across the trust to ensure we provide the very best education and service across all our schools, from invigilators joining us for a few hours a year, through flexible part-time work to many full-time teaching and support roles.
There are many reasons why you will enjoy working for the trust. You will be surrounded by supportive people, working together with a common goal for all of our students, aiming to value and support all colleagues in order to help them achieve their personal best.
If you decide to join us, we will ensure you have what you need to make a positive difference in your education role. We will seek out your ideas and ask for your opinions regularly using staff voice.
Our CPD commitment is second to none and the training and developmental opportunities on offer will empower you to make improvements in all aspects of your role. The training you receive will help you fulfil your potential whatever your stage of career.
For teachers and leaders, we offer fast tracked, first class developmental opportunities led by one of our academies, Shelley College, which is the Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale. This includes National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), lead practitioner positions and trainee senior leadership positions, which build upon our middle leadership programmes.
Whitcliffe Mount School
Whitcliffe Mount Academy is a large secondary academy in Cleckheaton, within close commuter distance of Huddersfield, Bradford, and Leeds. The academy is committed to supporting all pupils to achieve, develop and thrive so that they can be happy and successful.
The academy is a proud member of the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust and is part of the Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale. Whitcliffe Mount provides staff with a wealth of support and a wide range of opportunities to collaborate, network, and share best practice.
Whitcliffe Mount has a wonderful academy community and is a great place to work, where all team members play a vital role in making a positive impact on the life chances of others.
The academy is proud to offer:
- A supportive and ambitious environment where all students are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives.
- A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
- A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in students’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
- Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
- Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development.
- Supportive leadership, encouraging healthy work-life balance.
- A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities.
- A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.
Arranging a visit to Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jenny.carr@sharemat.co.uk.
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