Principal
Richard Rose Morton Academy, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 6LB26 days remaining to apply
Closing date
15 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
20 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive salary plus benefits package
Additional allowances
Competitive salary plus benefits package
Principal job summary
Richard Rose Morton Academy serves families in the Morton area of Carlisle and educates around 900 pupils aged 11-16. While the school benefits from modern facilities and a committed staff team, we know there is more to do to ensure every child achieves well. This is a school with real strengths and opportunities, but it needs a renewed sense of ambition and focused leadership to deliver consistently high standards.
Our goal is clear: to raise expectations, strengthen teaching and learning, and create a culture where excellence is the norm. This is a role for a leader who can inspire ambition, drive improvement, and manage change - someone who sees challenge as an opportunity to make a lasting impact. If you are passionate about improving outcomes and creating a school where every child thrives, we would be delighted to hear from you.
United Learning is a big group of schools - with over 75,000 pupils and more than 10,000 staff - so we have the capacity to support you educationally and operationally. At the same time, we are values led and base all that we do on good relationships, so you will be joining a big family. Reporting directly to the Regional Director, you will be supported both personally and professionally, benefitting from the strength of a national Group who will support your development and that of your staff and school.
We are committed to fairness, diversity and inclusion. We are currently working hard to improve the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic leaders at headship level and to raise our proportion of women leaders to match their representation in our wider workforce. Whoever you are, if you have a strong track record of improving young people’s education and a drive to do more, we very much look forward to hearing from you.
We fully recommend that you take the opportunity to make an informal visit prior to making your application to see the school for yourself. If you would like to arrange a visit or discuss the role in further detail, please contact Geoff Morris at geoff.morris@unitedlearning.org.uk or by phone on 07811 345 638.
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 Richard Rose Morton Academy
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 883 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Richard Rose Morton Academy website
School location
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