Trust Secondary Headteacher
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College, York, North Yorkshire, YO42 2LL9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 September 2025
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: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L25 - L29
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership & Strategy:Drive the strategic direction of the school, ensuring alignment with Trust-wide goals and fostering a culture of excellence.
- Teaching & Learning:Lead high-quality teaching and learning to maximise academic progress and instil a lifelong love of learning in our pupils.
- Curriculum & Ethos:Collaborate to develop an ambitious, sequenced Trust curriculum that inspires curiosity and deepens understanding of the world.
- Achievement:Monitor and improve academic standards using Trust data and national benchmarks, ensuring every child reaches their full potential.
- Pastoral Care:Create a warm, inclusive and caring environment where every child is known, valued, and supported.
- Holistic Development:Enrich the lives of pupils and staff through a broad range of opportunities both within and beyond the classroom.
What We’re Looking For:
- A proven track record as a successful Deputy Headteacher or senior leader.
- A passionate educator with a commitment to excellence and equity.
- A strategic thinker with the ability to inspire and lead others.
- A role model who embodies the values of the Trust and promotes a positive school culture.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead a thriving school and contribute to the wider development of our Trust. If you are ready to make a difference and lead with purpose, we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Woldgate is a positive, warm and welcoming school where pupils aim to do their very best and take pride in their
achievements. By constantly challenging our pupils to excel, we nurture aspiration and strive to cultivate a lifelong
love of learning in our young people.
State of the art facilities for our staff an pupils in our new school, soon to open.
A supportive Trust and School leadership team.
Teachers' Pension Scheme.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all members of staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all posts.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
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About Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1218 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Woldgate School and Sixth Form College website
- Email address
- recruitment@wlp.education
- Phone number
- 01759 302395
Woldgate is a school with a distinct vision for education. Our view of an outstanding school is based on shared values, where every child is known and cared for as an individual. To cultivate this, we build a supportive and caring community, where a child’s talents can grow through academic study and the opportunity to participate in the many activities, productions and visits that make Woldgate School unique. We are a school with a positive, welcoming, warm atmosphere, in which pupils take pride in their achievements and where each individual pupil achieves academically through consistently good teaching, in an environment that seeks to nurture their love of learning and challenges them to excel.
Arranging a visit to Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@wlp.education.
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