Trust Secondary Headteacher - Whitby School - North Yorkshire

Wonder Learning Partnership, Pocklington, YO42 2LL

9 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

We are looking for a Headteacher who can forge constructive relationships beyond the school, working in partnership with parents, carers and the local community and develop and communicate a shared educational vision that expresses the core values of the Trust, is responsive to the needs of the local community, and motivates and inspires others.

Teaching: The Headteacher will lead teaching and learning, to maximise academic progress – to develop within our pupils the skills they need to learn and an unquestionable thirst for knowledge.

Ethos: The Headteacher will create through collaboration, an ambitious, sequenced, interlaced Trust curriculum, to open our child’s hearts to the wonders of our world and to maximise learning.

Achievement: The Headteacher is responsible for ensuring the continued and sustainable raising of academic progress and standards. Using Trust data and national benchmarks to monitor, evaluate and improve the quality of leadership and teaching, to help our children excel.

Care: The Headteacher will create a warm, welcoming and caring community, with every child known as an individual. A place where our children can thrive, have fun, benefit from great teaching and personalised tuition.

Holistic: The Headteacher will enrich the lives of every member of our community – making the most of their individual talents and providing a wealth of enrichment opportunities within the formal curriculum and beyond the end of the school day.

What the school offers its staff

Whitby School is steeped in history and traditions where the values embrace the high aspirations and opportunities we will create for the pupils and students and is a school truly proud of the community it serves. We are seeking a headteacher who will lead on school improvement whilst acting as a servant leader engaging with parents, carers, the wider community and colleagues from across our Trust and school family.

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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

L25-29 Whitby Headteacher Pack_compressed.pdf - 1.38 MB (opens in new tab)

About Wonder Learning Partnership

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: recruitment@wlp.education
• Phone number: 01759 302395
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wolds-learning-partnership

Arranging a visit to Wonder Learning Partnership

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@wlp.education.

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