Assistant Headteacher
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School:
NEAT Academy Trust -
Location:
Newcastle -
Salary:
Leadership Pay Range L4 - L8 (£53,602 - £59,167 per annum) - pay award pending -
Hours:
Full time -
Contractual Status:
Permanent -
Closing Date:
19th May 2025
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher who can help lead in an inclusive and innovative way, to join our Senior Leadership Team from September 2025. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their career, and contribute to formulating the aims and objectives of the school, managing staff and resources and monitoring progress towards their achievement.
We are looking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher who:
- Has current knowledge and understanding of national and local education policy, curriculum and management issues relating to whole school priorities.
- Has a thorough understanding of how young people learn across the primary phase and the core features of effective curriculum planning, delivery and assessment.
- Experience of monitoring and evaluating teaching/learning, analysing data and target setting.
- Demonstrable leadership experience, including evidence of developing and coaching colleagues.
- Experience of contributing to whole school improvement.
- Demands ambitious standards and high expectations for all pupils to overcome disadvantage and advance equality.
Walkergate Community School is at the heart of our proud community and is one of seven primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East.
Our school is a large primary school based across 2 sites in the east end of Newcastle. We currently have 660 pupils aged from 2 to 11 and in 2020 Ofsted rated the school as ‘Good’. Our school motto is ‘Together we make a difference’ and staff are dedicated to working with children, parents and families to ensure that all Walkergate children achieve their very best in everything they do in a safe, happy and nurturing environment.
The school was awarded teaching school status in July 2017 and Research School status in 2019. The Research School sits within the trust and has a designated lead, with the research school work being integral to the development of quality first teaching across the trust, alongside the regional and national work it undertakes.
Our school is one of eight primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family ofschools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.
In return we offer:
- Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
- A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
- The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
- Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
- Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
- Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.
Interested in finding out more about this unique opportunity? Please get in touch with Kelly Stockill, School Business Manager, at k.stockill@neat.org.uk or 0191 265 5737 to arrange a visit or for an informal discussion with our Headteacher, Dan Nelson.
Interested in applying? If you share our passion and believe you can make a difference, please read the accompanying job description and person specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Monday 19th May 2025.
Expected interview date – Thursday 22nd May 2025.
NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
NEAT Academy Trust
NEAT Academy Trust, usually known as NEAT, was formed in 2017 from an existing collaboration of schools within North East England.
Academy trusts are charitable companies set up to provide education for the public benefit. We are a “mixed” multi-academy trust as we were established to include both non-faith and Church of England schools.
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