Assistant Headteacher

Assistant Headteacher

L10-L14

Start date: September 2025

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College is a vibrant and dynamic educational institution dedicated to fostering an ambitious approach to academic excellence, personal growth, and community engagement. Our school provides a welcoming and inclusive environment where all students, no matter what their background or need, are encouraged to grow, thrive, learn and be fulfilled so that they achieve their full potential.

We are excited to appoint an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic leader to take on the role of Assistant Headteacher at our school. The successful candidate will form part of an established senior leadership team, made up of the executive headteacher, two deputies and five assistant headteachers. This team drives an ambitious improvement agenda, to promote and deliver the highest standards and outcomes for all and realise the strategic intentions of the school. The brief of the new Assistant Headteacher will be decided following the interview. 

As part of this application pack, there are a number of documents that will help you to decide how you believe that you can contribute to the leadership of the strategic direction of Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School. These are:

• The School Development Plan
• The School ‘Self Evaluation Form’ 
• Our most recent Ofsted report.

As an aspiring Assistant Headteacher, you will already have a successful track record of leading change, driving improvement and promoting excellence. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate, through their experience, a passion for education that secures the best outcomes for all young people and an unwavering focus on promoting the highest professional standards. 

With a strong, established reputation for high levels of personal and professional integrity, reliability and trustworthiness, you will be known as a leader who is a positive role model, an outstanding listener, is fair, open and honest whilst being able to offer robust challenge and support. You will encourage innovation and leadership in others.

Applications should be made through the TES website.

In your supporting statement (with reference to the information provided in this pack and anything else in the public domain), please tell us in which areas you might like to lead, what you would intend to do, how you would do this and what the impact on standards would be. You should also outline how your skills and experiences to date have prepared you to take on this exciting role. Your statement must be no more than 1500 words.

For further details about our school, including the Job Description and Person Specification, please visit the school website: www.hccs.info/vacancies  

• Tours of the school and an opportunity to meet the Executive Headteacher will take place on Friday 2nd May.
• To book your place please contact Sarah Bradney, HR Manager, sarah.bradney@hccs.info
• Closing date for applications: 9am, Tuesday 6th May 2025
• Interviews: Wednesday 14th May 2025 with Thursday 15th 2025 as a possible second day. 
• All candidates will be telephoned with the final decision during Friday 16th May 2025
• Face to face feedback for unsuccessful candidates will be offered for those who want it in the days and weeks following the recruitment process

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All roles involve contact with children and are thus engaged in regulated activity relevant to children. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to references and online searches. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. 

Executive Headteacher: Nigel Bielby

NOR: 1323 including 153 in the Sixth Form