Assistant Headteacher: Teaching & Learning
The Duchess's Community High School · Alnwick, North East
Assistant Headteacher: Teaching & Learning at The Duchess's Community High School, based in Alnwick, North East. This is a permanent role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Alnwick, North East
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted
- 3 hours ago
- Closes
- 12 Oct 2026
- Sector
- Teacher
Reference 97f7762a8606e81d31455ccaf979f6ee3e15a52d
About the role
- A highly effective classroom practitioner with a strong current teaching record, who intends to keep teaching
- Successful leadership of teaching and learning or professional development beyond your own classroom
- Experience of leading change that improved practice in other people's lessons
- Experience of designing and delivering professional development for teachers
- Experience of working with and developing middle leaders
- The ability to develop colleagues without diminishing them
- The ability to gather and interpret evidence about classroom practice accurately, and to translate research into practical classroom routines
- A genuine appetite for improvement, in yourself and in others, and the patience to keep going when there are no quick wins
- The judgement to know when to hold a line and when to adapt, and the confidence to change what is not working once you understand it
- Qualified Teacher Status, a good honours degree and evidence of continuing professional development
- A deep understanding of safeguarding practice and principles
- Desirable: experience at senior leadership level in a secondary school; experience of ITT or ECT induction; experience of instructional coaching; an NPQ in leading teaching or senior leadership; familiarity with Making Every Lesson Count or a comparable framework
Reference: 97f7762a8606e81d31455ccaf979f6ee3e15a52d · Posted 3 hours ago · Closes 12 Oct 2026 · Listed via The Duchess's Community High School
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