About this Role
Colne Valley HighSchoolDeputy Principal – Quality of Student Experience
Permanent full-time role
Salary – L21-25
To start – January 2027
Colne Valley High School, part of Great HeightsAcademy Trust, is embarking on an exciting journey of improvement under our newPrincipal.
Why Colne Valley High School?
- Dynamic Leadership: Be part of a forward-thinking school under transformative leadership.
- Collaborative Environment: Work within a supportive, innovative team that values excellence in teaching and learning.
- Professional Growth: Benefit from outstanding career development support and continuous professional development through our expanding Multi-Academy Trust, which includes nine schools, a SCITT, Research School, and an English Hub.
About the Role
- Play a central role in strategic leadership across behaviour, attendance, inclusion, and safeguarding.
- Be an exceptional leader, who understands how these areas work together to create a positive, purposeful and inclusive school culture.
- Be highly visible, resilient and uncompromising in the pursuit of excellence, combining high expectations with compassion, consistency, and a commitment to removing barriers to success.
- Inspire and motivate students and colleagues, driving academic, social, and personal growth.
- Work in a vibrant setting located on the edge of the beautiful Pennine Hills in West Yorkshire, with excellent transport links.
We are looking for Leaders who are:
- Passionate about teaching and learning.
- Driven, with high expectations for themselves and their students.
- Can evidence impact and progress achieved previously in a similar whole school role.
- Caring and patient, able to build strong relationships with students and colleagues.
- Committed to equal opportunities and inclusive education.
- Ambitious and eager to develop professionally.
As standard, we offer ongoing Continuous ProfessionalDevelopment covering all aspects of teaching, learning and leadership, preparing you for the next phase of your career. We are confident that newteachers joining our school will feel welcomed from the moment they start their journey with us, and we absolutely encourage prospective applicants to visit ourschool prior to applying if they wish.
Welook forward to hearing from you.
Closing Date – Wednesday 21st October2026, 9.00am
Interviews – Friday 23rdOctober 2026
Great Heights Academy Trust is committed tosafeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and weexpect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from theRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carriedout; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to anenhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutorybodies.
GDPR Disclaimer: Please note and appreciate that whilstwe review all CV’s and applications, due to the high volume that we receive ona regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successfulwith their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application,please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with theGeneral Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data ProtectionAct 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessfulapplications, and we will not keep candidate information on file for futurevacancies at this stage of our process.
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