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North Chadderton School in the east of Manchester is seeking an Assistant Head of Year to support the Head of Year in driving strong academic progress and exemplary behaviour across the year group. You will work to motivate students to excel and maintain high expectations of what they can achieve, within a supportive pastoral framework.
The school has recently highlighted its Good Ofsted rating and offers a state-of-the-art building with access to modern resources.
We are looking to appoint an Assistant Head of Year to join our supportive pastoral team. This is a pastoral role, where you will assist the Head of Year to ensure significant academic progress and excellent behaviour of students across a year group. To succeed in this role, you will be able to inspire and motivate students to excel in their education and have high expectations to what students can achieve.
North Chadderton School was recently graded Good in all areas by Ofsted. We know this is a great school and one which is fully committed to continuing to provide the very best experiences for all our pupils, with high academic standards and attainment and a strong personal development offer. We are committed to career-long staff development and if you join our team, you will be based in a diverse, friendly and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning.
As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located to the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.
Closing date: noon Tuesday 22 nd September 2026
North Chadderton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks.
The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with 'Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024' (para 221).