Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion
Longdendale High School
Tameside
- £67,897 - £75,049 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale 12 - 16
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2026
- Apply by:
- 11 May 2026
Job overview
Assistant Headteacher –Inclusion
Leadership Scale 12-16
Required for September 2026
Full-time, Permanent
This is a genuinely exciting opportunity to join the Stamford Park Trust. Required from September 2026, we are looking to appoint an exceptional Assistant Headteacher at Longdendale High School. The role represents an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and committed leader to develop their career by taking on a key senior leadership responsibility for Inclusion. The successful applicant will have responsibility for the strategic direction and management of key areas of responsibility across the school. The specific responsibilities of the role will be determined by the skills of the successful candidate and the needs of the school.
As an inspirational leader and teacher, your key responsibility will be to provide strategic leadership and direction which secures striking impact on standards and outcomes for students in our school. You will be part of a highly committed team of professionals who are passionate about raising standards and who are determined to further develop teaching and improve learning outcomes and overall provision for all students. The Assistant Headteacher will contribute significantly to driving school improvement by implementing and leading on high quality provision that leads to positive outcomes for learners. This role will allow you to develop your own career in an innovative, challenging yet highly supportive educational trust. We will invest in you and provide you with the best resourcing and a personal program of professional development.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to satisfactory enhanced status checks from the Disclosure and Barring Service. The school promotes equal opportunities.
Application Process
Application forms are to be completed and returned to HR@spt.ac.uk
Please check the school website under the job vacancies section for further information.
Closing date for applications: Monday 11th May 2026 at midday
Interviews to take place: Interviews : Thursday 14th May 2026
Attached documents
About Longdendale High School
- Longdendale High School
- Spring Street, Hollingworth, Hyde
- Cheshire
- SK14 8LW
- United Kingdom
Longdendale High School is a forward thinking and popular comprehensive 11-16 academy set at the edge of the Peak District on the border of Tameside and Derbyshire. We have a current intake of 850 learners with cohorts typically above the national average in terms of prior attainment.
Our learners are provided with excellent opportunities in all areas of the curriculum. The successful candidate will play a key role in our continuing journey of improvement as we work relentlessly Longdendale High School is a highly inclusive school, with a strong vision for ongoing improvement to ensure all learners are supported to achieve their full potential and flourish in all aspects of school life. Learners follow an ambitious curriculum, which is broad and balanced, and supports future progression routes – as a result of the strong core academic curriculum the EBacc entry profile is significantly above national averages every year. Alongside this, learners can choose to study a range of vocational and practical and creative subjects, and these subjects perform consistently above national averages.
In February 2020, Longdendale High School was designated as a National Flagship School for Inclusion, having held the Inclusion Quality Mark, Centre of Excellence for the previous four years. This is a reflection of the exceptional support, care and guidance our learners are provided with to remove barriers to learning and to achieve success in all areas of school life throughout their educational journey with us. In recognition of the collaborative approach with families to support learners, Longdendale has also held the Leading Parent Partnership Award for the past two years.
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