Woldgate School
East Riding of Yorkshire
Salary:
L25 - L29
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2026
Apply by:
12 October 2025
Job overview
Required for January 2026
Key Responsibilities:
* Leadership & Strategy: Drive the strategic direction of the school, ensuring alignment with Trust-wide goals and fostering a culture of excellence.
* Teaching & Learning: Lead high-quality teaching and learning to maximise academic progress and instil a lifelong love of learning in our pupils.
* Curriculum & Ethos: Collaborate to develop an ambitious, sequenced Trust curriculum that inspires curiosity and deepens understanding of the world.
* Achievement: Monitor and improve academic standards using Trust data and national benchmarks, ensuring every child reaches their full potential.
* Pastoral Care: Create a warm, inclusive and caring environment where every child is known, valued, and supported.
* Holistic Development: Enrich the lives of pupils and staff through a broad range of opportunities both within and beyond the classroom.
What We're Looking For:
* A proven track record as a successful Deputy Headteacher or senior leader.
* A passionate educator with a commitment to excellence and equity.
* A strategic thinker with the ability to inspire and lead others.
* A role model who embodies the values of the Trust and promotes a positive school culture.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to lead a thriving school and contribute to the wider development of our Trust. If you are ready to make a difference and lead with purpose, we would love to hear from you.
If you would like to apply for the position of Headteacher please complete the Teacher post application form (see related documents). Please return completed application forms to Lucy Bailey in our Trust People and Culture Team
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– by 5pm Sunday 12th October 2025.
Interviews scheduled 21st and 22nd October
The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all
members of staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all posts.
Attached documents
Job Description
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About Woldgate School
Woldgate School
92 Kilnwick Road, Pocklington
East Riding of Yorkshire
YO42 2LL
United Kingdom
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form situated in Pocklington, a small market town in York. It is an academy converter supported by a multi-academy trust called Wolds Learning Partnership. A larger than average school for a school of its type, it will provide 1,100 places for secondary and sixth form students between the ages of 11-18 when fully subscribed.
The school has been educating children from Pocklington and surrounding areas since 1958, and re-opened under the same name as an academy converter in January 2017.
Headteacher
Luke Sloman
Values and Vision
Woldgate's motto is "Of great merit, character and value". It is a school with a focus on providing an education where each learner is treated as an individual to help fulfil their potential to the maximum. It is a safe, happy and enjoyable environment where each child studies in a manner where they are challenged but also supported by the school's high quality of pastoral care.
The school holds specialist status in performing arts and holds the Artsmark Gold award.
Ofsted
"Leaders, including governors, have successfully brought about improvements in the quality of teaching and students' achievements since the previous inspection. Consequently, the overall effectiveness of the college has improved since the last inspection and is good. Students make good progress across the college in a wide range of subjects including English and mathematics. This is because well-planned, interesting tasks motivate students to work hard and complete a good amount of high-quality work."
View (pre-academy) Woldgate School and Sixth Form College's latest Ofsted report
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