Dixons Cottingley Academy
England
Salary:
DAT Level 2, SCP 14-17, (Actual salary £22,513 - £22,870)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
13 October 2025
Job overview
Why choose Dixons Cottingley Academy?
* We believe that people, more than strategy, create value - we all belong and grow together
* Focus on feedback and professional growth
* Opportunities across our trust to develop and grow your career
* Supportive line management; one team focused on fairness
* Employer funded cash health plan to support wellbeing for all staff
The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of determination, integrity and trust and completely committed to our mission: the academy will ensure that all students achieve excellent outcomes and are empowered to lead happy, purposeful and successful lives.
Learn more
Full details of this role can be found in the
job description
and
person specification
.
Interviews will take place on 16 October 2025.
Please visit
our website
or call us on and speak to Parveen Purewal, Academy Administration Manager, to discuss the role further.
Dixons Academies Trust
Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.
* We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
* We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
* We are launching a bold
flexible working policy
to give our teachers more time back
- We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
- We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
- We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload
Within our communities, we work together to establish joyful, rigorous, high performing schools and colleges, which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop culture and build cultural capital.
Visit our
OpenSource platform
to learn more about our approaches and culture.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.
We are focused on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy as part of our 2-5 year plan. You can read more about this here.
Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Recruiter contact:
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About Dixons Cottingley Academy
Dixons Cottingley Academy
Cottingley New Road, Bingley
Bradford
BD16 1TZ
United Kingdom
Dixons Cottingley Academy joined Dixons Academies Trust 1 July 2018.
Our mission is to provide an exceptional education for all of our students so that they leave the academy with excellent results and all the tools needed to live happy, successful and purposeful lives. We are passionate about working closely with our parents, staff and wider community to drive this mission and provide the very best outcomes for all of our students.
Being part of the Dixons Academies Trust allows us to work closely with high-performing academies in the city, whilst retaining an independent and unique culture. We define the Dixons Difference as our relentless focus on student achievement, led by highly committed and caring staff. By creating a can-do, independent culture with an emphasis on self-discipline, we prepare our learners for future success in an ever-changing world. We value diversity and cultivate happy schools, based on strong relationships, mutual respect, integrity and honesty.
A note from the Principal
As Principal of Dixons Cottingley Academy, I believe that all students should receive an educational experience that enables them to learn, grow as individuals and contribute to society, regardless of their backgrounds or starting points.
Our mission is to ensure everyone achieves excellent results, and is empowered to lead a happy, purposeful and successful life.
In order to achieve this, we will work relentlessly with students and parents. This will require tremendous hard work from all as our expectations are incredibly high.
We have a clear set of academy values which we will all adhere to every day. We promise we will do whatever it takes to ensure students achieve and welcome you to join us on our journey.
Jason Patterson
Principal
Learn more about Dixons Academies Trust and our approach to culture on the Dixons OpenSource YouTube channel:
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