Headteacher

What skills and experience we're looking for

Headteacher Vacancy

Pay Range

L28-34 (£104,059 - £120,532)

Start Date

1st May 2027

About Our School

Allerton High School is a highly successful, inclusive 11–18 local authority maintained secondary school with 1,200 pupils, including a vibrant Sixth Form. Judged Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ in November 2024, our school is renowned for its exceptional academic standards, rich extra-curricular offer, and deeply embedded pastoral care. We work closely with Leeds City Council, our family of schools and local partners, to ensure that every young person, regardless of background, achieves their full potential.

The Role

Following the retirement of our highly respected Headteacher, the Governing Body is seeking an exceptional leader with the vision, integrity, and energy to lead Allerton High School into its next era of success.

This is a rare opportunity to inherit a school in an enviable position. Your role will not be to reinvent the wheel, but to creatively build upon our outstanding foundations. You will sustain our high academic benchmarks, champion evidence-based teaching, and lead a dedicated staff team, while actively participating in local authority school-to-school support networks.

What We Are Looking For

The successful candidate will demonstrate

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Sustained Excellence

Proven experience as a Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher with a track record of maintaining or achieving consistently high student outcomes at Key Stages 4 and 5.

•

System Leadership

The ability to look beyond our gates, collaborating effectively with the Local Authority, primary feeders, and regional education partners.

•

Inspirational Culture

A leadership style that inspires confidence, balances high expectations with staff wellbeing, and preserves our positive, inclusive school community.

•

Strategic Oversight

Strong financial and operational management to navigate local authority frameworks and resource allocations efficiently.

•

Qualifications

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and NPQH (completed or currently undertaking).

What We Can Offer You

• The opportunity to lead an established, high-performing, and financially sound Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ school.
• A highly articulate, motivated, and exemplary student body.
• A stable, skilled and collaborative teaching and support staff team.
• A supportive, legally compliant, and strategically focused Governing Body.
• Robust professional network ties within Leeds Local Authority.

We encourage prospective applicants to visit the school and experience our warm and vibrant community. Informal and confidential discussions with the Chair of Governors can be arranged through the school office.

School visits

Please contact Kate Dove, HR Manager and Headteacher’s PA at dovek@allertonhigh.org.uk or call 0113 203 4770 to arrange an appointment to visit the school.

Closing date

23rd

November 2026 Shortlisting

26th

November 2026 Assessment and interviews

12th & 13th January 2027

To request an application pack please email educ.headteacher@leeds.gov.uk

Allerton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments made are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history, and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds

What the school offers its staff

Headteacher Vacancy

Pay Range

L28-34 (£104,059 - £120,532)

Start Date

1st May 2027

About Our School

Allerton High School is a highly successful, inclusive 11–18 local authority maintained secondary school with 1,200 pupils, including a vibrant Sixth Form. Judged Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ in November 2024, our school is renowned for its exceptional academic standards, rich extra-curricular offer, and deeply embedded pastoral care. We work closely with Leeds City Council, our family of schools and local partners, to ensure that every young person, regardless of background, achieves their full potential.

The Role

Following the retirement of our highly respected Headteacher, the Governing Body is seeking an exceptional leader with the vision, integrity, and energy to lead Allerton High School into its next era of success.

This is a rare opportunity to inherit a school in an enviable position. Your role will not be to reinvent the wheel, but to creatively build upon our outstanding foundations. You will sustain our high academic benchmarks, champion evidence-based teaching, and lead a dedicated staff team, while actively participating in local authority school-to-school support networks.

What We Are Looking For

The successful candidate will demonstrate

•

Sustained Excellence

Proven experience as a Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher with a track record of maintaining or achieving consistently high student outcomes at Key Stages 4 and 5.

•

System Leadership

The ability to look beyond our gates, collaborating effectively with the Local Authority, primary feeders, and regional education partners.

•

Inspirational Culture

A leadership style that inspires confidence, balances high expectations with staff wellbeing, and preserves our positive, inclusive school community.

•

Strategic Oversight

Strong financial and operational management to navigate local authority frameworks and resource allocations efficiently.

•

Qualifications

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and NPQH (completed or currently undertaking).

What We Can Offer You

• The opportunity to lead an established, high-performing, and financially sound Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ school.
• A highly articulate, motivated, and exemplary student body.
• A stable, skilled and collaborative teaching and support staff team.
• A supportive, legally compliant, and strategically focused Governing Body.
• Robust professional network ties within Leeds Local Authority.

We encourage prospective applicants to visit the school and experience our warm and vibrant community. Informal and confidential discussions with the Chair of Governors can be arranged through the school office.

School visits

Please contact Kate Dove, HR Manager and Headteacher’s PA at dovek@allertonhigh.org.uk or call 0113 203 4770 to arrange an appointment to visit the school.

Closing date

23rd

November 2026 Shortlisting

26th

November 2026 Assessment and interviews

12th & 13th January 2027

To request an application pack please email educ.headteacher@leeds.gov.uk

Allerton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments made are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history, and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.