Assistant Headteacher

UET Pathfinder Academy – Danby Wood

·        1.0FTE

·        Salary – Leadership Scale L10 – L14, £62,202 - £68,586

·        Required September 2025

Unity Education Trust are recruiting for an Assistant Headteacher to join our education team and make a real and lasting difference to our students at our Pathfinder Academy Danby Wood.

​​​​​​​The Pathfinder Academy runs out of 4 sites across Norfolk. The sites provide Pathways of provision suitable for our cohorts of young people with complex social, emotional, and mental health needs who have found mainstream education challenging. The majority of our young people have been permanently excluded from mainstream and some are preparing for an onward transition to a new school or specialist provision.

Ours are not traditional teaching settings and we would welcome candidates with experience of alternative provision, specialist provision or mainstream primary or secondary with leadership experience. 

We are seeking an exceptional individual to fulfil the role of Assistant Headteacher at Danby Wood. This is a unique challenge for a committed individual who wishes to make a real difference. Candidates must have a total commitment to the importance of academic progress and high aspirations for all young people.

Suitable candidates will be able to work well under their own initiative and have high levels of resilience, excellent ICT and administrative skills and an exemplary attendance record.  For more information, please see job description.

Interested parties would benefit from speaking with the Executive Headteacher to fully understand the role splume@unityeducationtrust.uk.

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We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications irrespective of race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation and/or age. We value the individuality and creativity that every worker potentially brings to the workforce.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post will come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

​​​​​​​Unity Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible.

We also reserve to right to interview shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date.