Headteacher
| Posting date: | 31 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 January 2026 |
| Location: | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 3AD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | c6600224-a24f-4bef-837c-3b55d1fa512c |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
'A place to grow, and a place to shine.'
Diamond Wood Community Academy, part of Enhance Academy Trust, is an infant school situated in Ravensthorpe, near Dewsbury. This is an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively with a dedicated and talented staff team, amazing children and colleagues across the wider Trust to ensure that all of our children receive an excellent education and reach their potential.
Diamond Wood is a friendly, caring environment, where work and play go hand-in-hand. We offer a strong sense of community, with close ties with parents and carers. We ensure that our children are educated within a caring, happy, warm and welcoming environment, with a rich and challenging curriculum, in a stimulating environment. We want a Headteacher who is going to give our children the very best start and who will be their champion through their infant school years.
We are looking for a special Headteacher who will build strong relationships with children and adults alike, and who willfoster a love for lifelong learning and education.
Our new Headteacher will have:
• Leadership experience at a senior level, with experience in school improvement
• A proven track record of raising standards and achieving excellent academic outcomes, even in challenging circumstances
• Strong strategic vision and the ability to translate this into a impactful clear and school improvement plan, focused on addressing identified areas and building a positive school culture
• A track record of communicating and working effectively in partnership with parents, carers, governors and the wider community
• The ability to build strong relationships, foster collaboration, and promote a culture of openness and trust
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all staff and children
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• The opportunity to lead a dedicated and committed staff team in a supportive and collaborative working environment
• Wonderful children who are keen to learn
• The chance to make a significant and lasting impact on a school and local community
• A role that will stretch and challenge you, offering a high level of professional satisfaction
• A supportive Trust and Local Academy Board who will work positively with you and support you in your role
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and strongly encouraged. To arrange a visit please contact Mark Randall, CEO:mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk
Why join Enhance Academy Trust?Some quotes from our Headteachers:
Over the past academic year, the Trust have supported our academy to continue to move forward at all levels. Up to date, relevant and well considered advice and guidance is always available and appreciated. Trust leaders ensure that views of school leaders are always valued and opportunities for personal and professional growth are actively encouraged. Our children are consistently achieving better at all phases than at any other time in the academy’s history; the Trust is a key part of that success.
Having been a Headteacher of a Local Authority school before joining Enhance, I can fully appreciate what the Trust offers to its schools. The support, whether it be school improvement, financial, HR or estates, is second to none and helps to drive schools forward to ensure that the children get the very best. The Central Team know each school very well and understand the different contexts that our schools serve.
The support and challenge provided through external and school improvement visits from Enhance Academy Trust have been instrumental in driving meaningful change. These visits offer clarity on our goals and ensure that our leadership remains proactive and aligned with current national initiatives. The tailored advice and guidance empower our school to not only meet expectations but to thrive. This invaluable partnership truly enables schools to flourish.
As a Trust, we have developed a range of employee benefits. Here are just a few examples …
• Membership to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Physical and mental health support from a team of experienced nurses, counsellors, therapists, physiotherapists, consultants plus NHS GPs and private medical services.
• GP consultations with experienced NHS doctors are available for our employees and members of their household, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and prescriptions (which have to paid for) can be delivered to local chemists.
• Free annual flu jab
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
• A paid annual Wellbeing Day – a time for you to use the day for an activity which promotes your own individual health and wellbeing.
• Dedicated Leadership Time for all Headteachers
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.
'A place to grow, and a place to shine.'
Diamond Wood Community Academy, part of Enhance Academy Trust, is an infant school situated in Ravensthorpe, near Dewsbury. This is an excellent opportunity to work collaboratively with a dedicated and talented staff team, amazing children and colleagues across the wider Trust to ensure that all of our children receive an excellent education and reach their potential.
Diamond Wood is a friendly, caring environment, where work and play go hand-in-hand. We offer a strong sense of community, with close ties with parents and carers. We ensure that our children are educated within a caring, happy, warm and welcoming environment, with a rich and challenging curriculum, in a stimulating environment. We want a Headteacher who is going to give our children the very best start and who will be their champion through their infant school years.
We are looking for a special Headteacher who will build strong relationships with children and adults alike, and who willfoster a love for lifelong learning and education.
Our new Headteacher will have:
• Leadership experience at a senior level, with experience in school improvement
• A proven track record of raising standards and achieving excellent academic outcomes, even in challenging circumstances
• Strong strategic vision and the ability to translate this into a impactful clear and school improvement plan, focused on addressing identified areas and building a positive school culture
• A track record of communicating and working effectively in partnership with parents, carers, governors and the wider community
• The ability to build strong relationships, foster collaboration, and promote a culture of openness and trust
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all staff and children
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• The opportunity to lead a dedicated and committed staff team in a supportive and collaborative working environment
• Wonderful children who are keen to learn
• The chance to make a significant and lasting impact on a school and local community
• A role that will stretch and challenge you, offering a high level of professional satisfaction
• A supportive Trust and Local Academy Board who will work positively with you and support you in your role
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and strongly encouraged. To arrange a visit please contact Mark Randall, CEO:mark.randall@enhanceacad.org.uk
Why join Enhance Academy Trust?Some quotes from our Headteachers:
Over the past academic year, the Trust have supported our academy to continue to move forward at all levels. Up to date, relevant and well considered advice and guidance is always available and appreciated. Trust leaders ensure that views of school leaders are always valued and opportunities for personal and professional growth are actively encouraged. Our children are consistently achieving better at all phases than at any other time in the academy’s history; the Trust is a key part of that success.
Having been a Headteacher of a Local Authority school before joining Enhance, I can fully appreciate what the Trust offers to its schools. The support, whether it be school improvement, financial, HR or estates, is second to none and helps to drive schools forward to ensure that the children get the very best. The Central Team know each school very well and understand the different contexts that our schools serve.
The support and challenge provided through external and school improvement visits from Enhance Academy Trust have been instrumental in driving meaningful change. These visits offer clarity on our goals and ensure that our leadership remains proactive and aligned with current national initiatives. The tailored advice and guidance empower our school to not only meet expectations but to thrive. This invaluable partnership truly enables schools to flourish.
As a Trust, we have developed a range of employee benefits. Here are just a few examples …
• Membership to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Physical and mental health support from a team of experienced nurses, counsellors, therapists, physiotherapists, consultants plus NHS GPs and private medical services.
• GP consultations with experienced NHS doctors are available for our employees and members of their household, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and prescriptions (which have to paid for) can be delivered to local chemists.
• Free annual flu jab
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
• A paid annual Wellbeing Day – a time for you to use the day for an activity which promotes your own individual health and wellbeing.
• Dedicated Leadership Time for all Headteachers
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.