Burscough Priory Academy
Assistant Headteacher School Culture, Behaviour & Attitudes
Role: Full time, Permanent
Salary: L10-L14 (£64,691 - £71,330 per annum)
Start date: September 2026
Closing date: 9am Monday 18th May
Shortlisting: Monday 18th May
Interviews: Wednesday 20th May
Are you ready to make a real impact?
We are looking for an exceptional candidate as Assistant Headteacher – School Culture, Behaviour & Attitudes who shares our values and has the vision to join us on the next (and very exciting) stage of our school’s development.
The successful candidate will be an inspiring leader with a track record of improving standards, who is committed to the school and Trust’s and the impact this can have on every student.
Working in partnership with the Headteacher, the leadership team and our school community, you will provide the strategic leadership that
underpin our culture with specific regard to attendance, attitude to learning and behaviour.
You will consistently communicate the school vision of ‘Ambition for All,’ work to our mission ‘E Pluribus Unum’ and the key drivers that underpin it; namely Kindness, Respect and Ambition. A passion for and evidence of developing a school culture and the associated structures and systems is a prerequisite for this role – they must support and empower staff to get the very best from every student, without exception. Most especially, this relates to those
that need us the most, right across the continuum of need.
The successful candidate, at both a strategic and operational level, will drive the
message of high expectations in everything we do and for the young people we do it for. The approach will be warm and kind, complementing our ambition and desire that every child is proud to belong and achieves.
As the new Assistant Headteacher, you will:
- Communicate with clarity, confidence and demonstrate a relational approach.
- Balance strategic thinking and planning with operational support.
- Have vision, passion and a proven track record in school improvement to increase performance across the school.
- Be a leader who develops a positive school culture for students, staff and our community.
- Be steadfast in a commitment and work to safeguard children.
- Demonstrate a dedication to providing students with the optimum conditions so that a high-quality education and personal development programme can have maximum impact.
- Be the person with the ability to motivate and inspire students, staff and parents with a strong sense of teamwork and can lead by example, influencing decision-making and shaping policies.
- Be aspirational, with an uncompromising commitment to improving educational outcomes for all students.
- Lead upon all areas related to attendance, attitude to learning and behaviour.
Whether you are an experienced school leader looking for the next challenge or seeking your first post as Assistant Headteacher, if you are committed to ‘Ambition for All’ and are looking for an opportunity to be a leader in a fantastic school within our Trust, we want to hear from you.
Welcome From The Headteacher
Thank you for your interest in the Assistant Headteacher vacancy at Burscough Priory Academy.
We are a small and thriving community school, a proud member the Endeavour Learning Trust. Ours is a small but steadily growing, well-established, highly respected Trust in the North West.
Our school is driven by what we believe, our vision, mission and values. We work to be ‘A School with Ambition for All. Everyone Matters, Everyone Succeeds.’ From founding, E Pluribus Unum, translated to Out of Many, One, is the school’s motto and mission; we work as one. We genuinely believe that collaboration has a positive, multiplying effect. Our values, Kindness, Respect and Ambition, underpin and drive the work we do - they are wholly visible, lived and celebrated. They allow us enjoy our community, celebrate the individual and enrich our experience.
Ambition challenges us all, students and staff, to be better than yesterday and better again tomorrow. When you visit us, you will see and feel our values in action.
Our school is an oasis of calm and one where students feel safe. This is by design and not chance, planned upon the solid foundation of simple, high expectations, clear standards and well-rehearsed routines. This means that here, teachers can teach and students learn, and we do so together. The subject and personal development curriculum is ambitious, teaching challenges thinking and support for our students underpins everything we do.
In November 2022, this was recognised by Ofsted and we were judged a ‘Good’ school.
The relationships that are fostered in school between the children and staff are exceptional. We are very aware of our responsibility as a school at the heart of our Burscough community and we know that excellent relationships with our parents, staff and within the wider community are crucial to the success of the children.
Our family ethos is tangible; we work as a team and we want the best for everyone. This means as individuals, together, in our classrooms, staffrooms, schools and right across our Trust. We are staunch in our commitment to doing this in a way which protects the wellbeing of our staff and our students. Our commitment to the work – home
balance is real, everything is examined through the workload lens, carefully balanced to meet the needs of our young people.
We hope the information in the recruitment pack give you a flavour of who we are and what we do. If you have any queries or would like to visit us, please get in touch.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs L MacLaren
Headteacher
