Deputy Head (Academic)

Full Time/Permanent

required from 1st January 2027

Since 1881, St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School has been forming great men of competence, conscience, compassion, and commitment. As a distinctive Catholic school with a proud tradition of educating boys, we combine academic ambition with a deep commitment to developing young men of character, purpose, and integrity.

We are seeking an exceptional Deputy Head: Academic to help shape the next chapter of our success. This pivotal leadership role will provide strategic leadership for the school’s academic vision, curriculum, teaching and learning, assessment, and outcomes. The opportunity arises following the promotion of our Deputy Head: Academic to Headship in a diocesan school after five years of dedicated, highly successful, and transformative leadership at St Cuthbert’s. Working closely with the Headmaster and Senior Leadership Team, the successful candidate will champion scholarship and academic excellence, ensuring that every pupil is challenged to fulfil his potential as part of our wider mission of forming great men.

St Cuthbert’s will ask much of its next Deputy Head: Academic because the school itself is worth the ask. This is a school with history, resources, ambition, and heart. It is also a school with work to do: to deepen our mission, define excellence for a new generation, extend opportunity, strengthen community, and demonstrate what Catholic education for young men can achieve in the years ahead.

We are looking for a practising Catholic with the vision, intellectual leadership, and educational expertise to lead curriculum innovation, secure outstanding academic outcomes and foster a culture of high expectations, curiosity and achievement. Above all, the successful candidate will be a committed Catholic Leader able to articulate and advance the mission of the school, helping to form great men ready to take their place in the Church and in the world.

We warmly welcome visits from prospective candidates. There is no better way to experience St Cuthbert’s than by meeting the boys and the staff who bring our vision of forming great men to life each day.

If you share our ambition and believe that you can make a significant contribution to our future, we look forward to receiving your application.

Application forms and further information are available by following the link on our website for submission by 9.00am Monday 12th October 2026.

All applications should be made online via our online recruitment portal. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

St Cuthbert’s is first and foremost a Catholic school. Applicants are not required to be practising Catholics but are expected to support and promote the school’s Catholic vision, mission, and values.

The Governors of St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School, the Trustees of the Bishop Bewick Trust and the Diocese are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons.  The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be completed for shortlisted candidates.