Full job descriptionOrganisation: EDClass Ltd
Location: Head Office, Aston House, Campbell Way, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 3QD (100 percent office-based delivery and leadership)
Contract Type: Direct contract with EDClass (Full time, Part time, or Flexible Hourly contracts available; Full time is 40 hours per week)
Working Hours and Patterns: Flexible start times available (8:00am, 8:30am, or 9:00am) aligned with core peak timetabled learner delivery hours (9:00am to 4:00pm)
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 (pro rata)
Start Date: ASAP
About EDClass
EDClass Ltd is a DfE-accredited provider under the Online Education Accreditation Scheme (OEAS), partnering with 250+ schools and Multi-Academy Trusts, alongside 20 local authorities across the UK. Operating from purpose-built digital teaching studios at Aston House in Dinnington, Sheffield we deliver high-impact alternative provision, live lessons, and targeted interventions. Our unique, flexible seat model allows schools to rotate places across multiple learners on part-time timetables—supporting inclusion units, internal isolation, off-site AP, medical needs, EOTAS, and Section 19 duties. Supported by mandatory visual safeguards and rigorous on-site supervision, we are also actively expanding into global education, Elective Home Education (EHE), adult learning, and private candidate markets.
The Opportunity and Role Purpose
We are seeking an experienced, secondary-trained senior educational leader holding NPQH, NPQSL, or NPQEL to serve as Head of Teaching and Learning (KS1–KS4). With an exclusive focus on pedagogical excellence rather than traditional school administration, you will inspire, coach, and raise standards across an instructional team of 20 on-site teachers and peak-demand online teachers.
Core Strategic Priorities:
*Platform and Pedagogical Leadership: Coach educators across diverse initial skill levels to deliver outstanding live digital instruction on our next-generation platform.
*Timetable and Studio Operations: Take full strategic ownership of scheduling across our specialised live teaching studios, seamlessly balancing room allocations, subject coverage, and flexible seat rotations.
*Quality Assurance and Performance Analysis: Interrogate instructional quality via live observations, teacher-talk monitoring, and work scrutiny to eliminate passive lecturing and ensure active retrieval.
*Curriculum and Core Standards: Lead strategic curriculum delivery across core (English, Maths, Science) and non-core subjects, while driving foundational pupil standards in reading fluency, writing mechanics, presentation and handwriting.
*Client Impact and Gap Analysis: Liaise directly with MATs and local authorities, conducting forensic reviews to diagnose pupil learning deficits and evidence measurable academic recovery.
*Strategic Growth: Help steer our curriculum architecture into international markets, EHE cohorts, and adult learning pathways.
Person Specification, Qualifications and Accreditation (Essential)
*National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH), National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL), or National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership (NPQEL).
*Secondary teaching background and a degree in a relevant academic subject discipline.
*Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) gained in the United Kingdom.
Experience and Track Record (Essential)
*Minimum of 3 years of substantive senior leadership experience as a Deputy Headteacher or Assistant Headteacher within a secondary school setting.
*Proven leadership experience managing, coaching and developing staff across a vast range of teaching abilities to achieve consistently outstanding instruction.
*Demonstrable experience conducting high level impact reviews for local authorities, multi academy trusts or governing bodies to evidence pupil academic progress.
*Proven track record of liaising directly with senior school leaders to identify needs, diagnose student learning gaps and design targeted academic interventions.
*Demonstrable track record of public speaking, presenting or leading workshops at educational conferences, professional symposiums, or leadership network forums.
*Proven leadership experience in timetable management, scheduling staff allocations, and deploying academic resources across live classroom studios or dedicated live timetable suites to meet complex operational demands.
*Demonstrable track record of evaluating and analysing teaching performance through structured observations, metrics and quality frameworks to drive demonstrable improvements.
*Proven track record of conducting granular academic data analysis to track progress, diagnose attainment gaps and direct rapid educational interventions.
*Demonstrable experience monitoring pedagogy and teacher talk to ensure active student learning, verbal retrieval and high engagement.
*Proven leadership experience making strategic educational decisions, managing curriculum design, whole school assessment frameworks or student behaviour at secondary level.
*Proven record as a strategic leader across core disciplines (English, Mathematics, Science) or broad non-core subject suites.
*Proven track record of developing teacher knowledge, enhancing subject expertise and coaching educators within an expanding educational team.
*Demonstrable experience preparing for, engaging with, or leading regulatory inspection and evaluation meetings with Ofsted or the DfE.
*Substantive experience working with UK awarding bodies (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas WJEC), with an in depth understanding of GCSE specifications and grading standards.
How to Apply
To register your interest or schedule an informal discussion regarding the role:
*Email: Send your updated CV, a covering letter outlining your secondary senior leadership experience, and your preferred working pattern (Full time, Part time, or Term Time Only) to our General Manager.
*Telephone: Contact our management team directly.