John Spence Community High School is a proud, well- established school with a strong sense of community and identity, clear values and high expectations for its young people. The school is a values-led school with a clear and lived ethos. At its heart sits the principle that every young person should leave school Fit for Life — resilient, skilled and considerate.

The school now seeks a Headteacher who will lead the next phase of its journey. The task ahead is to build on these foundations with clarity and confidence: securing stronger outcomes, sustaining a broad and ambitious curriculum, and ensuring that John Spence continues to be a school where pupils are known, challenged and supported to succeed.

This is a leadership position that requires moral purpose and rigour; someone who understands that improvement is driven through culture as much as strategy, and that consistency, visibility and relationships matter every day. This is a unique opportunity to shape a compelling future for a flagship secondary school in North Tyneside.

Download the full recruitment pack under 'Job Description and Person Specification'. 

Please submit your application and a covering letter of no more than 2 A4 pages (properly formatted and in Arial 11) to Claire Leightley at c.leightley@peletrust.org.uk.

This post is subject to enhanced DBS and other pre-application checks as determined by KCSIE 2025.