Deputy Head of Education in Leeds

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Job details

Job title Deputy Head of Education Job reference REQ012955 Date posted 22/10/2026 Application closing date 26/11/2026 Location Wetherby Salary £45,857.76 - £56,048.72 per annum Package Competitive Benefits plus Teachers Pension Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Management and Leadership Attachments Deputy Head of Education YP (1).pdf Job description

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for shaping the future of education and driving academic excellence? We’re looking for a dynamic and inspiring Deputy Head of Education to join our leadership team! If you’re ready to take on a pivotal role, driving curriculum development, supporting staff, and ensuring the highest standards of teaching and learning, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Help us create an environment where both students and staff thrive and make a lasting impact on educational outcomes!

We have a great opportunity available to join Novus, our prison education provider at HMYOI Wetherby working as a Deputy Head of Education. This role is offered on a permanent, full-time basis, working 37 hours per week.

An exciting opportunity to join HMYOI Wetherby as Deputy Head of Education, leading on quality, standards, and curriculum development. Working closely with the Head of Education, you will drive continuous improvement, support outstanding teaching and learning, and ensure an ambitious, inclusive curriculum that enables learners to achieve positive outcomes and progress successfully.

Who are Novus?

Novus are a leading provider of prison education and have been supporting men, women, and children of all ages for over 30 years across the UK to take new directions. We are also part of the LTE group of companies that include The Manchester College, MOL, Total People, UCEN, and LTE Group Operations. We are currently rated “Good” by Ofsted and have partnerships with over 1000 industry and employer partners, ensuring our learners secure their place as the movers and shakers of the future. Our business is growing year on year due to our continued success as a leading provider in prison education.

Site Information

HMYOI Wetherby, is a Young Offender Institution located in Wetherby, West Yorkshire. YOI serves as an important correctional facility within the UK's youth justice system. The facility is a closed youth custody centre housing male juvenile offenders between the ages of 15 to 18. It provides a secure and supportive environment for young individuals who have been convicted of various offenses and require custodial sentences. The institution aims to promote rehabilitation, education, and personal development to facilitate their successful reintegration into society.

Role Responsibilities

Please see the attached role profile for an overview of general role responsibilities. Specific details pertaining to the nature of the role are shared during the interview process.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

To be successful in this role, you will need to:

• Educated to degree level
• Holds QTLS
• Holds or be willing to work towards Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), or equivalent qualification
• Strategically managing a complex education service and achieving outstanding results within budgetand deadlines
• Programme and project management experience of complex work streams with multiple stakeholders
• Developing and implementing a learner focused accredited curriculum that will support learners post release
• Continuous quality improvement in a challenging and restricted/secure learning environment
• Managing a highly achieving, qualified and motivated team
• Delivering transformational change in a high pressured environment
• Strategic leadership in a fast paced environment
• Developing collaborative relationships with key internal stakeholders and external partnerships
• Managing sub-contractors arrangements to meet agreed targets and Contractual Delivery Indicators (CDIs)
• Delivery in a multi-agency environment
• Achieving or exceeding performance, financial and quality target
• Learner focused
• Excellent communicator with strong influencing negotiating skills
• Flexible and creative
• Pragmatic and solution focussed
• Commercially aware and outcomes driven
• Works collaboratively with others and is a solid team player

Benefits

• 40 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• 2 hours for wellbeing / personal development per week
• Significant Pension contributions
• Retail Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Cycle to work scheme

Safeguarding

The LTE Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be required to undergo an appropriate DBS check via the Criminal Records Bureau and may be subject to additional online checks as part of our pre-screening process. Some roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and would require an Enhanced DBS check.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Novus is committed to providing an environment where everyone is valued as an individual and where learners and colleagues can work, learn, flourish and develop their skills and knowledge in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. We are committed to working in an inclusive way with all the communities in which we are geographically located and to developing a workforce and learner community that reflects the UK’s rich diversity and vibrancy.

The closing date for this job advert is 26/11/2026. However, sometimes the job advert may close early if we receive a good response!

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