Thank you for your interest in joining Allerton Grange School.

We are proud to be a large, inclusive, and rapidly improving school where positivity and high expectations sit at the heart of everything we do. Our students - of all backgrounds and abilities - thrive in a culture built on respect, ambition, and care. In 2025, we celebrated our best-ever outcomes, a testament to the relentless commitment of our staff and the strength of our school community.

With over 1700 students, including a vibrant and growing Sixth Form of 260 learners, Allerton Grange is a place where every individual is known, valued, and supported. Our newly opened Sixth Form Centre reflects our ambition to provide outstanding post-16 education in a modern, purpose-built environment.

Our success is driven by a rigorous, knowledge-rich curriculum underpinned by our four cornerstones: knowledge, literacy, aspirational enrichment, and social mobility. These principles guide our mission to ensure every student knows more, understands more, and experiences more, preparing them to succeed in life beyond school.

Staff well-being is a genuine priority at Allerton Grange. We believe that happy, supported staff create the conditions for students to flourish. Our team is collaborative, passionate, and proud to work here. We invest in professional development and foster a culture where innovation and improvement are encouraged and celebrated.

We are also proud of our inclusive ethos, with specialist provision for deaf and hearing-impaired students and support for visually impaired learners. Every student is cared for as an individual, and our safeguarding culture ensures that all feel safe, secure, and happy.

Our most recent Ofsted inspection praised our curriculum and our commitment to staff well-being. Inspectors noted that “staff feel valued and supported and proud to be working at Allerton Grange.”

If you are a motivated, knowledgeable professional who shares our belief in high standards, social justice, and the power of education to transform lives, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Warm regards,

Andrew Norrington

Headteacher

Allerton Grange is a large and rapidly improving school, where students of all backgrounds and abilities are happy and make positive progress. We currently have 1700 students, with an intake of 300 students each year in Year 7.

We have an impressive school building, with a newly opened Sixth Form Centre, housing our diverse community of 260 post-16 students. Allerton Grange is located 4 miles from Leeds City Centre in an attractive area of privately owned residential properties.

Our increasing success is due to our rigorous, knowledge-rich curriculum supported by four cornerstones: knowledge, literacy, aspirational enrichment and social mobility. We have high expectations of our students and they are keen to succeed. We give them every opportunity to know more, understand more, experience more and access more.

Every student is cared for as an individual; staff work relentlessly to ensure our students are safe, secure and happy. We have resourced provision for deaf and hearing impaired students. We also have a number of visually impaired students.

Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2020) recognised the quality of provision we provide. They were particularly impressed by our curriculum and focus on staff wellbeing.

Ofsted quotes (February 2020)

• “Parents and carers are very positive about the school. They say their children are happy and make good progress. We agree.”
•  “Leaders want every pupil to aim high and fulfil their potential. Leaders also aim to give pupils the skills to be successful in the modern world.”
• “Staff feel valued and supported and proud to be working at Allerton Grange. They appreciate leaders’ efforts to make their workload manageable.”

At Allerton Grange, we challenge ourselves to continually improve and grow as a staff community. We welcome applications from motivated, knowledgeable people who align with our school ethos and strongly believe in social justice.

Ofsted quote (February 2020) – “Leaders have a very clear vision for the school. The curriculum focuses on knowledge … and the development of literacy skills.”

• Our KLAS curriculum model is central to supporting students in addressing social justice.

• This curriculum ensures that students have the Knowledge, Literacy skills and Aspirational enrichment to address Social mobility.

• Our reading programme is very innovative, and as a result a typical Year 7 student will have read 28 books by the end of their first year with us.

• There are many opportunities for students to learn outside of the classroom:

- Curriculum trips occur daily.

- We have cultural trips to the theatre, museums and music venues.

- Our music and drama departments put on termly performances showcasing our students’ talents.

- We have annual humanitarian expeditions to remote parts of the world.

- The Duke of Edinburgh scheme is very well established.

- There are plenty of leadership opportunities to engage with.

Ofsted quote (February 2020) – “Leaders want every pupil to aim high and fulfil their potential. Leaders also aim to give pupils the skills to be successful in the modern world.”