Assistant Principal

Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Willow Primary School, part of Exceed Learning Partnership, is seeking an outstanding Assistant Principal with responsibility for Inclusion and SEND and a teaching commitment in Key Stage 1 to join our Leadership Team. This hybrid role combines high-quality classroom teaching with significant leadership responsibilities, shaping the curriculum and mentoring staff to ensure outstanding pupil outcomes.

Based at Willow Primary School in Doncaster, the post offers a pathway to broader leadership

Qualifications

• Experience in inclusion and SEND leadership within a primary setting.
• Strong KS1 teaching background and classroom leadership.
• Ability to mentor staff and develop curriculum with the leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement inclusion and SEND strategies across Willow Primary School.
• Work with Executive Headteacher and Head of School to shape curriculum and drive outcomes for pupils.

Job description

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location_on Location Willow Primary School

credit_card Salary L3 to L7 £56,298 to £62,251 per annum

work_outline Basis Full time

Job profile for Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal

location_on Willow Primary School 22/11/2026

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary L3 to L7 £56,298 to £62,251 per annum Contractual hours 32.5 Basis Full time Region Doncaster Job category/type Teaching - Deputy & Leadership Date posted 26/10/2026 Job reference REQ24284

Job description

Willow Primary School - Exceed Learning Partnership Trust

Alston Road

Doncaster

DN4 7EZ

Contract Type: Permanent

Contracted hours: 32.5 hours per week

Responsible to: Executive Headteacher and Head of School

The Directors of Exceed Learning Partnership and Governors of Willow Primary School are looking to appoint an inspirational Assistant Principal with responsibility for Inclusion and SEND with a teaching commitment in Key Stage 1 to join our Leadership Team.

As an Assistant Principal, you will play a pivotal role in the strategic leadership and daily management of our school. This is an exciting "hybrid" role that combines high-quality classroom teaching with significant leadership responsibilities. You will work closely with the Executive Principal and Head of School to shape our curriculum, mentor teaching staff, and ensure outstanding outcomes for all pupils.

Willow Primary School is part of Exceed Learning Partnership, a Multi Academy Trust that currently comprises of 10 Academies, Bentley High Street Primary School, Carr Lodge Academy, Edlington Victoria Academy, Hall Cross Academy, Hill Top Academy, Rosedale Primary School, Sandringham Primary School, Sheep Dip Lane Academy, The Mallard Academy and Willow Primary School.

We are seeking an outstanding primary practitioner who is ready to take the next step in their leadership career, or an experienced leader looking for a fresh challenge.

This is a great opportunity for an exceptional individual to join a highly successful and rapidly- expanding Trust. There will be scope to have significant impact and develop your career with the organisation.

Why work for Exceed Learning Partnership and at Willow Primary School?

We are a friendly, vibrant two form entry primary academy in Bessacarr with 420 children aged 4 to 11. At Willow Primary School, our aim is to foster a love of learning and develop enquiring minds, enabling all our children to overcome barriers and reach their full potential.

We strive to ensure that our children value themselves as unique individuals, celebrating diversity and respecting differences. We work together as a community to enable all our children to grow to be responsible citizens and successful learners with high aspirations who know how to make a positive contribution to their community and the wider society.

Our ASPIRE Values permeate through everything we do and we expect our pupils to be ambitious to achieve their very best through being positive, self-motivated, engaged in their learning and independent in their decisions. There is a high focus on developing children’s moral, spiritual, social and cultural understanding.

At Willow we expect our children to ASPIRE to be:

• Ambitious to achieve
• Self-motivated
• Positive
• Independent
• Respectful
• Engaged

Education is a partnership between home and school and we place a great deal of emphasis on our partnership with parents and the community. We believe that children learn best when home and school work together and in our most recent Ofsted inspection, we were GOOD in all areas.

Working in Exceed Learning Partnership will offer:

• Excellent career development working alongside a National Leader of Education
• Talented and hard-working professional colleagues who are committed to children’s success across the curriculum
• The support of being part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
• The most up-to-date research and opportunities to influence national policy
• Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all its aspirations
• A highly committed and supportive Governing Body
• An inclusive ethos in which everyone is valued and respected
• An ethos where we promote and support the importance of physical, emotional and mental wellbeing
• Access to our exclusive employee support package in partnership with Schools Advisory Service which includes access to GP appointments for you and your family and a wide range of other employee health and wellbeing services
• Free annual flu jabs

At Exceed Learning Partnership, we have a strong culture of school improvement, and professional development is at the heart of the Trust and all its academies. We offer the opportunity for you to gain additional qualifications and a range of professional development and learning opportunities. Our leaders have a wealth of knowledge and are highly experienced in improving outcomes for pupils.

As a Trust, we are passionate about meeting the needs of all our learners, ensuring their happiness and making the most of their individual talents. The focus on developing a lifelong love of learning is underpinned by rigorous attention to the development of essential skills and tools. We are committed to providing the very best educational opportunities for the pupils of Willow Primary School, it is an exciting opportunity for you to join this team and ‘make a difference.’

Informal Communication and visits to the school are strongly advised. To arrange a visit to the school, please contact Diane Morley Academy Business Manager on 01302 539249 or [e-mail]

Appointment Process

Closing date for applications: 22 nd November 2026

Shortlisting: 24 th November 2026

Interview process: 3 rd December 2026

Exceed Learning Partnership is an inclusive, diverse, supportive organisation. We care deeply about inclusive working practice and diverse teams. We aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suitable to the job and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief and disability.

The Directors and Governors of Exceed Learning Partnership are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a children’s barred list check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure

If you have not heard from us within five days of the closing date, then unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

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