Assistant Principal

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council; Norton-on-Derwent; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Willow Primary School, part of Exceed Learning Partnership, invites an inspirational Assistant Principal with responsibility for Inclusion and SEND and a teaching commitment in Year 4 to join our Leadership Team.

This role blends strategic leadership with classroom teaching, shaping curriculum, mentoring staff, and driving outstanding pupil outcomes within a thriving 420-student school.

Qualifications

• Assistant Principal with responsibility for Inclusion and SEND with a teaching commitment in Year 4.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic leadership and daily management of Willow Primary School.
• Balance high-quality classroom teaching with leadership responsibilities.
• Shape curriculum, mentor teaching staff, and drive pupil outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Inclusion leadership

Curriculum development

Mentoring teachers

Job description

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Location Willow Primary School

Salary L3 to L7 £54,392 to £60,144

Basis Full time

Job profile for Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal

Willow Primary School 20/09/2026

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Job details

Salary L3 to L7 £54,392 to £60,144 Contractual hours 32.5 Basis Full time Region Doncaster Job category/type Teaching - Deputy & Leadership Date posted 03/08/2026 Job reference REQ23703

Job description

Willow Primary School,

Alston Road,

Bessacarr,

Doncaster,

DN4 7EZ

Contract Type: Permanent from 1 st January 2027 (or earlier if possible)

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 Year 4 to join our Leadership Team.

As 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