Assistant Principal (7630)

Friarage Community Academy; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Friarage Community Academy in Scarborough is seeking an Assistant Principal to join the Senior Leadership Team on a full-time, temporary basis starting November 2026. You will deputise for the Head of Academy in their absence and provide proactive support to the Head of Academy, Executive Principal and AAB members to ensure the academy operates effectively.

You will lead first as a highly effective classroom practitioner that will model outstanding practice and undertake monitoring of the

Responsibilities

• Lead first as a highly effective classroom practitioner that will model outstanding practice.
• Undertake monitoring of the provision, inclusion and achievement for all pupils.

Job description

Friarage Community Academy are looking to appoint an Assistant Principal to join our academy in November 2026 on a full time, temporary basis.

As an Assistant Principal, you will form part of the Senior Leadership Team and you will deputise for the Head of Academy in their absence. You will provide proactive support to the Head of Academy, Executive Principal and AAB members to ensure the leadership and management of the academy operates effectively. Your role will be to lead, firstly as a highly effective classroom practitioner that will model outstanding practice as well as undertaking monitoring of the provision, inclusion and achievement for all pupils.

About us

Here at Friarage Community Academy we work to provide a warm and welcoming environment for all, where you feel like you are getting a hug when you walk in our doors.

Our values and ethos of ‘together we can’ are embedded in the positive energy we create and receive in those who learn and work here. Joining our team is about understanding the importance of nurturing, aiming high with the aspirations and dreams of our children, and providing an engaging curriculum that both promotes success and creates happy memories.

As an academy within Delta Academies Trust we are working closely with our sister school Newby & Scalby Academy as we share learning and build a primary hub that our coastal area can be proud of. With access to the Teaching Alliance, based at Scarborough UTC, we continue to rightly place staff development, training and resources at the heart of our journey, and provide you with the support, tools and guidance needed.

Why join us?

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

CPD

At Delta Academies Trust, we’re committed to your ongoing development and supporting your ambitions, this includes our internal leadership development programmes - Leadership Pathways

Employee Benefits

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing.

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Inspiring Our Students Beyond The Classroom

Visits to the academy would be warmly welcomed by appointment. Please contact 01723 628610.

In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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