Assistant Principal - Behaviour and Attendance

Archway Learning Trust; Wollaton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational organization in Wollaton is seeking an Assistant Principal responsible for Behaviour and Attendance. This role involves leading on behaviour and wellbeing, ensuring high standards, and working with a dedicated team to create a positive environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong leadership background and a commitment to improving the lives of students. This position offers various benefits, including a generous pension scheme and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Shopping discounts and competitions

Employee assistance programme

Generous pension scheme

Discounted travel schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Comprehensive training and support

Eye care voucher scheme

Free flu vaccine

Access to e-learning and development

Responsibilities

• Lead behaviour, attendance, and wellbeing across the school.
• Work with a team of Year Leaders and support leads.
• Champion ambition and create a thriving academic culture.

Skills

Leadership and management

Behaviour management strategies

Communication skills

Time-management

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Education

Teaching qualification

Professional development evidence

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Principal responsible for Behaviour and Attendance. Are you ready to make a real impact on the lives of young people? This is an exceptional opportunity to join our leadership team and drive the pastoral vision of our school. We're looking for a passionate and strategic leader to shape a culture where every child thrives academically, socially, and emotionally.

As Head of Pastoral Care, you will lead on behaviour, attendance, and wellbeing across the whole school, ensuring that our standards remain unapologetically high. You'll work alongside a strong team of Year Leaders, supported by a Designated Safeguarding Lead and Targeted Support Lead, giving you the resources and expertise to make a lasting difference. Your leadership will guarantee that every child excels, regardless of their starting point. You'll champion ambition, unlock potential, and create an environment where students consistently exceed expectations.

Qualifications and Responsibilities

• Evidence of recent professional development
• Successful leadership and management experience in a school
• Experience of managing significant change effectively
• Experience of leading on child protection and safeguarding within a school
• Involvement in school self‑evaluation and development planning
• Demonstrable experience of successful line management and staff development
• Proven and consistent track record of school improvement
• An understanding of current educational developments and a clear grasp of issues relating to education.
• Knowledge of behaviour leadership at whole‑school level
• Comprehensive knowledge of up‑to‑date guidance and support regarding behaviour strategies.
• Skills and knowledge to deal with student safety and behaviour.
• A clear working knowledge of how to manage innovation and change.
• Proven ability to analyse data, evaluate performance and plan for improvement.
• Demonstrable knowledge of a range of effective behaviour management strategies.
• An understanding of the need to utilise school resources effectively, with an awareness of best‑value principles.
• Experience of Performance Management for support and/or teaching staff.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills and to build effective working relationships
• Be creative and have highly developed problem‑solving, negotiation and decision‑making skills and the ability to produce practical and innovative solutions
• Excellent time‑management and organisation skills, including working under pressure and to deadlines
• An ability to work in collaborative partnership with the full range of people, other school/academies and organisations associated with the Academy – staff, parents, governors, community, business, Diocese, Trust and LA.
• Ability to set high and clear expectations and hold others to account for their performance, delivering clear messages to ensure (at least) good pupil progress including an ability to lead, manage and support teams.
• Well‑developed social and communication skills.
• Tact, sensitivity, integrity, good judgement.
• Confidence, independence and flexibility.
• A commitment to the well‑being of staff.
• A commitment to and ability to lead Academy improvement and manage change.
• Ability to lead and manage school standards.
• Confident with data and IT.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to lead school‑based INSET and parent information meetings.
• Demonstrable coaching/mentoring skills to support the development of other staff.
• A commitment to equal opportunities.
• The ability to give and receive effective feedback and act to improve personal performance.
• Stamina, motivation and dedication.
• High expectations and aspirations.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively.
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Commitment to safeguarding and equality, ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways that exploit the position.
• Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community
• Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct
• Serve in the best interests of the school's pupils
• A commitment to inclusive comprehensive education and a belief that education and hard work can transform lives.
• Exemplify and promote the ethos and values of the school and the eight ways these are lived out at Bluecoat Wollaton.
• An empathy for children from a wide variety of social and cultural backgrounds, but someone who doesn't tolerate low expectations.
• Be committed to and in strong support of the important Christian values of the Trust's religious foundation, no matter your own faith background.
• Commitment. A willingness to work hard, with enthusiasm and vision.
• Demonstrates creativity, flexibility, enthusiasm and a keenness to embrace new ideas and challenges.
• A commitment to getting the best outcomes for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school

Additional Benefits

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Access to Teachers' Pensions / Generous pension scheme
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development