Assistant Principal - Behaviour & Pastoral

The Abbey School; Ospringe; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Assured - Employee Assistance

Benenden Healthcare

Free Flu Jabs

Free Health Checks

Access EarlyPay

CPD afternoons

Free parking on all sites

Job summary

The Abbey School is seeking an experienced Assistant Principal to join our Leadership Team. This full-time, permanent role offers leadership responsibilities focused on school improvement, supporting staff and ensuring excellent pupil outcomes.

The post holder will contribute strategically, while also carrying out teaching duties as outlined in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document, working with the Vice Principals and Senior Leadership Team to drive high standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in school leadership and driving school improvement.
• Ability to develop staff, set high expectations and raise achievement.
• Strong strategic leadership and vision for learning and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Carry out duties of a teacher as per the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
• Provide professional strategic leadership and management of the school.
• Lead behaviour and pastoral initiatives to secure school-wide improvements.
• Collaborate with Vice Principals and Senior Leadership Team to reflect policy in practice.

Job description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Assistant Principal to join our Leadership Team. You will play a key role in driving school improvement, supporting staff, and ensuring excellent outcomes for all pupils.

This is a full time, permanent role, paid on the STPC Leadership Pay Range, dependant on experience.

The Assistant Principal is a leading professional and a member of the School Leadership Team with a key role in the development of the school. The post holder provides strategic vision and leadership enabling the school to achieve its aims.

The Assistant Principal will be required to carry out the duties of a school teacher as set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.

In addition to carrying out the professional duties of a teacher, the Assistant Principal will work closely with the Vice Principals and Senior Leadership Team to provide professional strategic leadership and management of the school to reflect ‘policy in practice’ by sharing and modelling the school’s vision and values in everyday work and practice; developing and motivating staff, setting high expectations, embedding learning and teaching strategies and raising achievement, contributing to rigorous and on-going self-evaluation and taking responsibility for leading behaviourial / pastoral initiatives to secure further school wide improvements.

The successful candidate will have an attention to detail, will work to a high standard, and will seek to ensure a positive educational environment through their work. In return, The Howard Academy Trust offers a wide variety of benefits, details of which are outlined below.

What can we offer you?

The successful candidate will be someone who has high expectations and is passionate about education. In return, we can promise an investment in you and your future, offering a competitiveremuneration package, providing first class professional development and career opportunities.

We value our staff and actively support their professional development and have redesigned our working week toplace even greater emphasis on employee development. You will have access to ongoing professional development including accredited courses. If you are looking to extend your experience and would be interested in joining our team, we would be delighted to hearfrom you.

Benefits of Working with The Howard Academy Trust

• Health Assured - Employee AssistanceProgramme
• Access to Benenden Healthcare
• Free Flu Jabs
• Free Health Checks
• Access EarlyPay
• Skills Network of 30 Free Level 2 8 - 12 week courses
• Discounted gym membership
• CPD afternoons
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• Free parking on all our sites

If you require any further information or you wish to organise a tour of the school, please contact the school office on 01795 532633 or via email: [e-mail].

We reserve the right to alter our interview dates and close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.