Assistant Principal: Teaching & Learning

Catholic Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

St Edmund Campion Catholic School in Birmingham is seeking an ambitious Assistant Principal to lead Teaching and Learning, working within the St John Paul II Multi Academy.

You will be part of our passionate leadership team, focusing on the quality of education and safeguarding, with responsibility for strategic school improvement and staff development. Applicants should be able to contribute to curriculum development, assessment frameworks and staff mentoring.

Qualifications

• Fluent English is an essential requirement.

Responsibilities

• Join leadership team and lead Teaching and Learning within the Quality of Education Team.
• Form part of the Quality of Education Team and contribute to school improvement.

Job description

Assistant Principal: Teaching and Learning

Salary: L12-16

Hours of Work: Full Time

Location: St Edmund Campion Catholic School

Required for: January 2027

The St John Paul II Multi Academy is a highly successful Catholic Multi Academy encompassing seven primary schools and two secondary schools. Our schools are based in Sutton Coldfield, Erdington and Aston.

The ethos of St John Paul II Multi Academy is Catholic and was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families.

As a Catholic multi academy, we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. As a Catholic multi academy, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of every one of our school’s activities. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school’s education be fully supported by all staff within the multi academy. We therefore hope that all staff will give their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims and ethos of the St John Paul II Multi Academy.

The Governors of St Edmund Campion Catholic School wish to appoint a committed, forward thinking and innovative Assistant Principal to join our passionate leadership team.

This successful candidate will form part of our Quality of Education Team and the specific responsibilities will be tailored around Teaching and Learning

St. Edmund Campion Catholic School is an over-subscribed 11-18 school serving the community of North Birmingham. Interested candidates are welcome to visit the school by arrangement. Please contact Julie Turner, PA to Principal, on [e-mail] to arrange or for any further information

We are committed to the development of all staff to be of their very best and our most recent Ofsted report graded the school as continuing to provide a Good quality of education.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

St John Paul II Multi Academy is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Deadline for Applications: 10.00 Friday 16th October 2026

Interviews will take place the following week