Assistant Vice Principal (Teaching and Learning) based at Dixons Kings Academy

Dixons Academies Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Dixons Kings Academy seeks a dedicated leader to uphold their values and ensure student success. The role offers a supportive environment with minimal meetings and a focus on professional development. Join a team committed to equality and inclusion.

Benefits

Weekly coaching for staff

Flexible working policy

Professional development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Aligned to values of integrity, diligence, and civility.
• Committed to ensuring support for all students.

Job description

Job reference REQ002859 | Date posted 13/05/2025 | Application closing date 19/05/2025 | Location Dixons Kings Academy | Salary L9 - L11 | Package Permanent | Contractual hours 37.5 | Basis Full time | Job category/type Leadership | Attachments None

Job description

Why choose Dixons Kings Academy?

• Consistent behaviour and expectations; teachers can teach and students can learn
• Weekly coaching for all staff
• Exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team
• Minimal meetings after school
• Schemes of work fully resourced and ready

The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of integrity, diligence, and civility and completely committed to our mission: to ensure everyone receives the support and care needed to become successful and lead a purposeful and happy life.

Dixons Academies Trust

Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs, and a standalone sixth form.

• We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
• We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
• We are launching a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back
• We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
• We are always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
• We prioritize the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
• We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload

We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximize attainment, value diversity, develop character, and build cultural capital. By age 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.

Visit our Open Source platform to learn more about our approaches and culture.

Learn more

Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Interviews will take place on 22 May 2025.

Please visit www.dixonska.com or call us on 01274 089913 and speak to Raadhiyah Khan, Academy Admin Manager, to discuss the role further.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. We encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process.

We are focused on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity, and inclusion strategy as part of our 2-5 year plan. You can read more about this here.

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.