Primary Assistant Principal

Teaching Vacancies; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Primary Assistant Principal to join its senior leadership team. The role includes providing strategic leadership, managing teaching and learning, and promoting inclusive education practices. Ideal candidates will be QTS qualified with strong communication skills and a commitment to safeguarding students. The institution offers a collaborative environment focused on educational excellence and professional development opportunities for staff.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Teacher pension scheme

Well-being programmes

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Candidates must demonstrate strong communication skills and clear presentational abilities.
• QTS is required for this position.
• The ability to enforce positive behavior management across the school environment is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and support for the Principal.
• Manage teaching and learning for key student groups.
• Oversee the implementation of policies and budget management.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to lead and manage behavior

Coaching and developing staff

Commitment to safeguarding

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

About us and the role

Avanti Fields School is seeking an experienced and inspirational Primary Assistant Principal to join our senior leadership team. The successful candidate will contribute to shaping the strategic direction of the school, strengthening teaching and learning, and supporting staff to secure excellent outcomes for all pupils. They will play a key role in whole‑school improvement, ensuring that systems, expectations and practice reflect the highest standards.

We are particularly interested in candidates with strong experience of Inclusion, and ideally those who are qualified as a SENDCo or open to training to become a SENDCo.

The successful candidate will uphold and promote the ethos and values of Avanti Schools Trust, modelling principled leadership and fostering excellence, respect and inclusion across the school community. This is a significant opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the quality of education, pupil wellbeing and the wider success of the school.

What will you do

• Provide strategic leadership and management across the school, supporting the Principal in shaping vision, setting high expectations, and driving school improvement.
• Lead and manage teaching, learning, and pastoral systems for key groups of students, promoting inclusivity and achievement for all.
• Line‑manage designated staff teams, develop professional practice, and disseminate effective teaching strategies to drive excellence across the school.
• Oversee key operational areas including curriculum coordination, budget management, policy development, and performance monitoring to support the School Improvement Plan.
• Promote safeguarding, equality of opportunity, and strong partnerships with pupils, parents, staff, governors and the wider community, ensuring a safe, respectful and inspiring school environment.

What are we looking for

• Strong communication skills, including clear and effective oral, written and presentational abilities.
• QTS Qualified.
• Able to lead, model and manage positive behaviour, good order and assertive discipline throughout the school.
• Ability to coach and develop members of staff both teaching and non‑teaching, which impacts on standards.
• Commitment to safeguarding of students and young people.

What the school offers its staff

Avanti Fields School is an all‑through, faith‑designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018, and first intake of Nursery and Reception students in September 2022. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.

All staff work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.

Unique opportunities to work in a school driven by educational excellence, character formation and spiritual insight.

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well‑rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. You will be working in a fantastic environment, with great opportunities for professional development, teacher pension scheme (subject to eligibility), O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers, eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership, well‑being programmes, cycle‑to‑work scheme and more.

Pre‑employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re‑check. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre‑employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to attract the widest possible range of people and ensure that individuals are understood and treated equally. The school supports pregnant women and new parents and ensures that no employee is treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.