Primary Assistant Principal

Avanti Schools Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Teacher pension scheme

NUS Card and CSSC membership

Well-being programs

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Job summary

A prominent educational organization in Leicester seeks an experienced Primary Assistant Principal to join their leadership team. This role involves providing strategic leadership across the school, managing teaching and learning, and promoting inclusivity. The ideal candidate will be QTS Qualified and possess strong communication skills, along with a commitment to safeguarding students. This position offers valuable opportunities for professional growth within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic leadership and management across a school.
• Strong communication abilities in oral, written, and presentational formats.
• Experience in promoting inclusivity and achievement.
• Commitment to safeguarding of students and young people.
• Experience of working within a faith context is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and management across the school.
• Lead and manage teaching, learning, and pastoral systems.
• Line manage designated staff teams and oversee curriculum coordination.
• 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.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Leadership and management

Safeguarding

Ability to coach staff

Education

QTS Qualified

Job description

Please note: This position is available for an August 2026 start

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.

Inclusion is a key focus for our school, and we are keen to hear from candidates with experience in this area. A SENDCo qualification would be an advantage, although we would also support the right candidate to develop in this area.

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.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

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.

The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that 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.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:

• Educational excellence
• Spiritual insight

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.

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:

• Teacher pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well‑being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle‑to‑work Scheme

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

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

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‑checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre‑employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.