Assistant Principal
Outwood Academy City, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 8SSThis job expired on 16 May 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5hrs per week, Mon to Fri
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 59,167 to 65,286
Pay scale
- L8 to L12
What skills and experience we're looking for
For this role, we are seeking to appoint an exceptional leader, who can drive Personal Development and Growth across the academy. Alongside the Vice Principal for Deep Experience, you will implement a PD offer fit for 2025. You will ensure that our academy offers a wide range of opportunities targeted at the needs, wants and aspirations of all of our young people, ensuring that those who are disadvantaged and those with SEND benefit fully.
You must be an excellent classroom teacher, prepared to be a role-model to both staff and students alike, with an unwavering drive, vision and a commitment to help others achieve. You will need the tenacity and integrity to deliver in challenging circumstances, removing barriers, and communicating a vision that inspires, motivates and enthuses staff, students and the community as a whole. We are passionate about ensuring that every child receives the very best level of education possible, and this passion shines through in all we do.
You will be well supported by an experienced leadership team as we work to raise attainment levels and offer engaging curriculum experiences. The academy benefits from being part of the Outwood Family of Schools and you will be joining an expanding, highly innovative, inspirational and ambitious organisation.
What the school offers its staff
Ofsted tell us that, ‘new leaders have begun to transform the culture of the school’, and there is no better time to join us on our transformative journey. Serving the bustling city of Sheffield, Outwood Academy Cityhas undergone a huge transformation for its 1200 students in the last 18 months, with an innovative curriculum, personalised approach to learning, and excellent pastoral care, that is enabling our young people to realise their vocational, practical, creative and academic abilities.
We have won numerous awards as a school and are an IQM Centre of Excellence, which highlights that inclusion at all levels is of paramount importance to us. We are also proud to have been awarded Gold Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.
We are also proud to be part of the Outwood Family, a Trust renowned for its commitment to transforming lives and raising standards. If you share our passion for making a real difference in the lives of young people, we would be delighted to welcome you to our team.
Come and take a look at what we offer, and see if you could be a part of our team - #WeAreCity and we are striving for excellence. We love what we do, and we welcome enthusiastic, dedicated and hard-working people, whatever your experience, to join us on our mission.
Further details about the role
• We follow the principles of the SchoolTeachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
• You will be automatically enrolled into thegenerous Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Pay progression happens automatically on theanniversary of the target period appropriateto your role
• Flexible family friendly policies from day one
• Enhanced occupational benefits available(such as maternity, adoption and parentalleave) with no qualifying period
• We have our own Workload Charter andare committed to ensuring that Teachers’workloads are manageable
• All teachers receive an allotted minimum oftwo hours CPD each week
• Access to centralised resources to supportwith lesson planning and reducing workload
• Comprehensive induction andtraining processEmployee benefitsWhat do we offer as an employer?
Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues by funding an extensive range
of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level.
• Automatic enrolment into our EmployeeAssistance Programme which gives you andyour family members free access to:
• Specialist information on a wide range ofwork-life issues
• Emotional support and counselling for awide range of personal and work issues
• Legal guidance
• Financial guidance and debt counselling
• Child and dependent care supportand advice
• Support for managers
• We are also a wellbeing employer with adedicated wellbeing policy and menopausepolicy along with menopause championsbased in our academies
• Free flu vaccinations
• Free onsite parking
• Employee discounts such as competitivelypriced Synergy Car Leasing
• Access to various discount sites
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Outwood Academy City
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1186 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Outwood Academy City website
- Email address
- l.ashton@city.outwood.com
- Phone number
- 0114 2358120
Arranging a visit to Outwood Academy City
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email l.ashton@city.outwood.com.
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