Assistant Principal

One Degree Academy, Enfield, EN2 8GH

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  26 August 2026

• Closing date

  19 April 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Working hours (on-site): Monday-Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary: ODA L5 - ODA L10, £61,249 - £68,798 + LGPS Pension. Starting salary will be based on experience and placed on a six-point band, subject to review.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Unique opportunity to join a new school in North London

• Do you want to play a key role in an exciting and innovative school?

• Are you passionate that all children get the best start in life?

• Do you want to move your career forward in an environment that nurtures talent and has scope for career progression?

• Do you believe all students have the potential to succeed given great teaching and the right school culture?

One Degree Academy has been given a rare opportunity to raise standards of education inNorth London. Our school is consistently in the top 2% of over 16,300 primary schoolsnationally.

We know that success and habits of excellence are achieved through perseverance andincremental improvement - ‘one degree’ at a time. This idea is at the heart of our school.Whether you are experienced working in schools or someone seeking to enter this profession, you will play a key part in the academy’s development. As with our students, we want to grow and develop our team, ‘step- by-step’: all staff receive professional development in line with their role, with potential opportunities to progress as the school grows.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Principal to help develop our school. We are looking for someone with a positive, professional attitude who will thrive serving the needs of our school community. This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join the senior leadership team of One Degree Academy and to be part of something profound and special.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Join an engaged team and organisation utterly committed to developing its staff through incremental improvement, step-by-step

• Play a key role developing our school, with the potential to progress as we grow

• Take on a breadth of leadership roles and responsibilities

Successful candidates will:

• Have an unfaltering commitment to serving the Academy, its students and staff

• Be proactive, organised, efficient and reliable, with a positive attitude and strong communication skills

• Welcome feedback and be committed to the idea of continuous improvement and self-development

• Be committed to the One Degree Academy vision and values

• Have the skills and dedication to have a positive impact on the lives of our students and on the school community

Your Role

To serve as a strategic partner to the Principal, driving school performance and providing the leadership capacity necessary to achieve institutional goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Development and Leadership of the Academy

• To provide strategic leadership of the academy’s pastoral systems, driving excellent attendance through innovative support for all families, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• To serve as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), fulfilling all statutory safeguarding duties while thinking beyond standard practices to engage hard-to-reach families and ensure robust protection for all students.

Teaching, Learning, Curriculum and Assessment

• To model excellence in classroom practice, serving as a lead practitioner who inspires and raises standards of teaching and learning across the academy.

• To oversee efficient, fit-for-purpose assessment systems that accurately track student progress and ensure all students are challenged to make exceptional gains.

• To oversee robust assessment and moderation processes that meet all statutory requirements and directly inform high-quality, targeted learning.

• To foster a culture of professional dialogue, proactively identifying and scaling good practice to enhance the collective expertise of the teaching staff.

Other

• Support the academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures.

• Help create a strong school community characterised by consistent, orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships.

• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow academy policies, including the staff code of conduct.

• Be cognisant that there may be times when working outside the standard hours is required for operational purposes.

This document provides an outline of the responsibilities that this role involves. However, the post-holder must be available to perform such duties at such times and such places as may be specified by the Principal and which may be reasonably requested as being commensurate with the role and duties undertaken.

What the school offers its staff

ODA Perks

Wellbeing

• Clear whole-school behaviour systems that are implemented by all

• Large teaching team to support the learning and behaviour of students more effectively

• Recognition - we take the time to give shout-outs and say thank you to colleagues

• Additional days of holiday to say thank you for volunteering to support students during events that are outside the usual school day; e.g. residential trips, attending student performances, etc.

• No late-night parents evenings - we hold them during dedicated progress review days

• Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where we celebrate staff wellbeing

• A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy an afternoon off when needed

• A two-week winter half term to enable staff to take holidays outside of normal time and rest and recharge from those longer, darker evenings

• Free breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee

• Discounts on a new bike via the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme

• Free flu jab

• Free eye test

• Leadership planning time to drive forward whole-school initiatives

Staff Development

• Week-long Bootcamp to induct new staff and set up effectively for the year ahead

• Weekly CPD & Coaching

• Supportive Line Management Structure

• Collaborative planning time

• 14 whole school staff INSET days dedicated to incremental improvement, planning and data analysis

• Free admission to Research ED

• External coaching for Senior Leaders

Staff of ODA Children

• Free breakfast club

• Free after school wrap-around care

• 1x free after school club

Other

• Laptop/devices are lent to all staff who require them

• 10% off Pure Gym Membership

• 10% off car service and MOT at local garage

• Length of service rewards

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 guidance for keeping children safe in education.

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

6807bb91420b0db699bc4963_Application+Form+-ODA-+Teaching+24_25.docx - 47.2 KB (opens in new tab)

ODA Assistant Principal - April 26.pdf - 2.93 MB (opens in new tab)

About One Degree Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 385 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: One Degree Academy website
• Email address: hr@onedegreeacademy.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/one-degree-academy

One Degree Academy is an innovative school and a World's Best School 2025 finalist. We opened in September 2016, and were graded as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in 2019 and 2025. We are designed around the idea that tiny changes can have profound effects, and that a committed focus on seemingly small details leads to continuous and sustained improvement. In short, we know that any giant leap to success is preceded by lots of small steps.

We aim for our academic achievements to be amongst the best in the country, and for our young people to go on to become successful employees, citizens and family members. We are proud to have created an environment where our children are happy, inspired and eager to attend every day.

Arranging a visit to One Degree Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@onedegreeacademy.org.

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