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Assistant Principal

Darton Academy, Barnsley, S75 5EF

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• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  24 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 March 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: Full time 32.5 hours per week. Mon to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential

• A good degree in your subject area (A/C)

• Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) or equivalent (A/C)

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) (A/C)

• An excellent classroom practitioner that can model best practice (A/I/R)

• Excellent organisational and personal management skills (A/I)

• Effective behaviour/classroom management (A/I/R)

• Ability to demand high standards (A/I/R)

• Up to date knowledge of educational theory and practice in relevant key stage(s) (A/I/R)

• Strong understanding of guidelines on safeguarding (A/I/R)

• Experience of leadership (A/I/R)

• Experience of project management (A)

• Able to work to tight deadlines (A/I/R)

• Able to be innovative and progressive (A/I/R)

• Able to lead and work effectively with teams (A/I/R)

• Strong understanding of using data to assess and inform teaching and learning and targeting

appropriate intervention (A/I)

• Experience of dynamic and successful team leadership at middle leader/senior leader level (A/R)

• Experience of leading and implementing strategies which have ensured high standards of student

achievement (A/R)

• Experience of teaching intervention groups at relevant key stage(s) (A/I)

• Ability to work independently and be a team player (A/I/R)

• Ability to develop and support other staff to develop a variety of teaching strategies (A/I/R)

• Ability to enthuse and direct students and staff towards raising expectations and levels of achievement

(A/I/R)

• Understanding of self-evaluation (I/R)

• Strong ICT skills (A)

• Commitment to both self and team development (I)

• Able to make difficult decisions and relay these effectively (A/I/R)

Desirable

• Leadership / Management qualification / training (e.g., NPQML, NPQSL, NPQH) (A/C)

• Understanding of ‘The Deeps’ (A/I)

• Experience of carrying out management investigations (A/I/R)

• Comprehensive knowledge of performance management requirements in an education setting (A/I)

• Experience of leading, developing and enhancing the teaching practice of other staff (A/R)

• A track record of examination success in more than one school (A/I)

Key: C – Certificate; A – Application Form; I – Interview; R - Reference

What the school offers its staff

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…

Financial Wellbeing:

• Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
• Access to an extensive discounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

• 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
• Gym & fitness discounts
• Cycle to Work scheme*
• Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

• Access to an industry-leading Employee Assistance Programme
• Menopause Support Service
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained

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.

Skilled Worker visas can 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 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.

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Additional documents

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

Job Description - Leadership - Assistant Principal (Secondary) (6).pdf - 122 KB (opens in new tab)

About Darton Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1099 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Darton Academy website
• Email address: info@dartonacademy.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/darton-academy

Darton Academy is an exciting place to learn and as soon as you enter the building you can feel a buzz of enthusiasm. There is a sense of purpose, and the academy is calm and orderly, with state-of-the-art facilities. We are a close-knit community, and we pride ourselves on knowing our pupils well and doing our utmost to ensure everyone fulfils their true potential. We aim to ensure that our pupils can learn in a safe and supportive environment, where everyone values academic achievement and has a positive attitude to learning. 


As a result of our journey of continuous improvement Darton Academy continues to outperform all other local schools and is now the highest performing school in the area having achieved an above national average Progress 8 score of 0.37 in the Summer 2024. Pupils at Darton Academy made nearly half a grade more progress than those with similar KS2 starting points. 


In Summer 2025, Darton Academy pupils achieved results well above both local and national averages. This year, the Academy has also secured the highest attainment in Barnsley for both 5+ (strong passes in English and mathematics) and 4+. We are proud that 65% of pupils achieved a Grade 5 or above in both English and mathematics combined and 79% achieved a Grade 4 or above. In Mathematics, 71% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above which places us in the top 2% of maintained schools in Yorkshire. 


In February 2023 Ofsted graded us Good with an outstanding personal development offer. We strongly encourage our pupils to take part in enrichment activities so they can discover all their strengths and talents, and run over forty clubs, as well as pupil support sessions and interventions. We also regularly organise whole school events and educational visits so that our pupils have a broad experience of learning beyond the classroom. We believe in rewarding pupils for good behaviour, attendance and achievement and run a number of celebration events throughout the year, from “Super September” to our summer “DartFest”. We place learning at the heart of everything we do and use our core values of respect, responsibility, and resilience to build a positive ethos. Ultimately, we understand that our pupils are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged, and supported to achieve their very best. We believe this also applies to our staff. We are passionate about giving people the chance to develop and progress their careers.

Arranging a visit to Darton Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@dartonacademy.org.uk.

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