Assistant Principal - Behaviour and Attendance

More than one location, Archway Learning Trust

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  28 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 April 2026

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
  • Headteacher
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: From £61,288 - £75,049 FTE

What skills and experience we're looking for

Lead, manage and have strategic oversight of the implementation of the school’s pastoral systems, ensuring continuous development and improvement in practices and outcomes.

Ensure that the vision, ethos and values relating to the expectations around student behaviour, attitudes and personal development is clearly communicated to all staff, students and parents, and reinforced regularly

Lead on strategic plans to improvement attendance with measurable outcomes.

Maintain strategic oversight of student disciplinary processes and ensure thorough and accurate reporting.

Monitor the standard of pastoral care, behaviour for learning, practices of staff and students and discuss progress and areas for improvement.

Ensuring performance management is rigorously applied and used to maintain high standards of professionalism and developing this appraisal process with others in the Trust.

Ensuring that all data is relevant, useful and being used by all teaching staff to raise standards.

Ensuring that spending for disadvantaged students is supporting their progress and closing gaps so that they are not left behind.

Ensure school policies/practices are clear, relevant and up to date regarding pupil behaviour, attitudes and attendance. Ensure that these are regularly reviewed and implemented consistently across the school.

Maintain strategic oversight of the link between the school and parents through various mechanisms including student and parent voice.

To promote strong standards of behaviour in the school and secure consistency in expected routines.

Promote a culture and practices that enables all pupils to access the curriculum.

Have ambitious expectations for all pupils with SEN and other needs.

Make sure the school works effectively with parents, carers and professionals to identify additional needs and provide support and adaptation where appropriate.

The implementation of whole Academy policy and practice.

Undertaking professional duties and administrative tasks as reasonably delegated by the Principal.

Participating in whole Academy planning and policy making.

Leading significant monitoring, review and evaluation roles.

Leading significant Academy development and improvement projects.

Attending and contributing to Governors’ meetings (Academy Advisory Boards), for example through the preparation of papers and presentation of issues for consideration.

The Assistant Principal will also have a shared responsibility as defined within the Senior Leadership Team for:

Staff support in matters of student behaviour and discipline.

Participating in and supporting staff duty rotas.

Taking Acts of Worship / assemblies.

The Assistant Principal will work with the Principal/Vice Principal in developing the policies and practice, which promote inclusion, equality and the extended services that the school offers.

Develop and maintain contact with all specialist support services as appropriate.

Promote the positive involvement of parents/carers in school life.

Organise and conduct meetings where appropriate with parents and carers to ensure positive outcomes for all parties.

Strengthen partnership and community working.

Forge constructive relationships and strengthen partnerships, both in school and beyond, working with colleagues in other schools, parents, carers, the community and external agencies.

What the school offers its staff

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• *Access to Teachers’ Pensions / Generous pension scheme
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development

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 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.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Archway Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/archway-learning-trust

School Details

Bluecoat Aspley Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1351 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bluecoat Aspley Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bluecoat-aspley-academy

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