Assistant Principal- Behaviour and Attendance

Bournville School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1SH

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 April 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  31 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £73105- £78702

Assistant Principal- Behaviour and Attendance job summary

We are seeking an exceptional Assistant Principal who is driven by a deep belief in the power of education to transform lives and communities. This is a rare opportunity for an inspiring and highly skilled leader to shape the culture, behaviour, and attendance across a thriving, diverse academy—ensuring every student feels valued, supported, and ready to excel. As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will bring not only expertise and strategic clarity, but also the passion, resilience and moral purpose needed to deliver meaningful change. If you are motivated by high expectations, committed to inclusive education, and ready to make a profound impact on students’ life chances, we would be excited to welcome your leadership and vision to our community.

Bournville School is a vibrant and diverse school. This is an exciting opportunity for a committed leader who wants to make a lasting difference across the whole school community. Bournville School is built on traditional values. Pivotal to this is a positive ethos and culture of learning and success for all students. There is particular regard to outstanding achievement for all students whatever their academic starting point and a commitment to lifelong learning for all stakeholders. We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meets endless possibilities.

Main responsibilities for this role include to:

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

2. 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

3. Lead on strategic plans to improvement attendance with measurable outcomes. 

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

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

At the Academy we expect the Senior Leadership Team to be fully committed to:

1. Comprehensive, community education within an urban, multi-cultural environment.

2. The inclusive values and framework of the Academy

3. Working as a mutually supportive team, sharing responsibility, successes and challenges;

4. Exercising positive leadership and creating a shared vision of the purpose and future development of the Academy that reflects our ethos and aims;

5. Maintaining high personal and professional standards in all aspects of Academy life;

6. A consultative and participative approach to leadership and management;

7. Being forward looking and anticipating change;

8. Responsibility for their own professional and leadership development. 

In return we will offer you:

• Access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT
• Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
• Perkbox example benefits;
• Discounts at nationwide retailers
• Gym discount
• Cinema discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
• A MAT wide focus on staff well-being

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).

This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of[1]offenders-act-1974

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Bournville School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 16
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 691 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bournville School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bournville-school

At the heart of Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, Bournville School has been on a clear trajectory – making small daily steps that result in big changes. Located in the south of Birmingham, the Academy serves students from Reception to Year 11 from the wider community, many of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. The school has a collective spirit and is committed to delivering an engaging curriculum, inspiring children to achieve and, ultimately, “enriching the lives and transforming the futures” of our young people.

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