Assistant Principal - Behaviour & Attendance

Bluecoat Aspley Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 5GY

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  22 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subjects: English, Mathematics, Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: From £59,167 to £65,286
• Additional allowances:

  TLR2A

What skills and experience we're looking for

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.

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

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

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

9.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.

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

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

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

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

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

15.The implementation of whole Academy policy and practice.

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

17.Participating in whole Academy planning and policy making.

18.Leading significant monitoring, review and evaluation roles.

19.Leading significant Academy development and improvement projects.

20.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:

21.Staff support in matters of student behaviour and discipline.

22.Participating in and supporting staff duty rotas.

23.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.

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

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

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

27.Strengthen partnership and community working.

28.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

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check, Barred List check, the receipt of satisfactory references, online searches and any other statutory checks that are required for the post. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Applying for the job

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About Bluecoat Aspley Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1382 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bluecoat Aspley Academy website
• Email address: hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 0115 9297445
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Arranging a visit to Bluecoat Aspley Academy

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