Assistant Principal - Behaviour & Pastoral
The Abbey School, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8RZ24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2027
Closing date
9 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £68,691.00 - £77,676.00 Annually (FTE) STPC Leadership Pay Range L11-L16
Assistant Principal - Behaviour & Pastoral job summary
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Assistant Principal to join our Leadership Team. You will play a key role in driving school improvement, supporting staff, and ensuring excellent outcomes for all pupils.
This is a full time, permanent role, paid on the STPC Leadership Pay Range, dependant on experience.
The Assistant Principal is a leading professional and a member of the School Leadership Team with a key role in the development of the school. The post holder provides strategic vision and leadership enabling the school to achieve its aims.
The Assistant Principal will be required to carry out the duties of a school teacher as set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
In addition to carrying out the professional duties of a teacher, the Assistant Principal will work closely with the Vice Principals and Senior Leadership Team to provide professional strategic leadership and management of the school to reflect ‘policy in practice’ by sharing and modelling the school’s vision and values in everyday work and practice; developing and motivating staff, setting high expectations, embedding learning and teaching strategies and raising achievement, contributing to rigorous and on-going self-evaluation and taking responsibility for leading behaviourial / pastoral initiatives to secure further school wide improvements.
The successful candidate will have an attention to detail, will work to a high standard, and will seek to ensure a positive educational environment through their work. In return, The Howard Academy Trust offers a wide variety of benefits, details of which are outlined below.
What can we offer you?
The successful candidate will be someone who has high expectations and is passionate about education. In return, we can promise an investment in you and your future, offering a competitive remuneration package, providing first class professional development and career opportunities.
We value our staff and actively support their professional development and have redesigned our working week to place even greater emphasis on employee development. You will have access to ongoing professional development including accredited courses. If you are looking to extend your experience and would be interested in joining our team, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Benefits of Working with The Howard Academy Trust
We care about the personal and professional wellbeing of our staff, and are pleased to offer:
- Health Assured - Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Benenden Healthcare
- Free Flu Jabs
- Free Health Checks
- Access EarlyPay
- Skills Network of 30 Free Level 2 8 - 12 week courses
- Discounted gym membership
- CPD afternoons
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Free parking on all our sites
If you require any further information or you wish to organise a tour of the school, please contact the school office on 01795 532633 or via email: info@abbeyschoolfaversham.co.uk.
We reserve the right to alter our interview dates and close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Howard Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
The Howard Academy Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to providing a mutually supportive working environment where every individual is respected, valued and included.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Abbey School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1061 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- The Abbey School website
The Abbey School is a mixed secondary school with a thriving population of over 1100 students. We believe that school should be a place where young people can discover and develop their own talents. We have high expectations of all our students, which are supported by consistently applied systems, structures, rituals and routines across our learning environment. We are a supportive school community including a positive staff team with high staff morale.
The school is situated in the historic market town of Faversham and is surrounded by many new housing developments that are leading to our rapid growth. We aim to provide the highest quality value-added education and excellent pastoral care for all students so that they feel secure and valued.
We have an ambitious vision for our school driven by our excellent team to ensure our students experience as much Outstanding and Good practice as possible. In line with this, we are looking for a candidate who can regularly deliver lessons to these standards.
OfSTED confirmed the school continues to provide a good education for all of its pupils. They noted several strengths including “strong leadership, the quality of teaching, improving exam results, a vibrant sixth form, good behavior, and an excellent level of care and safety”.
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